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h1. Information and discussions about LAT common interests with the TeV community

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| Name | Type || Ethresh (1) |
| [H.E.S.S.|http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/hfm/HESS/HESS.html] | Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov | 120 GeV |
| [VERITAS-4|http://veritas.sao.arizona.edu/] | Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov | 120 GeV |
| [CANGAROOIII|http://icrhp9.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/] | Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov | 500 GeV |
| MILAGRO | Air Shower | 400 GeV - 40 TeV (2) |
| [MAGIC|http://magic.mppmu.mpg.de/] | Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov | 50 GeV |
(1) We need to distinguish between anticipated threshold and achieved/documented threshold. Until then, be critical to any quoted number
(2) The threshold/energy response of a ground array like Milagro cannot easily be compared to ACTs. This interval respresents the energy range over which 90% of events from a crab-like spectrum are detected.
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h3. Optimizing variability studies

* Visibility tools [proposals and tools H.E.S.S.|http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/hfm/HESS/public/external.htm]
* \* [Unified VHE visibility tool]
* \* [LAT visibility tool]

* Alerts/transients/scheduled observations
* \* [VHE timetables]

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h3. Spectral fitting tools

* [Calibration]
* [Response Functions]

h3. VHE sources

* [Galactic]
* [Extragalactic]
* [Variable]
* [All]

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["Wish List" for H.E.S.S.]


The object of desire: What we ought to know about the facilities
| Facility | Object visibility/constraints | Analysis technique/data products | Comments |
| *template* | energetic threshold = f(dec); low threshold cuts readily available ? | shower reconstruction: which MC/version ? | |
| | point source sensitivity = f(dec); public? generally applicable ? | high-level data product: gamma-ray excess-map - availability / conditions ? | |
| | extended source sensitivity = f(source size); public ? generally applicable ? | high-level data product: gamma-ray excess-map - format (root/fits) ? | |
| | energy resolution public? known dependencies ? | high-level data product: spectral data - availability / conditions ? | |
| | angular resolution public ? known dependencies ? | high-level data product: spectral data - format (xspect/root/...) ? | |
| | timeline: observational history : which objectes ? when? eff. exposure? result published ? | high-level data product: spectral fits - fit-function flexibility ? which uncertainties ? | |
| | schedules: which objects ? when ? result will be made available when ? | intent of matching contemporaneous analysis ? when ? how ? | |
| | | lc: minimal timescale ? flexibility in rebinning ? | |
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[Towards a Network of Atmospheric Cherenkov Detectors VII, April 2005, Paris|SCIGRPS:2005, April 27-29, Paris, Towards a Network of Atmospheric Cherenkov Detectors VII]

h1. Meetings

[Friday Nov 4 2005: GLAST, GRB and TeV observations|Friday Nov 4 2005]
[Saturday Mar 4 2006: F2F meeting|Saturday March 4 2006]
[Wednesday, June 14, 2006 (9am Pacific): VRVS meeting in Vela|Wed, June 14, 2006]

h2. Whiteboard

[A place to throw ideas]