Pulsarspectrum: Simulating Gamma-ray Pulsars for the Glast Mission
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Pulsars are among the most exciting gamma ray sources in the Universe and can serve as unique sites for the study of emission processes in extreme physical environments. The Gamma ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) will increase dramatically our knowledge of gamma ray pulsars physics. In particular the Large Area Telescope (LAT), the main GLAST instrument, will provide more detailed observations of the known gamma ray pulsars and potentially will discover many new pulsars that emit gamma rays. To better understand the capabilities of GLAST for pulsar science we developed PulsarSpectrum, a program that simulates gamma ray emission from pulsars. This simulator can be easily interfaced with the Monte Carlo software that simulates the response of the LAT.
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