Some highlights of the Gamma-ray first four years of the Fermi Space Telescope  

作　　者：Steven Ritz 

机构地区：[1]Department of Physics and the SCIPP, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

出　　处：《Frontiers of physics》2013年第6期693-713,共21页物理学前沿（英文版）

摘　　要：The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, formerly called GLAST, measures the cosmic gamma-ray flux in the energy range 8 keV to 〉 300 GeV. In addition to breakthrough capabilities in energy coverage and localization, the very large field of view enables observations of 20~ of the sky at any instant, and the entire sky on a timescale of a few hours. With its launch in 2008, Fermi opens a new and important window on a wide variety of phenomena, including pulsars, black holes and active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts, supernova remnants and the origins of cosmic rays, and searches for hypothetical new phenomena such as particle dark matter annihilations. A brief overview and selected science highlights from the first four years are provided.The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, formerly called GLAST, measures the cosmic gamma-ray flux in the energy range 8 keV to 〉 300 GeV. In addition to breakthrough capabilities in energy coverage and localization, the very large field of view enables observations of 20~ of the sky at any instant, and the entire sky on a timescale of a few hours. With its launch in 2008, Fermi opens a new and important window on a wide variety of phenomena, including pulsars, black holes and active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts, supernova remnants and the origins of cosmic rays, and searches for hypothetical new phenomena such as particle dark matter annihilations. A brief overview and selected science highlights from the first four years are provided.

关 键 词：high-energy gamma-ray astrophysics dark matter fundamental physics tests spacebased astrophysics space-based particle astrophysics gamma-ray bursts BLAZARS PULSARS 

分 类 号：P172.3[天文地球—天文学] TH751[机械工程—仪器科学与技术]