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P. M. Saz Parkinson
Researcher at University of Hong Kong
Publications - 189
Citations - 27408
P. M. Saz Parkinson is an academic researcher from University of Hong Kong. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope & Pulsar. The author has an hindex of 85, co-authored 179 publications receiving 25830 citations. Previous affiliations of P. M. Saz Parkinson include University of California, Santa Cruz & Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics.
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Fermi Large Area Telescope Second Source Catalog
P. L. Nolan,A. A. Abdo,A. A. Abdo,Markus Ackermann,Marco Ajello,Alice Allafort,Elisa Antolini,Elisa Antolini,W. B. Atwood,Magnus Axelsson,Magnus Axelsson,Luca Baldini,Jean Ballet,Guido Barbiellini,Guido Barbiellini,Denis Bastieri,Denis Bastieri,Keith Bechtol,Andrea Belfiore,Andrea Belfiore,Andrea Belfiore,Ronaldo Bellazzini,B. Berenji,Giovanni F. Bignami,Roger Blandford,E. D. Bloom,Emanuele Bonamente,Emanuele Bonamente,J. Bonnell,J. Bonnell,A. W. Borgland,Eugenio Bottacini,A. Bouvier,T. J. Brandt,T. J. Brandt,Johan Bregeon,M. Brigida,M. Brigida,P. Bruel,R. Buehler,T. H. Burnett,S. Buson,S. Buson,G. A. Caliandro,R. A. Cameron,Riccardo Campana,B. Canadas,B. Canadas,A. Cannon,A. Cannon,P. A. Caraveo,J. M. Casandjian,E. Cavazzuti,M. Ceccanti,C. Cecchi,C. Cecchi,Omer Celik,Omer Celik,Eric Charles,A. Chekhtman,C. C. Cheung,C. C. Cheung,C. C. Cheung,James Chiang,R. Chipaux,Stefano Ciprini,R. Claus,Johann Cohen-Tanugi,L. R. Cominsky,Jan Conrad,Jan Conrad,R. H. D. Corbet,R. H. D. Corbet,S. Cutini,Filippo D'Ammando,David S. Davis,David S. Davis,A. De Angelis,M. E. DeCesar,M. E. DeCesar,M. Deklotz,A. De Luca,P. R. den Hartog,F. de Palma,F. de Palma,Charles D. Dermer,Seth Digel,E. Do Couto E Silva,Persis S. Drell,Alex Drlica-Wagner,R. Dubois,D. Dumora,Teruaki Enoto,L. Escande,D. Fabiani,L. Falletti,C. Favuzzi,C. Favuzzi,S. J. Fegan,Elizabeth C. Ferrara,W. B. Focke,P. Fortin,M. Frailis,Yasushi Fukazawa,Stefan Funk,P. Fusco,P. Fusco,F. Gargano,Dario Gasparrini,Neil Gehrels,S. Germani,S. Germani,B. Giebels,Nicola Giglietto,Nicola Giglietto,Paolo Giommi,Francesco Giordano,Francesco Giordano,Marcello Giroletti,T. Glanzman,G. Godfrey,I. A. Grenier,M. H. Grondin,M. H. Grondin,J. E. Grove,L. Guillemot,Sylvain Guiriec,Mats Gustafsson,Daniela Hadasch,Y. Hanabata,Alice K. Harding,M. Hayashida,M. Hayashida,E. Hays,A. B. Hill,D. Horan,X. Hou,R. E. Hughes,G. Iafrate,Ryosuke Itoh,Gudlaugur Johannesson,R. P. Johnson,T. E. Johnson,A. S. Johnson,Tyrel J. Johnson,Tyrel J. Johnson,Tyrel J. Johnson,T. Kamae,Hideaki Katagiri,Jun Kataoka,J. Katsuta,Nobuyuki Kawai,Matthew Kerr,Jürgen Knödlseder,Jürgen Knödlseder,D. Kocevski,M. Kuss,J. Lande,D. Landriu,Luca Latronico,Marianne Lemoine-Goumard,Andrea Lionetto,Andrea Lionetto,M. Llena Garde,Francesco Longo,Francesco Longo,F. Loparco,F. Loparco,Benoit Lott,M. N. Lovellette,P. Lubrano,P. Lubrano,G. M. Madejski,M. Marelli,Enrico Massaro,M. N. Mazziotta,W. McConville,W. McConville,Julie McEnery,Julie McEnery,J. Mehault,Peter F. Michelson,Massimo Minuti,W. Mitthumsiri,Tsunefumi Mizuno,A. A. Moiseev,A. A. Moiseev,M. Mongelli,C. Monte,C. Monte,M. E. Monzani,A. Morselli,Igor V. Moskalenko,S. Murgia,Takeshi Nakamori,M. Naumann-Godo,Jay P. Norris,E. Nuss,T. Nymark,T. Nymark,Masanori Ohno,T. Ohsugi,Akira Okumura,Nicola Omodei,E. Orlando,J. F. Ormes,M. Ozaki,David Paneque,David Paneque,J. H. Panetta,D. Parent,D. Parent,J. S. Perkins,Melissa Pesce-Rollins,M. Pierbattista,Michele Pinchera,F. Piron,G. Pivato,T. A. Porter,Judith Racusin,S. Rainò,S. Rainò,Riccardo Rando,Riccardo Rando,M. Razzano,M. Razzano,Soebur Razzaque,Soebur Razzaque,A. Reimer,Olaf Reimer,T. Reposeur,Steven Ritz,L. S. Rochester,Roger W. Romani,M. Roth,R. Rousseau,Felix Ryde,Felix Ryde,Hartmut Sadrozinski,David Salvetti,Daniel Sánchez,P. M. Saz Parkinson,C. Sbarra,Jeffrey D. Scargle,T. L. Schalk,Carmelo Sgrò,M. S. Shaw,Chris Shrader,E. J. Siskind,David A. Smith,Gloria Spandre,P. Spinelli,P. Spinelli,T. E. Stephens,T. E. Stephens,M. S. Strickman,D. J. Suson,Hiroyasu Tajima,Hiroyasu Tajima,Hiromitsu Takahashi,Tadayuki Takahashi,Takaaki Tanaka,J. G. Thayer,J. B. Thayer,D. J. Thompson,L. Tibaldo,L. Tibaldo,O. Tibolla,F. Tinebra,M. Tinivella,Diego F. Torres,Diego F. Torres,Gino Tosti,Gino Tosti,Eleonora Troja,Yasunobu Uchiyama,Justin Vandenbroucke,A. Van Etten,B. van Klaveren,V. Vasileiou,Giacomo Vianello,V. Vitale,V. Vitale,A. P. Waite,E. Wallace,P. Wang,Michael Werner,Brian L Winer,D. L. Wood,D. L. Wood,K. S. Wood,Matthew Wood,Zhenwei Yang,Stephan Zimmer +293 more
TL;DR: The second Fermi-LAT catalog (2FGL) as mentioned in this paper includes source location regions, defined in terms of elliptical fits to the 95% confidence regions and spectral fits in terms either power-law, exponentially cutoff power law, or log-normal forms.
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Fermi large area telescope first source catalog
A. A. Abdo,A. A. Abdo,Markus Ackermann,Marco Ajello,Alice Allafort,Elisa Antolini,Elisa Antolini,W. B. Atwood,Magnus Axelsson,Magnus Axelsson,Luca Baldini,Jean Ballet,Guido Barbiellini,Guido Barbiellini,Denis Bastieri,Denis Bastieri,B. M. Baughman,Keith Bechtol,Ronaldo Bellazzini,F. Belli,F. Belli,B. Berenji,Dario Bisello,Dario Bisello,Roger Blandford,E. D. Bloom,Emanuele Bonamente,Emanuele Bonamente,J. Bonnell,J. Bonnell,A. W. Borgland,A. Bouvier,Johan Bregeon,Alessandro Brez,M. Brigida,M. Brigida,P. Bruel,T. H. Burnett,G. Busetto,G. Busetto,S. Buson,S. Buson,G. A. Caliandro,R. A. Cameron,Riccardo Campana,B. Canadas,B. Canadas,P. A. Caraveo,S. Carrigan,J. M. Casandjian,E. Cavazzuti,M. Ceccanti,C. Cecchi,C. Cecchi,Omer Celik,Omer Celik,Eric Charles,A. Chekhtman,A. Chekhtman,C. C. Cheung,C. C. Cheung,James Chiang,A. N. Cillis,Stefano Ciprini,R. Claus,Johann Cohen-Tanugi,Jan Conrad,Jan Conrad,R. H. D. Corbet,R. H. D. Corbet,David S. Davis,David S. Davis,M. Deklotz,P. R. den Hartog,Charles D. Dermer,A. De Angelis,A. De Luca,F. de Palma,F. de Palma,Seth Digel,M. Dormody,E. Do Couto E Silva,Persis S. Drell,R. Dubois,D. Dumora,D. Fabiani,C. Farnier,C. Favuzzi,C. Favuzzi,S. J. Fegan,Elizabeth C. Ferrara,W. B. Focke,P. Fortin,M. Frailis,Yasushi Fukazawa,Stefan Funk,P. Fusco,P. Fusco,F. Gargano,Dario Gasparrini,Neil Gehrels,S. Germani,S. Germani,Gianluca Giavitto,Gianluca Giavitto,B. Giebels,Nicola Giglietto,Nicola Giglietto,Paolo Giommi,F. Giordano,F. Giordano,Marcello Giroletti,T. Glanzman,G. Godfrey,I. A. Grenier,M.-H. Grondin,M.-H. Grondin,J. E. Grove,L. Guillemot,Sylvain Guiriec,Mats Gustafsson,D. Hadasch,Y. Hanabata,Alice K. Harding,M. Hayashida,E. Hays,S. E. Healey,A. B. Hill,D. Horan,R. E. Hughes,G. Iafrate,Gudlaugur Johannesson,A. S. Johnson,R. P. Johnson,Tyrel J. Johnson,Tyrel J. Johnson,W. N. Johnson,T. Kamae,Hideaki Katagiri,Jun Kataoka,Nobuyuki Kawai,Matthew Kerr,Jürgen Knödlseder,D. Kocevski,M. Kuss,J. Lande,D. Landriu,Luca Latronico,Shiu-Hang Lee,M. Lemoine-Goumard,Andrea Lionetto,Andrea Lionetto,M. Llena Garde,Francesco Longo,Francesco Longo,F. Loparco,F. Loparco,B. Lott,M. N. Lovellette,P. Lubrano,P. Lubrano,G. M. Madejski,A. Makeev,A. Makeev,B. Marangelli,B. Marangelli,M. Marelli,Enrico Massaro,M. N. Mazziotta,W. McConville,W. McConville,Julie McEnery,Julie McEnery,Peter F. Michelson,Massimo Minuti,W. Mitthumsiri,Tsunefumi Mizuno,A. A. Moiseev,A. A. Moiseev,M. Mongelli,C. Monte,C. Monte,M. E. Monzani,Elena Moretti,Elena Moretti,A. Morselli,Igor V. Moskalenko,S. Murgia,Hiroshi Nakajima,Takeshi Nakamori,M. Naumann-Godo,P. L. Nolan,J. P. Norris,E. Nuss,Masanori Ohno,T. Ohsugi,Nicola Omodei,E. Orlando,Jonathan F. Ormes,M. Ozaki,Alessandro Paccagnella,Alessandro Paccagnella,David Paneque,J. H. Panetta,D. Parent,D. Parent,V. Pelassa,M. Pepe,M. Pepe,Melissa Pesce-Rollins,Michele Pinchera,F. Piron,T. A. Porter,L. Poupard,S. Rainò,S. Rainò,Riccardo Rando,Riccardo Rando,Paul S. Ray,M. Razzano,Soebur Razzaque,Soebur Razzaque,Nanda Rea,A. Reimer,Olaf Reimer,T. Reposeur,Joachim Ripken,Steven Ritz,L. S. Rochester,A. Y. Rodriguez,Roger W. Romani,M. Roth,Hartmut Sadrozinski,David Salvetti,David Sánchez,A. Sander,P. M. Saz Parkinson,Jeffrey D. Scargle,T. L. Schalk,G. Scolieri,Carmelo Sgrò,M. S. Shaw,E. J. Siskind,David S. Smith,P. D. Smith,Gloria Spandre,P. Spinelli,P. Spinelli,Jean-Luc Starck,T. E. Stephens,T. E. Stephens,E. Striani,E. Striani,M. S. Strickman,Andrew W. Strong,D. J. Suson,Hiroyasu Tajima,Hiromitsu Takahashi,Tadayuki Takahashi,Takaaki Tanaka,J. B. Thayer,J. G. Thayer,D. J. Thompson,L. Tibaldo,O. Tibolla,F. Tinebra,Diego F. Torres,Diego F. Torres,Gino Tosti,Gino Tosti,A. Tramacere,Yasunobu Uchiyama,T. L. Usher,A. Van Etten,V. Vasileiou,V. Vasileiou,N. Vilchez,V. Vitale,V. Vitale,A. P. Waite,E. Wallace,P. Wang,K. Watters,Brian L Winer,Kent S. Wood,Zhenwei Yang,T. Ylinen,T. Ylinen,M. Ziegler +288 more
TL;DR: The first Fermi-LAT catalog (1FGL) as mentioned in this paper contains 1451 sources detected and characterized in the 100 MeV to 100 GeV range, and the threshold likelihood Test Statistic is 25, corresponding to a significance of just over 4 sigma.
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The second fermi large area telescope catalog of gamma-ray pulsars
A. A. Abdo,A. A. Abdo,Marco Ajello,Alice Allafort,Luca Baldini,Jean Ballet,Guido Barbiellini,Guido Barbiellini,Matthew G. Baring,Denis Bastieri,Denis Bastieri,Andrea Belfiore,Andrea Belfiore,Andrea Belfiore,Ronaldo Bellazzini,Bhaswati Bhattacharyya,Elisabetta Bissaldi,E. D. Bloom,Emanuele Bonamente,Emanuele Bonamente,Eugenio Bottacini,Terri Brandt,Johan Bregeon,M. Brigida,M. Brigida,P. Bruel,R. Buehler,M. Burgay,T. H. Burnett,G. Busetto,G. Busetto,S. Buson,S. Buson,G. A. Caliandro,R. A. Cameron,Fernando Camilo,Fernando Camilo,P. A. Caraveo,J. M. Casandjian,C. Cecchi,C. Cecchi,Omer Celik,Omer Celik,Eric Charles,Sylvain Chaty,R. C. G. Chaves,A. Chekhtman,A. Chekhtman,A. W. Chen,James Chiang,G. Chiaro,Stefano Ciprini,R. Claus,Ismaël Cognard,Johann Cohen-Tanugi,L. R. Cominsky,Jan Conrad,S. Cutini,Filippo D'Ammando,A. De Angelis,M. E. DeCesar,M. E. DeCesar,A. De Luca,P. R. den Hartog,F. de Palma,F. de Palma,Charles D. Dermer,Gregory Desvignes,Gregory Desvignes,Seth Digel,L. Di Venere,Persis S. Drell,Alex Drlica-Wagner,R. Dubois,D. Dumora,Cristobal M. Espinoza,L. Falletti,C. Favuzzi,C. Favuzzi,Elizabeth C. Ferrara,W. B. Focke,A. Franckowiak,Paulo C. C. Freire,Stefan Funk,P. Fusco,P. Fusco,F. Gargano,Dario Gasparrini,S. Germani,S. Germani,Nicola Giglietto,Nicola Giglietto,Paolo Giommi,Francesco Giordano,Francesco Giordano,Marcello Giroletti,T. Glanzman,G. Godfrey,Eric V. Gotthelf,I. A. Grenier,M.-H. Grondin,M.-H. Grondin,J. E. Grove,L. Guillemot,Sylvain Guiriec,D. Hadasch,Y. Hanabata,Alice K. Harding,M. Hayashida,M. Hayashida,E. Hays,Jason W. T. Hessels,Jason W. T. Hessels,John W. Hewitt,A. B. Hill,A. B. Hill,D. Horan,Xian Hou,R. E. Hughes,Miranda Jackson,Miranda Jackson,Gemma H. Janssen,T. Jogler,Gudlaugur Johannesson,R. P. Johnson,A. S. Johnson,Tyrel J. Johnson,Tyrel J. Johnson,W. N. Johnson,Simon Johnston,T. Kamae,Jun Kataoka,Michael Keith,Matthew Kerr,Jürgen Knödlseder,Jürgen Knödlseder,Michael Kramer,Michael Kramer,M. Kuss,J. Lande,S. Larsson,Luca Latronico,Marianne Lemoine-Goumard,Francesco Longo,Francesco Longo,F. Loparco,F. Loparco,M. N. Lovellette,P. Lubrano,P. Lubrano,Andrew Lyne,R. N. Manchester,M. Marelli,Francesco Massaro,M. Mayer,M. N. Mazziotta,Julie McEnery,Julie McEnery,Maura McLaughlin,J. Mehault,Peter F. Michelson,Roberto Mignani,Roberto Mignani,Roberto Mignani,W. Mitthumsiri,Tsunefumi Mizuno,A. A. Moiseev,A. A. Moiseev,M. E. Monzani,A. Morselli,Igor V. Moskalenko,S. Murgia,Takeshi Nakamori,Rodrigo Nemmen,E. Nuss,Masanori Ohno,T. Ohsugi,M. Orienti,E. Orlando,J. F. Ormes,David Paneque,David Paneque,J. H. Panetta,D. Parent,D. Parent,J. S. Perkins,Melissa Pesce-Rollins,M. Pierbattista,F. Piron,G. Pivato,Holger J. Pletsch,T. A. Porter,A. Possenti,S. Rainò,S. Rainò,Robert R. Rando,Robert R. Rando,Scott M. Ransom,Paul S. Ray,M. Razzano,M. Razzano,Nanda Rea,A. Reimer,Olaf Reimer,N. Renault,T. Reposeur,Steven Ritz,Roger W. Romani,M. Roth,R. Rousseau,Jayashree Roy,John J. Ruan,Alberto Sartori,P. M. Saz Parkinson,Jeffrey D. Scargle,André Schulz,Carmelo Sgrò,Ryan Shannon,E. J. Siskind,David A. Smith,Gloria Spandre,P. Spinelli,P. Spinelli,Benjamin Stappers,Andrew W. Strong,D. J. Suson,Hiromitsu Takahashi,J. G. Thayer,J. B. Thayer,Gilles Theureau,D. J. Thompson,Stephen E. Thorsett,L. Tibaldo,O. Tibolla,M. Tinivella,Diego F. Torres,Diego F. Torres,Gino Tosti,Gino Tosti,Eleonora Troja,Eleonora Troja,Yasunobu Uchiyama,T. L. Usher,Justin Vandenbroucke,V. Vasileiou,Christo Venter,Giacomo Vianello,V. Vitale,V. Vitale,Na Wang,Patrick Weltevrede,Brian L Winer,M. T. Wolff,D. L. Wood,D. L. Wood,K. S. Wood,Matthew Wood,Zhenwei Yang +257 more
TL;DR: In this article, a catalog of gamma-ray pulsar detections using three years of data acquired by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the Fermi satellite is presented.
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Measurement of the Cosmic Ray e+ + e- spectrum from 20 GeV to 1 TeV with the Fermi Large Area Telescope.
A. A. Abdo,Markus Ackermann,Marco Ajello,Magnus Axelsson,Luca Baldini,Jean Ballet,Guido Barbiellini,Denis Bastieri,M. Battelino,M. Battelino,B. M. Baughman,Keith Bechtol,Ronaldo Bellazzini,B. Berenji,Roger Blandford,Elliott D. Bloom,G. Bogaert,Emanuele Bonamente,A. W. Borgland,Johan Bregeon,A. Brez,M. Brigida,P. Bruel,T. H. Burnett,G. A. Caliandro,R. A. Cameron,P. A. Caraveo,P. Carlson,P. Carlson,J. M. Casandjian,Claudia Cecchi,E. Charles,A. Chekhtman,A. Chekhtman,C. C. Cheung,James Chiang,Stefano Ciprini,R. Claus,Johann Cohen-Tanugi,L. R. Cominsky,Jan Conrad,Jan Conrad,Jan Conrad,S. Cutini,Charles D. Dermer,A. De Angelis,F. de Palma,Seth Digel,G. Di Bernardo,E. Do Couto E Silva,Persis S. Drell,Richard Dubois,D. Dumora,Y. Edmonds,C. Farnier,C. Favuzzi,W. B. Focke,Marco Frailis,Yasushi Fukazawa,Stefan Funk,P. Fusco,Daniele Gaggero,F. Gargano,Dario Gasparrini,Neil Gehrels,Neil Gehrels,S. Germani,B. Giebels,Nicola Giglietto,F. Giordano,T. Glanzman,G.L. Godfrey,Dario Grasso,I. A. Grenier,M.-H. Grondin,J. E. Grove,L. Guillemot,Sylvain Guiriec,Y. Hanabata,Alice K. Harding,R. C. Hartman,M. Hayashida,E. Hays,R. E. Hughes,Gudlaugur Johannesson,A. S. Johnson,R. P. Johnson,W. N. Johnson,T. Kamae,Hideaki Katagiri,Jun Kataoka,N. Kawai,Matthew Kerr,Jürgen Knödlseder,Daniel Kocevski,F. Kuehn,M. Kuss,J. Lande,Luca Latronico,M. Lemoine-Goumard,Francesco Longo,F. Loparco,B. Lott,M. N. Lovellette,P. Lubrano,Grzegorz Madejski,A. Makeev,A. Makeev,M.M. Massai,M. N. Mazziotta,W. McConville,W. McConville,Julie McEnery,C. Meurer,Peter F. Michelson,W. Mitthumsiri,Tsunefumi Mizuno,A. A. Moiseev,A. A. Moiseev,C. Monte,M. E. Monzani,Elena Moretti,A. Morselli,Igor V. Moskalenko,S. Murgia,P. L. Nolan,J. P. Norris,E. Nuss,T. Ohsugi,Nicola Omodei,E. Orlando,J. F. Ormes,M. Ozaki,David Paneque,J. H. Panetta,D. Parent,V. Pelassa,M. Pepe,Melissa Pesce-Rollins,F. Piron,Martin Pohl,T. A. Porter,Stefano Profumo,S. Rainò,Riccardo Rando,M. Razzano,A. Reimer,Olaf Reimer,T. Reposeur,S. Ritz,S. Ritz,L.S. Rochester,A. Y. Rodriguez,Roger W. Romani,M. Roth,Felix Ryde,Felix Ryde,H. F.W. Sadrozinski,David Sánchez,A. Sander,P. M. Saz Parkinson,Jeffrey D. Scargle,T. Schalk,A. Sellerholm,Carmelo Sgrò,David Smith,P. D. Smith,Gloria Spandre,P. Spinelli,Jean-Luc Starck,T. E. Stephens,M. S. Strickman,Andrew W. Strong,D. J. Suson,H. Tajima,Hiromitsu Takahashi,Tadayuki Takahashi,Takaaki Tanaka,J. B. Thayer,J. G. Thayer,D. J. Thompson,L. Tibaldo,O. Tibolla,Diego F. Torres,G. Tosti,A. Tramacere,Yasunobu Uchiyama,T. L. Usher,A. van Etten,V. Vasileiou,V. Vasileiou,N. Vilchez,V. Vitale,A. P. Waite,E. Wallace,Paul J. Wang,Brian L Winer,K. S. Wood,T. Ylinen,T. Ylinen,T. Ylinen,M. Ziegler +201 more
TL;DR: In this article, the Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi LAT) was used to detect the electron spectrum up to 1 TeV using a diffusive model and a potential local extra component.
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The spectral energy distribution of fermi bright blazars
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Abstract: We have conducted a detailed investigation of the broadband spectral properties of the gamma-ray selected blazars of the Fermi LAT Bright AGN Sample (LBAS). By combining our accurately estimated Fermi gamma-ray spectra with Swift, radio, infra-red, optical, and other hard X-ray/gamma-ray data, collected within 3 months of the LBAS data taking period, we were able to assemble high-quality and quasi-simultaneous spectral energy distributions (SED) for 48 LBAS blazars. The SED of these gamma-ray sources is similar to that of blazars discovered at other wavelengths, clearly showing, in the usual log nu-log nu F-nu representation, the typical broadband spectral signatures normally attributed to a combination of low-energy synchrotron radiation followed by inverse Compton emission of one or more components. We have used these SED to characterize the peak intensity of both the low-and the high-energy components. The results have been used to derive empirical relationships that estimate the position of the two peaks from the broadband colors (i.e., the radio to optical, alpha(ro), and optical to X-ray, alpha(ox), spectral slopes) and from the gamma-ray spectral index. Our data show that the synchrotron peak frequency (nu(S)(peak)) is positioned between 10(12.5) and 10(14.5) Hz in broad-lined flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) and between 10(13) and 10(17) Hz in featureless BL Lacertae objects. We find that the gamma-ray spectral slope is strongly correlated with the synchrotron peak energy and with the X-ray spectral index, as expected at first order in synchrotron-inverse Compton scenarios. However, simple homogeneous, one-zone, synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) models cannot explain most of our SED, especially in the case of FSRQs and low energy peaked (LBL) BL Lacs. More complex models involving external Compton radiation or multiple SSC components are required to reproduce the overall SED and the observed spectral variability. While more than 50% of known radio bright high energy peaked (HBL) BL Lacs are detected in the LBAS sample, only less than 13% of known bright FSRQs and LBL BL Lacs are included. This suggests that the latter sources, as a class, may be much fainter gamma-ray emitters than LBAS blazars, and could in fact radiate close to the expectations of simple SSC models. We categorized all our sources according to a new physical classification scheme based on the generally accepted paradigm for Active Galactic Nuclei and on the results of this SED study. Since the LAT detector is more sensitive to flat spectrum gamma-ray sources, the correlation between nu(S)(peak) and gamma-ray spectral index strongly favors the detection of high energy peaked blazars, thus explaining the Fermi overabundance of this type of sources compared to radio and EGRET samples. This selection effect is similar to that experienced in the soft X-ray band where HBL BL Lacs are the dominant type of blazars.