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GRB detectors

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following GRB detectors cannot detect a photon of energy 17328.35eV?

a)

INTEGRAL

b)

FERMI

c)

CGRO

d)

SWIFT

2.

Which of the following processes are involved in measuring the energy of a gamma ray photons?

a)

Compton Scattering

b)

Photoelectric effect

c)

Pair Production

d)

None of the above

3.

What is the wavelength coverage of GROND observatory?

a)

0.21 - 0.45 micrometers

b)

0.45 - 2.1 micrometers

c)

2.1 - 4.5 micrometers

d)

All of the above

4.

What was the primary objective of the Fermi Gamma Ray Telescope?

a)

Detect Pulsars

b)

Detect Supernovae

c)

Detect GRBs

d)

All of the above

5.

The GROND Observatory is known to measure the afterglow of GRBs in ……... colours simultaneously.

a)

2

b)

5

c)

7

d)

9

6.

Which of the following Observatory uses photometric redshift for measuring the distance to GRBs from the measured colours after the optical afterglow?

a)

Large Area Telescope

b)

Swift Observatory

c)

GROND Observatory

d)

INTEGRAL Observatory

7.

Which subsystem in Large Area Telescope of Fermi Gamma Ray Telescope helps to measure the energy of incoming particles?

a)

Tracker

b)

Anti-coincidence detector

c)

Data Acquisition System

d)

Calorimeter

8.

Which of these following wavelengths the Neil Gehrels Swift observatory cannot observe?

a)

IR

b)

Gamma rays

c)

Visible

d)

All of the above wavelengths can be observed

9.

No of layers in the tracker subsystem of LAT is

a)

28

b)

216

c)

24

d)

23

10.

Apart from detecting gamma rays, four subsystems of LAT are responsible for

a)

Rejecting microwaves

b)

Detecting UV rays

c)

Detecting cosmic rays

d)

None of the above

11.

How long does the fermi gamma ray telescope take to cover the complete sky?

a)

24 hours

b)

12 hours

c)

6 hours

d)

3 hours

12.

Where could we expect short GRBs from?

a)

Elliptical galaxies

b)

Spiral galaxies

c)

Both A and B

d)

None of the above