Fermi Summer School 2014

This year's program is now online

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has initiated an era of very broad energy coverage in the gamma-ray band. The combination of Fermi GBM and LAT provide observations of gamma-ray bursts and transients from 8 keV to >300 GeV. The combination of Fermi-LAT and ground-based gamma-ray observatories currently allows us to probe the high-energy emission from astrophysical sources over at least five orders of magnitude, including the previously unexplored territory from 10 to 100 GeV. These combinations of telescopes allow the measurement of broad-band spectra, the study of energy-dependent source morphologies, and correlated observations of time-variable sources, both within the gamma-ray energy range and with observations at longer wavelengths. These measurements provide critical diagnostics with which to identify source characteristics, particle acceleration and photon emission mechanisms.

The Fermi Summer School emphasizes the analysis of data from Fermi through lectures and hands-on workshops. Students spend time working directly with experts in instrumentation, analysis, theory and modeling to develop and extend their own research projects. Topics range across the gamma-ray band from Fermi's GBM up to the highest energies observed by the LAT and beyond to very high energies observed by ground-based gamma-ray telescopes. This year's school will be held at the University of Delaware Conference Center in Lewes, Delaware, from May 27 - June 6, 2014.

Find information about last year's school at: http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/mtgs/summerschool/2013/

Material will be aimed at graduate students and post-doctoral researchers. Topics will include particle acceleration and gamma-ray production mechanisms; space-based and ground-based gamma-ray instrumentation; spectral, spatial, and time-based analysis of gamma-ray data; modeling and interpretation of gamma-ray data; and astrophysical source classes such as AGN, GRBs, Galactic pulsars and binary systems, supernova remnants, and pulsar wind nebulae as well as searches for dark matter and new physics. This year Fermi has implemented a new observation strategy that enhances exposure of the Galactic Center region and we will give special emphasis in the program to that area.

Important Dates

• Application Deadline: April 11, 2014
• School: Tuesday, May 27 - Friday, June 6, 2014

Program

This year's program will include a special emphasis on the Galactic Center region. Details will be announced soon. The formal program includes 10 days of lectures and hands-on sessions. One day is left free for excursions.

The program is now avaialble.

Lecturers

• Daniel Castro - MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
• Chuck Dermer - Naval Research Laboratory
• Guillaume Dubus - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
• Elizabeth Ferrara - NASA/GSFC and UMD College Park
• Adam Goldstein - NASA/MSFC
• Alice Harding - NASA/GSFC
• Jack Hewitt - NASA/GSFC and UMD Baltimore County
• Karl Kosack - CEA Saclay
• Miguel Mostafa - Penn. State. University
• Judy Racusin - NASA/GSFC
• Scott Wakely - University of Chicago
• Matt Wood - SLAC National Accel. Lab. and Stanford University

Application Information

• Deadline: April 11, 2014
• Attendance is limited and will be based on the statement of interest and the order that applications are received. Applications received after the deadline will be considered if any openings become available.

To apply, complete one of the provided templates and send to: fermischool@bigbang.gsfc.nasa.gov.

• Application Templates: Word and PDF

Attendance Fee:

An attendance fee of $1000 USD covers lodging for the nights of Monday, May 26, through Thursday, June 5, and includes breakfast, lunch, and snacks for 10 days of the formal program. Payment details will be provided to accepted applicants.

Contact

fermischool@bigbang.gsfc.nasa.gov