WE AIM TO UNDERTAKE A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF EVERY FERMI DETECTED OBJECT IN THE NORTHERN SKY NOT YET IDENTIFIED WITH A KNOWN SOURCE TYPE (BLAZAR PULSAR ETC.). IN 2FGL THERE ARE STILL A LARGE NUMBER (576) OF SUCH SOURCES 30% OF THE TOTAL. FOR EVERY UNASSOCIATED FERMI SOURCE WE WILL USE VLA OBSERVATIONS TO GATHER A LIST OF RADIO SOURCES WITHIN THE LAT ERROR ELLIPSE AND WILL DETERMINE THEIR FLUX DENSITIES SPECTRAL INDEXES AND MORPHOLOGIES. WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH VLBA OBSERVATIONS USING THE VLA POSITIONS TO CONFIRM AGN IDENTIFICATIONS. THIS WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RADIO-GAMMA ASSOCIATIONS ESPECIALLY IN THE POORLY EXPLORED REGIME OF RADIO-WEAK AGN. WE WILL FIND A POPULATION OF RADIO SILENT GAMMA-RAY SOURCES OR DEMONSTRATE THAT SUCH A POPULATION DOES NOT EXIST.
$190,000FY2014National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA
University Of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM