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Exploring the Transient Universe with High-Energy Telescopes

Dive into the world of high-energy telescopes and their crucial role in understanding the transient universe. Discover the latest instruments like EGRET on CGRO and their capabilities in capturing sources like blazars, pulsars, and more. Explore compact, variable, and dominant energy phenomena, and learn about groundbreaking technologies such as HESS with its unique stereo vision and cosmic ray discrimination. Join the quest to unveil the mysteries of the transient universe through advanced telescopes and cutting-edge research.

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Exploring the Transient Universe with High-Energy Telescopes

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  1. New High Energy Telescopes Geoff Bower The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

  2. EGRET • Instrument on CGRO • NASA Great Observatory • 20 MeV – 30 GeV • 1500 cm^2 • 5 arcmin for strong sources The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

  3. EGRET The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

  4. 271 sources 66 blazars 5 pulsars 170 unidentified Hartman et al 1999 The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

  5. EGRET Blazars Mattox et al 1997 The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

  6. Compact & Flat Spectrum The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

  7. Compact The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

  8. Variable Mukherjee et al 1997 The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

  9. 3C 279 Wehrle et al 1997 The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

  10. The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007 Ubertini 2007

  11. Dominant in Energy The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

  12. Extragalactic Background EGRB Narumoto & Totani 2006 The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

  13. GLAST The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

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  15. Michelson 2007 The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

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  24. Padovani 2007 The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

  25. MAGIC result The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

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  27. HESS • Atmospheric Cherenkov detector array • 100 m^2 collecting area • 5 deg FOV • 0.16 deg resolution The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

  28. HESS Camera 960 PMT pixels The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

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  32. Imaging Rejection of Cosmic Rays The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

  33. Stereoscopic Vision The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

  34. Cherenkov Basics • Energy Range • 1 TeV photon produces 100 photons/m^2 on the ground • Sensitivity set by ability to reject cosmic rays • Effective Collecting Area • Not 4 x 100 m^2 • But 50,000 m^2 • Light pool area (250 m diameter) • Stereo vision • To reconstruct signal direction, reject cosmic rays The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

  35. Cosmic Ray Discrimination The Transient Universe: AY 250 Spring 2007

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