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arxiv: 0912.3855 · v1 · submitted 2009-12-19 · 🌌 astro-ph.HE · astro-ph.IM

Measurement of the Fermi-LAT Localization Performance

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keywords energyfermi-lathigh-energylocalizationperformanceblazarscapabilitycarlo
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We present results of a study of the localization capability of Fermi-LAT, using a large set of blazars with precise radio locations. Since the width of the PSF decreases with energy, the performance is typically dominated by a few high energy photons, so it is important to properly characterize the high-energy PSF. Using such data, we have found a need to modify the pre-launch high-energy (greater than a few GeV) PSF derived from extensive Monte Carlo simulations of particle interactions in the LAT; the resulting data-based PSF is shown

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