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The Large Area Telescope (LAT), a pair-conversion telescope that provides coverage over the approximate energy range 20 MeV to 300 GeV, is GLAST’s principal instrument. The LAT will provide an unprecedented capability for high-energy astrophysics, superseding the sensitivity of EGRET by more than 40 times. Highlights of the physics and astrophysics opportunities the LAT will provide are summarized.
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Reimer, O. (2007). GLAST LAT Science Prospects. In: Lobanov, A.P., Zensus, J.A., Cesarsky, C., Diamond, P.J. (eds) Exploring the Cosmic Frontier. ESO Astrophysics Symposia European Southern Observatory. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39756-4_24
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