Finding Gamma Ray Bursts at High Energies and Testing the Constancy of the Speed of Light

Finding Gamma Ray Bursts at High Energies and Testing the Constancy of the Speed of Light

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Main Author: Kuehn, Frederick Gabriel
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University / OhioLINK 2008
Subjects:
Astrophysics
Physics
GRB
Lorentz Invariance Violation
Gamma-Rays
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1214582047
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu12145820472021-08-03T05:54:05Z Finding Gamma Ray Bursts at High Energies and Testing the Constancy of the Speed of Light Kuehn, Frederick Gabriel Astrophysics Physics GRB Lorentz Invariance Violation Gamma-Rays This dissertation presents the development of algorithms for the LAT Onboard Science Processing as well as an analysis methodology for determining non-constancy in the speed of light at high energy. The main goal of Onboard Science is to find GRBs in real time onboard the LAT. Detailed studies of the expected performance and documentation of the implementation are provided. Given current knowledge and reasonable assumption on the high energy spectra, the expected number of GRBs that will be observed is 1-2 per month at better than 17#176; of accuracy. Studies presented here map out the performance as a function of GRB parameters. The second part of this thesis focuses on showing that the LAT is sensitive to a Quantum Gravity time delay induced by physics at the Planck scale. Quantitatively, the LAT can distinguish time delays of 퓞 (10<sup>-5</sup>) s/MeV. 2008-09-09 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1214582047 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1214582047 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Astrophysics
Physics
GRB
Lorentz Invariance Violation
Gamma-Rays
spellingShingle Astrophysics
Physics
GRB
Lorentz Invariance Violation
Gamma-Rays
Kuehn, Frederick Gabriel
Finding Gamma Ray Bursts at High Energies and Testing the Constancy of the Speed of Light
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title_short Finding Gamma Ray Bursts at High Energies and Testing the Constancy of the Speed of Light
title_full Finding Gamma Ray Bursts at High Energies and Testing the Constancy of the Speed of Light
title_fullStr Finding Gamma Ray Bursts at High Energies and Testing the Constancy of the Speed of Light
title_full_unstemmed Finding Gamma Ray Bursts at High Energies and Testing the Constancy of the Speed of Light
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