Fermi LAT movie of Gamma-ray Burst (GRB) 080916C
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- Nicola Omodei
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This movie compresses about 8 minutes of Fermi LAT observations of GRB 080916C into 6 seconds. Colored dots represent gamma rays of different energies. Visible light has energy between about 2 and 3 electron volts (eV). The blue dots represent lower-energy gamma rays (less than 100 million eV); green, moderate energies (100 million to 1 billion eV); and red, the highest energies (more than 1 billion eV).
This movie shows Fermi Large Area Telescope observations of GRB 080916C. About 8 minutes of data are compressed into 6 seconds. Colored dots represent gamma rays of different energies. The blue dots represent lower-energy gamma rays; green, moderate energies; and red, the highest energies.
Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration
Credits
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NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration
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Animator
- Nicola Omodei (INFN Pisa, Italy) [Lead]
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Writer
- Francis Reddy (University of Maryland College Park)
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Scientist
- Steven Ritz (NASA/GSFC)
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Fermi
ID: 216Fermi Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) Large Area Telescope (LAT)
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Fermi
ID: 687
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