Prospects for GRB Science with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) instrument on the Fermi mission will reveal the rich spectral and temporal gamma-ray burst(GRB) phenomena in the >100 MeV band. The synergy with Fermi's Gamma-ray BurstMonitor detectors will link these observations to those in the well explored 10-1000 keV range; the addition of the >100 MeV band observations will resolve theoretical uncertainties about burstemission in both the prompt and afterglowphases. Trigger algorithms will be applied to the LAT data both onboardthe spacecraft and on the ground. The sensitivity of these triggers will differ because of the available computing resources onboardand on the ground. Here we present the LAT's burstdetection methodologies and the instrument's GRB capabilities.