Multi-wavelength Observations of Gamma-Ray Blazars - the GLAST Connection

研究人员将开展一项广泛的研究计划，在其他波长检查GLAST(伽马射线大口径太空望远镜，计划于2008年发射)观测到的耀眼伽马射线源。这项工作将包括无线电监测、VLBA无线电成像和偏振测量、光学识别和光学谱线观测，这将为GLAST blazar观测提供多频率基础。他们将在欧文斯山谷射电天文台40米和托伦32米望远镜上开展通量密度监测活动，并在帕洛马、凯克、霍比-埃伯利望远镜以及南半球的SALT和ESO望远镜开展密集的识别和谱线观测计划。更广泛的影响包括与智利的一名研究生合作，开发供美国14个州和其他几个国家的学生使用的项目和教师工具。欧文斯河谷射电天文台40米望远镜的三分之一时间将专门用于参与GLAST观测的K-12项目。

The investigators will carry out an extensive research program to examine, at other wavelengths, blazar sources of gamma rays observed by GLAST (Gamma-ray Large Aperture Space Telescope, scheduled for launch in 2008). The work will consist of radio monitoring, VLBA radio imaging and polarimetry, optical identification, and optical spectral line observations which will provide a multifrequency foundation for the GLAST blazar observations. They will carry out a flux density monitoring campaign on the Owens Valley Radio Observatory 40m and Torun 32m telescopes, and an intensive identification and spectral line observational program at Palomar, Keck, the Hobby-Eberley Telesope, and the SALT and ESO telescopes in the southern hemisphere.The broader impacts include working with a Chilean graduate student and developing projects and teacher tools that will be used by students in fourteen states of the United States and in several other countries. One third of the time on the Owens Valley Radio Observatory 40m Telescope will be dedicated to K-12 programs involved in GLAST observations.