Science Working Group Meeting
April 2-3, 2001
Baltimore, MD
AGENDA
April 2
| 9:00 |
Welcome and Opening Comments Review of Agenda |
J. F. Ormes |
| 9:10 |
Comments from NASA Headquarters Cosmic Journeys budget status, etc. |
A. Bunner D. Kniffen |
| 9:20 | Comments from DoE Headquarters |
T. Toohig K. Turner |
| 9:30 | Level 1 Requirements |
S. Horowitz K. Turner |
| 9:50 | Comments by and/or Questions from non-US participants | |
| 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:30 | Project Overviews |
S. Lambros E. Valle |
| 10:45 |
The Large Area Telescope (LAT) Review of LAT descope and calibration plans Other LAT Issues and concerns |
P. Michelson |
| 11:00 |
The Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) GBM plans for Alert Messages Other GBM Issues and concerns |
C. Meegan |
| 11:15 | Education initiatives | L. Cominsky |
| 11:15 | Public Relations | N. Gehrels |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:00 | Science with AGN | D. Thompson |
Purpose: Determine strategies for optimizing the scientific return from GLAST (primarily the Large Area Telescope) in the study of blazars and other AGN.
BLAZAR SCIENCE IN THE GLAST ERA - A MINI WORKSHOP
Agenda and Speakers
Introduction - D. Thompson
Importance of Multiwavelength Observations of Blazars - B. Hartman
Theoretical Understanding of Blazars - C. Dermer
Predicted Behavior of Gamma Ray Blazars at GLAST Sensitivity - B. Dingus
Expected Response of GLAST to Blazars on Various Time Scales - S. Ritz or P. Michelson
Large-Scale Multiwavelength Campaigns for Blazars in the GLAST Era - S. Wagner
A Global View of Blazars - L. Maraschi
X-Ray Studies of Blazars: Gaining Access to X-Ray Telescopes - G. Madejski
Target of Opportunity Approaches to Blazar Studies using GLAST - R. Sambruna
Coordination of VHE Ground-Based Observations with GLAST - H. Krawczynski
Adjourn
Dinner
April 3
| 9:00 |
LAT/GBM information exchange GBM-LAT interface and repointing decision What to send back and forth and why What to do about TOOs Ð response time, frequency, etc. |
C. Meegan S. Ritz B. Dingus and/or C. Dermer |
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 11:00 | GBM capabilities for Hard X-ray transients by The Earth Occultation method |
C. Meegan A. Harmon |
| 11:30 | Studying Cosmic Ray Electrons with GLAST |
J. Ormes A. Moiseev I. Moskalenko |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:00 | Preparation of GLAST Science Plan | N. Gehrels |
| 1:15 | Spacecraft trade studies ongoing: impact of special autonomous repointing operations, orbit altitude mass margin, shuttle option, up and downlink rates, downlink bit rate and number of contacts, others requested by SWG members |
J. Bretthauer S. Lambros, et al. |
| 2:00 |
• Operating modes • Inertial • Scan pointing: source drifts in FOV of LAT +/- 55 degrees, Looks at sky when source is occulted • Limb viewing constraints • Short term observing strategy - rocking trade study • What is the exposure map for sources at different angles from the orbit plane? • Constraints on Earth horizon? From orientation of solar panels? Around roll axis? |
R. Maichle S. Ritz S. Digel |
| 3:00 | Break | |
| 3:30 | SSC Status and Report of the SSC | J. Norris |
| 3:40 | Issues arising | All |
| 4:00 | Adjourn |
