LAT
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LAT is the Large Area Telescope, a high-energy gamma-ray detector aboard NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope used to study cosmic gamma-ray sources.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| LAT canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2962550 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: LAT Context triple: [Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, primaryInstrumentAbbreviation, LAT]
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LAC
LAC refers to the Los Angeles Clippers, a professional NBA basketball team based in Los Angeles and a crosstown rival of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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LAS
LAS is an abbreviation commonly used for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at many universities, encompassing a broad range of humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences disciplines.
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C.
LAS
LAS is the IATA airport code for Harry Reid International Airport, the primary commercial airport serving Las Vegas, Nevada.
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LAS
LAS is the commonly used abbreviation for the Arab League, a regional organization of Arab countries in and around North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and the Middle East.
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E.
LAK
LAK is the standard abbreviation used to represent the Los Angeles Lakers NBA franchise in scores, statistics, and media.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: LAT Target entity description: LAT is the Large Area Telescope, a high-energy gamma-ray detector aboard NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope used to study cosmic gamma-ray sources.
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A.
LAC
LAC refers to the Los Angeles Clippers, a professional NBA basketball team based in Los Angeles and a crosstown rival of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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B.
LAS
LAS is an abbreviation commonly used for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at many universities, encompassing a broad range of humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences disciplines.
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C.
LAS
LAS is the IATA airport code for Harry Reid International Airport, the primary commercial airport serving Las Vegas, Nevada.
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D.
LAS
LAS is the commonly used abbreviation for the Arab League, a regional organization of Arab countries in and around North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and the Middle East.
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E.
LAK
LAK is the standard abbreviation used to represent the Los Angeles Lakers NBA franchise in scores, statistics, and media.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gamma-ray telescope
ⓘ
space telescope instrument ⓘ |
| acronymFor |
Large Area Telescope
ⓘ
linked to:
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
|
| collaboration |
CEA (France)
ⓘ
CNRS/IN2P3 (France) ⓘ
linked to:
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
INAF (Italy) ⓘ
linked to:
National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF)
INFN (Italy) ⓘ
linked to:
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Japanese institutions ⓘ SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ Swedish institutions ⓘ U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ international collaboration ⓘ |
| contributesTo | Fermi LAT source catalogs ⓘ |
| detectionPrinciple | converts gamma rays into electron-positron pairs ⓘ |
| detectorType | pair-conversion telescope ⓘ |
| energyRange | approximately 20 MeV to more than 300 GeV ⓘ |
| fieldOfView | large field of view ⓘ |
| fullName |
Large Area Telescope
ⓘ
linked to:
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
|
| hasSubsystem |
anticoincidence detector
ⓘ
calorimeter ⓘ tracker ⓘ |
| improvementOverPredecessor |
better angular resolution
ⓘ
greater sensitivity ⓘ wider energy range ⓘ |
| launchCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
|
| launchVehicle |
Delta II rocket
ⓘ
linked to:
Delta rocket
|
| mission |
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope mission
ⓘ
linked to:
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
|
| observes |
active galactic nuclei
ⓘ
diffuse gamma-ray background ⓘ gamma-ray bursts ⓘ gamma-ray emission from the Milky Way ⓘ pulsars ⓘ solar flares ⓘ supernova remnants ⓘ |
| onboardPlatform |
Fermi observatory
ⓘ
linked to:
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
|
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| originalNameOfMission |
Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST)
ⓘ
linked to:
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
|
| partOf | Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ⓘ |
| predecessor | EGRET instrument on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | study cosmic gamma-ray sources ⓘ |
| scanningStrategy | covers entire sky every few hours ⓘ |
| scientificDomain | high-energy astrophysics ⓘ |
| scientificGoal |
measure extragalactic gamma-ray background
ⓘ
monitor transient gamma-ray phenomena ⓘ search for dark matter signatures ⓘ study cosmic-ray interactions ⓘ study particle acceleration in astrophysical sources ⓘ |
| spaceAgency |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
ⓘ
linked to:
Goddard Space Flight Center
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| surveyMode | all-sky survey ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange | gamma rays ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: LAT Description of subject: LAT is the Large Area Telescope, a high-energy gamma-ray detector aboard NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope used to study cosmic gamma-ray sources.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.