Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

WG 3 -- Extragalactic Sources

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 -- 1:45 - 4:00 PM

1:45 Introduction  
1:50 Emission Mechanisms in Blazars G. Madejski
2:20 X-ray and Gamma-ray Observations of Blazars; Recent Progress and Future Perspectives J. Kataoka
2:50 Statistical Analysis of Variability in a Sample of Intensively Observed Blazars M.Fiorucci
3:20 The Variability of the EGRET Blazars, an Analysis based on the Final EGRET Blazar Catalog J. Mattox
3:35 Blazar Emission Simulation Code G. Tosti
A. Tramecere
3:50 Discussion  

Thursday, October 24, 2002 -- 8:45 - 10:45 AM

8:45 Introduction  
8:50 An Update on Preparations for Optical Monitoring of Blazars during the GLAST Mission J. Mattox
9:05 The Whole Year Blazar Telescope: Preliminary Results G. Tosti
9:20 BL Lac Evolution and the Contribution of Blazars to the Diffuse Gamma-ray Background M. Pohl
9:50 The Perugia GLAST Observation Simulator C. Cecchi
10:10 Observation Simulator and Likelihood Calculation for GLAST J. Chiang
10:25 Current Work on Simulation of the Extragalactic Diffuse Emission S. Robinson

Thursday, October 24, 2002 -- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 Log N-log S Analysis of Extragalactic EGRET Sources O. Reimer
11:30 Merging Clusters of Galaxies as Gamma Ray Sources P. Blasi

Late Contributions:

  • Current Status of GALPROP Model -- Igor Moskalenko
  • GLAST Telescope Network -- Gordon Spear