Fermi Summer School 2014: Program
A continuously updated schedule is located on the SLAC confluence.Week 1 Presentations
Tues, May 27
| 9:00 AM | The Fermi Mission | Julie McEnery |
| 10:00 AM | Space-based Gamma-ray Astronomy | Liz Hays |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | Fermi Science: A Theoretical Perspective | Chuck Dermer |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | Maximum Likelihood Overview | Liz Hays |
| Science Tools Intro and Data Exploration | Elizabeth Ferrara | |
Wed, May 28
| 9:00 AM | Fermi AGN Science | Chuck Dermer |
| 10:00 AM | The Galactic Center at GeV | Jack Hewitt |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | LAT Overview | Matt Wood |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | Likelihood in the LAT | J. Perkins |
| Likelihood Tutorial | J. Perkins | |
Thu, May 29
| 9:00 AM | Gamma-ray Binaries I | Guillaume Dubus |
| 10:00 AM | SNRs | Daniel Castro |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | LAT Performance | Matt Wood |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | LAT XML Models/LAT Catalogs | |
Fri, May 30
| 9:00 AM | Gamma-ray Binaries II | Guillaume Dubus |
| 10:00 AM | Particle Acceleration in SNR | Daniel Castro |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | Ground Based Gamma-ray Astronomy | Karl Kosack |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | Student Talks | |
| LAT Systematics | Jack Hewitt | |
Sat, May 31
| 9:00 AM | Surveying the Sky with CTA | Guillaume Dubus |
| 10:00 AM | Dark Matter | Matt Wood |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | Student Talks | |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | Advanced Tutorials | |
Week 2 Presentations
Mon, Jun 2
| 9:00 AM | The Galactic Center at TeV Energies | Karl Kosack |
| 10:00 AM | Pulsar Theory | Alice Harding |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | Student Talks | |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | Multiwavelength Analaysis Tutorial | Judy Racusion |
| Advanced Topics | Tyrel Johnson | |
Tue, Jun 3
| 9:00 AM | Fermi GBM and GBM Burst Catalog | Adam Goldstein |
| 10:00 AM | GRBs in the Fermi LAT | Judy Racusin |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | GRB Theory | Chuck Dermer |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | Free | |
Wed, Jun 4
| 9:00 AM | Pulsar Observations | Elizabeth Ferrara |
| 10:00 AM | Cosmic Rays from an Observational Perspective | Scott Wakely |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | Student Talks | |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | Student Talks | |
| Advanced Topics | ||
Thu, Jun 5
| 9:00 AM | HAWC | Miguel Mostafa |
| 10:00 AM | CTA and the Future | Karl Kosack |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | Cosmic Rays and Balloon-based Instrumentation | Scott Wakely |
| Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | TeVCat Tutorial | Scott Wakely |
| Student Talks | ||
Fri, Jun 6
| 9:00 AM | Final Wrap-up: Project Results and Feedback | |
| Break | ||
| 11:30 AM | Fermi and Beyond | Liz/Julie/Jamie |
| Lunch | ||