Fermi Regional Workshops - Goddard

November 15-16, 2010
Goddard Space Flight Center

Registration Deadline: Friday November 5, 2010
Foreign Nationals, please register early.

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Hands-On Data Analysis Workshop - Nov. 15, 2010

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

Fermi Science and Proposer Workshop - Nov. 16, 2010

The Fermi Project and the FSSC appreciate the contributions of local researchers for offering to present their research during this workshop.

Note: This is a draft agenda. Topics may vary slightly, based on presenter availability. If you see a topic you feel should be included, please don't hesitate to contact us at: glast_gsfc_workshop@bigbang.gsfc.nasa.gov