Fermi Regional Workshops - New York University
November 30 - December 1, 2010, 2010
New York University
Registration Deadline: Friday November 26, 2010
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Hands-On Data Analysis Workshop - Nov. 30, 2010 - Room 907
This workshop includes hands-on sessions for each topic to give attendees time to experiment and ask questions. Please ensure that you bring a laptop with the Fermi Science Tools installed to take full advantage of these exercises.
Mission Overview & Data Usage Caveats
Introduction to the Data
- Data Access & Exploration
- Handling Livetime and Exposure Calculations
- LAT Catalogs & Generating source models for analysis
Includes using catalog information, user contributed tools, and checking with modeleditor
Likelihood Analysis
- Unbinned Spectral Fitting - plus using gtfindsrc, and generating TS maps
- Binned Spectral Fitting - plus fitting extended sources and generating resdiuals maps
- Generating Lightcurves - using both Aperture Photometry and Likelihood
Using Python to Streamline Analysis
- pyLikelihood Spectral Analysis
- Calculating Upper Limits
Hands-On Data Analysis Workshop - Detailed Agenda
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Registration, Setup | |
| 9:30 - 9:35 | Workshop Welcome | Chris Shrader |
| 9:35 - 9:50 | Fermi Instruments and Data Acquisition | Chris Shrader |
| 9:50 - 10:00 | Data Usage Caveats | Chris Shrader |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Data Access and Exploration | Robin Corbet |
| 10:15 - 10:35 | Hands on Session 1 | All |
| 10:35 - 10:45 | Generating Source Models Using the LAT Catalog | Robin Corbet |
| 10:45 - 10:55 | Handling Livetime and Exposure Calculations | Jeremy Perkins |
| 10:55 - 11:15 | Unbinned Likelihood Analysis | Jeremy Perkins |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Hands on Session 2 | All |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:00 - 13:30 | Generating Light Curves | Robin Corbet |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Hands on Session 3 | All |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Binned Likelihood Analysis | Jeremy Perkins |
| 15:00 - 15:40 | Hands on Session 4 | All |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Using Python to Streamline Analysis | Jeremy Perkins |
| 16:00 - 16:25 | Hands on Session 5 | All |
| 16:25 - 16:30 | Summary, Feedback | All |
| 16:30 | Adjourn |
Fermi Science and Proposer Workshop - Dec. 1, 2010 - Room 905
The Fermi Project and the FSSC appreciate the contributions of local researchers for offering to discuss their Fermi-related research during this workshop.
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Coffee, Conversation | |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Welcome & Fermi Mission Overview | Dave Thompson |
Invited speakers (~20 min + 10min Q&A, order of presentations TBD):
- Physics of Pulsars - Anatoly Spitkovsky
- Active Galactic Nuclei - Erin Bonning
- GRB & Gravity Wave Science - Szabolcs Marka
- GRB Afterglows - Andrew MacFadyen
- Dark Matter - Neal Weiner
- Hunting for Gamma-ray Binaries - Robin Corbet
- Unconfirmed: PWN - Eric Gotthelf
Additional ~5-min contributions from attendees welcome
| 16:00 - 16:15 | Summary of Fermi Cycle-4 Guest Investigator Opportunities | Jeremy Perkins |
Note: This is a draft agenda. If you have any comments or suggestions, or wish to contribute a short presentation, please don't hesitate to contact us at: glast_gsfc_workshop@bigbang.gsfc.nasa.gov
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- NASA Official: Elizabeth Hays
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