Purpose of the meeting
The GLAST launch at the end of this year will
usher in a new era of high-energy gamma-ray astrophysics by
providing observations over an order of magnitude greater
sensitivity relative to previous missions in this energy
range. In addition to more detailed study of sources known to be
gamma-ray emitters we expect to discover new classes of
gamma-ray sources. This means that gamma-ray observations are
about to become relevant to a much larger fraction of the
astrophysics community, and the leap in sensitivity opens up new
opportunities for discovery in a wide range of science topics,
including active galaxies, the optical-UV extragalactic
background light, pulsars, gamma- ray bursts, and searches for
new phenomena such as signatures of particle dark matter.
To encourage participation in the GLAST Guest
Investigator program and to facilitate discussion of the scientific
potential of GLAST amongst scientists from different institutions, a
series of GLAST workshops are being organised. Harvard CfA is hosting
the workshop for scientists in the Boston area. We encourage
participants to give short contributed talks (5-10 mins, 2-5 slides) on
GLAST science topics, but anyone interested in GLAST is welcome to
attend. Agenda topics will include:
- GLAST overview
- Multiwavelength connections
- AGN and GLAST
- GRBs and GLAST
- Galactic Sources
- New Source Classes
- New Physics discovery windows with GLAST
- GLAST guest investigator opportunities for Cycle 1 and beyond, including correlative observations and supporting theory programs
|
|
