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Science Working Group

September 17-18, 2003
Rome, Italy

Agendas:

  • Cosmic Rays and Diffuse Gamma-ray Emission (Wed, Sep. 17, 2003) - PDF
  • Regular SWG Meeting (Thu, Sep. 18, 2003) - PDF

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Wednesday, September 17, 2003
JOINT WITH LAT MEETING: Cosmic Rays and Diffuse Gamma-ray Emission

9:00 Opening and Welcome N. Gehrels
9:05 Diffuse emission at TeV energies - Observations with the HEGRA telescopes G. Pühlhofer
??? Diffuse TeV Gamma Rays from the Galactic Plane with Milagro B. Dingus
9:35 What can we learn on the structure of the ISM with the LAT - Lessons from the EGRET data analysis S. Hunter
10:10 The Integral experiment - Early results and prospects for the study of diffuse emission P. Ubertini
10:35 Coffee Break  
11:00 Diffuse gamma-ray emission from external galaxies V. Pavlidou
11:25 Cosmic-ray propagation in the Galaxy D. Maurin
12:00 Cosmic-ray electron propagation in the Galaxy A. Strong
??? The XMM Observation of Geminga P. Caraveo
12:25 Lunch Break  
14:00 X-ray and gamma-ray observations of supernova remnants S. Reynolds
14:35 Cosmic-ray acceleration in supernova remnants D. Ellison
15:10 High-resolution studies of X-ray filaments in supernova remnants A. Bamba
15:35 Electron preacceleration in supernova remnant shocks - Lessons from PIC simulations H. Schmitz
16:00 Coffee Break  
16:20 The AGILE experiments - Prospects for the study of diffuse emission M. Tavani
16:55 Cosmic-ray acceleration in clusters of galaxies F. Miniati
17:20 Non-thermal emission from clusters of galaxies D. Fusco-Femiano
17:55 Diffuse high-energy emission from clusters of galaxies - Results from observations with EGRET O. Reimer
18:20 Adjourn  

Thursday, September 18, 2003
SWG Meeting

9:00 Welcome and Opening Comments
Introductions, Review of Agenda 		J. F. Ormes
9:10 Comments from NASA and DoE Headquarters D. Kniffen/K. Turner
9:30 Comments from Italy/France/Germany/Japan/Sweden, etc.  
9:45 GBM Report C. Meegan
10:00 BREAK  
10:15 LAT Report P. Michelson
10:30 Data rights issues J. F. Ormes/D. Kniffen
11:00 PDMP review D. Band
11:50 LUNCH  
13:00 Review plan for educating users at pre-launch scientific meetings & other workshops D. Band
13:15 Reports from the IDS's Dingus/Dermer
14:00 Project Report A. Vernacchio
14:30 Project Requirements Issues Updates S. Ritz
15:00 Strategies for initial pointing calibration observations J. McEnery
15:15 BREAK  
15:30 Burst Working Group report C. Meegan
15:45 EPO L. Cominsky
16:00 PR - GLAST brochure - revise and update N. Gehrels
16:15 Issues Arising J.F. Ormes
17:30 Review of Action Items J.F. Ormes/S. Ritz
17:45 Next face-to-face  
18:00 Adjourn