Gamma-Ray Pulsars in the Gamma-Ray Pulsars in the GLAST Era GLAST Era

Gamma-ray Large Gamma-ray Large Area Space Area Space TelescopeTelescope

Marcus Ziegler

University of California Santa Cruz

Bill Atwood

Brian Baugmann

Rober Johnson

GLAST basic principleGLAST basic principle

Pair conversion telescope

e+ e–

particle tracking detectors

conversion foil

Anticoincidence shield

Pair-Conversion Telescope

GLAST statusGLAST status

All detector components of the LAT (Large area Telescope) are assembled

Tracker, Calorimeter, and Anti coincidence detector

Better PSFBetter PSF

All detector components of the LAT (Large area Telescope) are assembled

Tracker, Calorimeter, and Anti coincidence detector

Simulated LAT (>1 GeV, 1 yr)

Simulated LAT (>100 MeV, 1 yr)

Energy rangeEnergy range

All detector components of the LAT (Large area Telescope) are assembled

Tracker, Calorimeter, and Anti coincidence detector

Different pulsar modelsDifferent pulsar models

Outer gap

Polar cap

Slot gap

Emission modelsEmission models

All detector components of the LAT (Large area Telescope) are assembled

Tracker, Calorimeter, and Anti coincidence detector

Source populstionsSource populstions

All detector components of the LAT (Large area Telescope) are assembled

Tracker, Calorimeter, and Anti coincidence detector

Search methodsSearch methods

All detector components of the LAT (Large area Telescope) are assembled

Tracker, Calorimeter, and Anti coincidence detector