Journal Articles The Astrophysical Journal Year : 2009

The Large Area Telescope on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Mission

W. B. Atwood , A. A. Abdo , Markus Ackermann , B. Anderson , Magnus Axelsson , Luca Baldini , Jean Ballet (1) , D. L. Band , Guido Barbiellini , J. Bartelt , D. Bastieri , B. M.Baughman , K. Bechtol , D. Bédérède (2) , F. Bellardi , R. Bellazzini , B. Berenji , G. F.Bignami , D. Bisello , E. Bissaldi , R. D.Blandford , E. D.Bloom , J. R.Bogart , E. Bonamente , J. Bonnell , A. W.Borgland , A. Bouvier , J. Bregeon , A. Brez , M. Brigida , Pascal Bruel (3) , T. H.Burnett , G. Busetto , G. A.Caliandro , R.A. Cameron , P. A. Caraveo , S. Carius , P. Carlson , J. M.Casandjian (1) , E. Cavazzuti , M. Ceccanti , C. Cecchi , E. Charles , A. Chekhtman , C. C.Cheung , J. Chiang , R. Chipaux (2) , A. N. Cillis , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi (4) , S. Condamoor , J. Conrad , R. Corbet , L. Corucci , L. Costamante , S. Cutini , D.S. Davis , D. Decotigny , M. Deklotz , C.D. Dermer , A. de Angelis , S.W. Digel , E. Do Couto E Silva , P.S. Drell , R. Dubois , D. Dumora (5) , Y. Edmonds , D. Fabiani , C. Farnier (4) , C. Favuzzi , D.L. Flath , P. Fleury (3) , W.B. Focke , S. Funk , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , N. Gehrels , F.-X. Gentit (2) , S. Germani , B. Giebels (3) , N. Giglietto , P. Giommi , F. Giordano , T. Glanzman , G. Godfrey , I.A. Grenier (1) , M.-H. Grondin (5) , J.E. Grove , L. Guillemot (5) , S. Guiriec (4) , G. Haller , A.K. Harding , P.A. Hart , E. Hays , S.E. Healey , M. Hirayama , L. Hjalmarsdotter , R. Horn , G. Johannesson , G. Johansson , A. S.Johnson , R. P.Johnson , T. J.Johnson , W. N.Johnson , T. Kamae , H. Katagiri , J. Kataoka , A. Kavelaars , N. Kawai , H. Kelly , M. Kerr , W. Klamra , Jürgen Knödlseder (6) , M. L. Kocian , N. Komin (1, 4) , F. Kuehn , M. Kuss , D. Landriu (1) , L. Latronico , B. Lee , S.-H. Lee , M. Lemoine-Goumard (5) , A.M. Lionetto , F. Longo , F. Loparco , B. Lott (5) , M.N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , G.M. Madjeski , A. Makeev , B. Marangelli , M.M. Massai , M.N. Mazziotta , J.E. Mcenery , N. Menon , C. Meurer , P.F. Michelson , M. Minuti , N. Mirizzi , W. Mitthumsiri , T. Mizuno , A.A. Moiseev , C. Monte , M.E. Monzani , E. Moretti , A. Morselli , I.V. Moskalenko , S. Murgia , T. Nakamori , S. Nishino , P.L. Nolan , J.P. Norris , E. Nuss (4) , M. Ohno , T. Ohsugi , N. Omodei , E. Orlando , J.F. Ormes , A. Paccagnella , D. Paneque , J.H. Panetta , D. Parent (5) , M. Pearce , M. Pepe , A. Perazzo , M. Pesce-Rollins , P. Picozza , L. Pieri , M. Pinchera , F. Piron (4) , T.A. Porter , L. Poupard (1) , S. Raino , R. Rando , E. Rapposelli , M. Razzano , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , T. Reposeur (5) , L. C. Reyes , S. Ritz , L.S. Rochester , A.Y. Rodriguez , R.W. Romani , M. Roth , J.J. Russell , F. Ryde , S. Sabatini , H.F-W. Sadrosinski , D. Sanchez (3) , A. Sander , L. Sapozhinkov , P.M. Saz Parkinson , J.D. Scargle , T.L. Schalk , G. Scolieri , G. Sgro , G.H. Share , M. Shaw , T. Shimokawabe , C. Shrader , A. Sierpowska-Bartosik , E.J. Siskind , D.A. Smith (5) , P.D. Smith , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , Jean-Luc Starck (1) , T. E. Stephens , M.S. Strickman , A.W. Strong , D.J. Suson , H. Tajima , H. Takahashi , T. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , A. Tenze (1) , S. Tether , J.B. Thayer , J.G. Thayer , D.J. Thompson , L. Tibaldo , O. Tibolla , D.F. Torres , G. Tosti , A. Tramacere , M. Turri , T.L. Usher , N. Vilchez (6) , V. Vitale , P. Wang , K. Watters , B. L. Winer , K.S. Wood , T. Ylinen , M. Ziegler
W. B. Atwood
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A. A. Abdo
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Markus Ackermann
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B. Anderson
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Magnus Axelsson
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Luca Baldini
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D. L. Band
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Guido Barbiellini
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J. Bartelt
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D. Bastieri
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B. M.Baughman
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K. Bechtol
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F. Bellardi
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R. Bellazzini
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B. Berenji
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G. F.Bignami
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D. Bisello
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E. Bissaldi
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R. D.Blandford
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E. D.Bloom
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J. R.Bogart
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E. Bonamente
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J. Bonnell
A. W.Borgland
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A. Bouvier
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J. Bregeon
A. Brez
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M. Brigida
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T. H.Burnett
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G. Busetto
G. A.Caliandro
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R.A. Cameron
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P. A. Caraveo
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S. Carius
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P. Carlson
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E. Cavazzuti
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M. Ceccanti
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C. Cecchi
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E. Charles
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A. Chekhtman
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C. C.Cheung
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J. Chiang
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A. N. Cillis
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S. Ciprini
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R. Claus
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J. Conrad
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R. Corbet
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L. Corucci
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L. Costamante
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S. Cutini
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D.S. Davis
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D. Decotigny
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M. Deklotz
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C.D. Dermer
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A. de Angelis
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S.W. Digel
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E. Do Couto E Silva
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P.S. Drell
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R. Dubois
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Y. Edmonds
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D. Fabiani
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C. Favuzzi
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D.L. Flath
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W.B. Focke
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S. Funk
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P. Fusco
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F. Gargano
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D. Gasparrini
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N. Gehrels
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S. Germani
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N. Giglietto
P. Giommi
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F. Giordano
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T. Glanzman
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G. Godfrey
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M.-H. Grondin
J.E. Grove
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G. Haller
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A.K. Harding
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P.A. Hart
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E. Hays
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S.E. Healey
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M. Hirayama
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L. Hjalmarsdotter
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R. Horn
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G. Johannesson
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G. Johansson
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W. N.Johnson
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T. Kamae
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H. Katagiri
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J. Kataoka
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N. Kawai
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H. Kelly
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M. Kerr
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W. Klamra
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M. L. Kocian
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F. Kuehn
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M. Kuss
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L. Latronico
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B. Lee
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S.-H. Lee
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A.M. Lionetto
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F. Longo
F. Loparco
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B. Lott
M.N. Lovellette
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P. Lubrano
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G.M. Madjeski
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A. Makeev
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B. Marangelli
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M.M. Massai
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M.N. Mazziotta
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J.E. Mcenery
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N. Menon
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C. Meurer
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P.F. Michelson
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M. Minuti
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N. Mirizzi
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W. Mitthumsiri
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T. Mizuno
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A.A. Moiseev
C. Monte
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M.E. Monzani
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E. Moretti
A. Morselli
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I.V. Moskalenko
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S. Murgia
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T. Nakamori
S. Nishino
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P.L. Nolan
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J.P. Norris
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M. Ohno
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T. Ohsugi
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N. Omodei
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E. Orlando
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J.F. Ormes
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D. Paneque
J.H. Panetta
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M. Pearce
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M. Pepe
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A. Perazzo
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M. Pesce-Rollins
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L. Pieri
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M. Pinchera
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T.A. Porter
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R.W. Romani
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G. Scolieri
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G.H. Share
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M. Shaw
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T. Shimokawabe
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C. Shrader
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A. Sierpowska-Bartosik
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E.J. Siskind
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P.D. Smith
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G. Spandre
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P. Spinelli
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Jean-Luc Starck
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T. E. Stephens
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M.S. Strickman
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A.W. Strong
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D.J. Suson
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H. Tajima
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H. Takahashi
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T. Takahashi
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T. Tanaka
S. Tether
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J.B. Thayer
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D.J. Thompson
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L. Tibaldo
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D.F. Torres
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G. Tosti
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A. Tramacere
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M. Turri
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T.L. Usher
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P. Wang
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K. Watters
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Abstract

(Abridged) The Large Area Telescope (Fermi/LAT, hereafter LAT), the primary instrument on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (Fermi) mission, is an imaging, wide field-of-view, high-energy gamma-ray telescope, covering the energy range from below 20 MeV to more than 300 GeV. This paper describes the LAT, its pre-flight expected performance, and summarizes the key science objectives that will be addressed. On-orbit performance will be presented in detail in a subsequent paper. The LAT is a pair-conversion telescope with a precision tracker and calorimeter, each consisting of a 4x4 array of 16 modules, a segmented anticoincidence detector that covers the tracker array, and a programmable trigger and data acquisition system. Each tracker module has a vertical stack of 18 x,y tracking planes, including two layers (x and y) of single-sided silicon strip detectors and high-Z converter material (tungsten) per tray. Every calorimeter module has 96 CsI(Tl) crystals, arranged in an 8 layer hodoscopic configuration with a total depth of 8.6 radiation lengths. The aspect ratio of the tracker (height/width) is 0.4 allowing a large field-of-view (2.4 sr). Data obtained with the LAT are intended to (i) permit rapid notification of high-energy gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and transients and facilitate monitoring of variable sources, (ii) yield an extensive catalog of several thousand high-energy sources obtained from an all-sky survey, (iii) measure spectra from 20 MeV to more than 50 GeV for several hundred sources, (iv) localize point sources to 0.3 - 2 arc minutes, (v) map and obtain spectra of extended sources such as SNRs, molecular clouds, and nearby galaxies, (vi) measure the diffuse isotropic gamma-ray background up to TeV energies, and (vii) explore the discovery space for dark matter.

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in2p3-00378934 , version 1 (27-04-2009)

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W. B. Atwood, A. A. Abdo, Markus Ackermann, B. Anderson, Magnus Axelsson, et al.. The Large Area Telescope on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Mission. The Astrophysical Journal, 2009, 697, pp.1071-1102. ⟨10.1088/0004-637X/697/2/1071⟩. ⟨in2p3-00378934⟩
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