Fermi Summer School 2013
Week 1 Presentations
Tues, May 28
| 9:00 AM | The Fermi Mission (PowerPoint) | Julie McEnery |
| 10:00 AM | Space-based Gamma-ray Astronomy (PowerPoint with extra notes) | Liz Hays |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | Gamma-ray Sources | Elizabeth Ferrara |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | Maximum Likelihood Overview errors_poisson.py lima.py conf_lima_1d.py ul_lima_1d.py ul_bayes_lima_1d.py |
S. Fegan |
| Science Tools Intro and Data Exploration | J. Perkins | |
Wed, May 29
| 9:00 AM | Diffuse Emission and Map Making | Doug Finkbeiner |
| 10:00 AM | Fermi LAT Overview | Eric Charles |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | Student Talks | |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | Likelihood in the LAT Animation: map_z100_ss20noX.gif |
S. Fegan |
| Installing Python Packages Likelihood Tutorial | J. Perkins | |
Thu, May 30
| 9:00 AM | Radiative Processes in High-Energy Astrophysics | Lukasz Stawarz |
| 9:00 AM | Dark Matter in Fermi I | Doug Finkbeiner |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | LAT Performance | Eric Charles |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | LAT Effective Area | Eric Charles |
| LAT XML Models | E. Ferrara | |
| Advanced Likelihood | J. Perkins | |
Fri, May 31
| 9:00 AM | Dark Matter in Fermi II (Part 1) | Savvas Koushiappas |
| 9:00 AM | Ground-based Gamma-ray Astronomy | Deirdre Horan |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | Student Talks | |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | ||
Sat, Jun 1
| 9:00 AM | Dark Matter in Fermi II (Part 2) | Savvas Koushiappas |
| 9:00 AM | Particle Acceleration in High-Energy Astrophysics | Lukasz Stawarz |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | Student Talks | |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | ||
Week 2 Presentations
Mon, Jun 3
| 9:00 AM | Particle Acceleration in High-Energy Astrophysics (continued) | Lukasz Stawarz |
| 9:00 AM | Gamma-ray Pulsars | Tyrel Johnson |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | Student Talks | |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | Lightcurves and Variability | S. Fegan |
| Pulsars and Off-pulse Analysis | Tyrel Johnson | |
Tue, Jun 4
| 9:00 AM | Galactic Cosmic Rays Probed with Fermi-LAT | Lukasz Stawarz |
| 9:00 AM | Intro to Blazars | Deirdre Horan |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | Ground-based Gamma-ray Astronomy II (compressed) | Petra Huentemeyer |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | Student Talks | |
| Observation modes - a closer look at sky survey and pointings (animated gif of a crab observation) |
Julie McEnery | |
| Allsky Analysis | ||
Wed, Jun 5
| 9:00 AM | GRB Observations and Follow-up by Swift | Neil Gehrels |
| 9:00 AM | Fermi GBM and LAT GRB Highlights (PowerPoint) | Judy Racusin |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor | Valerie Connaughton |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | Student Talks | |
| GRB Analysis Associated rmfit Tutorial |
Valerie Connaughton | |
| Extended Source Analysis | ||
Thu, Jun 6
| 9:00 AM | Extragalactic Cosmic Rays Probed with Fermi-LAT | Lukasz Stawarz |
| 9:00 AM | Gamma Rays and Multimessengers | Valerie Connaughton |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | Early Results from the HAWC Observatory | Petra Huentemeyer |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | Student Talks | |
| Finishing Touches | ||
| LAT GRB | ||
Fri, Jun 7
| 9:00 AM | Final Wrap-up: Project Results and Feedback | |
| 9:00 AM | Final Wrap-up: Project Results and Feedback | |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | Fermi and Beyond | Liz/Julie/Jamie |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | ||
Student Talks
Wed, May 29
Fri, May 31
- Ryan Abrahams - Dark Gas in the Translucent Cloud MBM 12
- Fabio Zandanel - Dark Matter and Cosmic Rays in Clusters of Galaxies
Sat, Jun 1
- Naoya Hidaka - SiPM Characterization for CTA
- Hao-Ning He - Diffuse PeV neutrino emission from Ultra-Luminous Infrared Galaxies
Mon, Jun 3
- Karsten Barger - Low peaked and high peaked BL Lacertae objects (pptx)
- Felicia Krauss - Multiwavelength observations of TANAMI sources
- Victor Patiño - A Multiwavelength Photometric and Spectroscopic Cross-Correlation Variability Study of Fermi/LAT Blazars
Tue, Jun 4
Wed, Jun 5
Thu, Jun 6
- Xiang Li - A brief introduction to the DAMPE satellite