IVth School of Astroparticle Physics
May 27th - June 1st, 2013
OHP, Saint Michel l'Observatoire

Gravitational Waves

Gamma-ray instruments and GRB observations at high energy

Frédéric PIRON
Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM)

Course
This lecture is a general presentation of space-based and ground-based gamma-ray astronomy from an observation perspective, with a focus on gamma-ray burst (GRB) studies with current and future instruments. In a first part, I will cover the main instrumental techniques used to detect, localize and characterize GRBs at high energies. In a second part, I will review the existing space missions, their performance and synergies, as well as some of their key results. I will also present the main mission projects which are likely to be operational in the forthcoming years. Finally, in a third part, I will address the prospects for GRB observation at very high energies with ground-based gamma-ray experiments.
Chapters
  1. Observational techniques in gamma-ray astronomy
  2. Current and future high-energy space missions
  3. GRB detection with ground-based experiments at very high energies


Abstract

This lecture is a general presentation of space-based and ground-based gamma-ray astronomy from an observation perspective, with a focus on gamma-ray burst studies with current and future instruments.

 
Bibliography
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    • "Gamma-ray Bursts", Cambridge University Press (Astrophysics Series 51), Edited by C. Kouveliotou,R. A. M. J. Wijers, S. Woosley, 2012
    • "Observational astrophysics", P. Léna, D. Rouan, F. Lebrun, F. Mignard & D. Pelat, Springer Astronomy and Astrophysics Library, 3rd edition, 2012
    • "Astronomie gamma spatiale", J. Paul & P. Laurent, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1997
    • "High-energy Astrophysics", M. S. Longair, Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition volume 1, 1992

 

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