The Fermi Science Support Center (FSSC) runs the guest investigator program, creates and maintains the mission time line, provides analysis tools for the scientific community, and archives and serves the Fermi data. This web site is the portal to Fermi for all guest investigators.
Look into the "Resources" section for finding schedules, publications, useful links etc. The "Proposals" section is where you will be able to find the relevant information and tools to prepare and submit proposals for guest investigator projects. At "Data" you will be able to access the Fermi databases and find the software to analyse them. Address all questions and requests to the helpdesk in "Help".
Fermi Observations for MW 830
Mission Week 830 begins with a continuation of the symmetric +/-50 deg. profile from the previous week. Then, on DOY 116 (2024-4-25) at 02:27 UT a 10-minute freeze observation occurs during which a symmetric +/-50 deg. profile is loaded. Next, on DOY 116 (2024-4-25) at 18:26 UT a 10-minute freeze observation occurs during which an asymmetric +50/-60 deg. profile is loaded. Following this, on DOY 119 (2024-4-28) at 12:42 UT a 10-minute freeze observation occurs during which a +50 deg. modified sine profile is loaded. This profile continues until the end of the mission week. The survey repeat period INCREASED from 5693s to 5695s. Note that positive rock angles are south, and negative rock angles are north.
To commemorate a milestone anniversary for NASA's Fermi spacecraft, the mission team has published an e-book called "Our High-Energy Universe: 15 Years with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope."
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A nearby supernova in 2023 offered astrophysicists an excellent opportunity to test ideas about how these types of explosions boost particles, called cosmic rays, to near light-speed. But surprisingly, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected none of the high-energy gamma-ray light those particles should produce.
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Please join us in College Park, Maryland, USA on September 9-13, 2024 for the next Fermi Symposium. Abstracts are due May 1st. More information is available at the Symposium website.