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Author: Robert P. Johnson (U.C. Santa Cruz)

Title: The Physics and Status of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope

Abstract: A gamma-ray pair conversion telescope is being developed for theGamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope mission. It is based upon silicon-strip detectors for particle tracking and aCsI calorimeter for energy measurement.The use of such modern particle detectiontechnology will result in more than a factor of30 improvement in sensitivity over previous missions.In this paper we describe the instrument conceptual design andexplore how it will be exploited to greatly improve our abilityto study astrophysical sources of high-energy gamma rays.

Comments: 7.5 pages, RevTeX, Contribution to the 1999 Meeting of the APS Division of Particles and Fields. Talk #1006.Report-no: SCIPP 99/09

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