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Number | Item Wished from HESS | Rationale |
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1 | Observing schedule | Enable LAT collaboration to react in a timely way on particular objects of interest on the basis of LAT observations. Community service for |
2 | Observing history | Enable LAT collaboration to check if VHE exposure is present. |
3 | Tool to show visibility/sensitivity for any sky position at any time | If LAT sees something (like a flare) of interest, this tool would determine whether HESS should be notified. In addition, this information might determine whether a pointed Target of Opportunity for GLAST might include HESS. |
4 | Information about telescope performance/sensitivity, | Enable LAT collaboration to estimate usefulness of (any/further) |
5 | TInformation about data formats and open-source analysis tools. | Enable LAT team to determine the best approaches for common analysis with the LAT FITS format data and FTOOLS- and ROOT-based analysis. |
6 | A procedure to obtain science products (lightcurves and skymaps) adapted to GLAST time and spatial resolution | Having comparable science products (e.g. in terms of rebinning) optimizes the comparison of data sets. |
7 | Personal point(s) of contact | For efficient working on a well-defined scientific topic (MWL data analysis, joint proposal planning, coordinated observation campaigns etc. ) a personal representative for easy, knowledgeable, and daily exchange. Topically distinguishable (via working groups?) |
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1 | Cross-calibration | Joint approach in methodology, feasibility and application. Long term issue. | ||
2 | Notifications of observed transient events | If HESS sees a transient event LAT could decide whether this should trigger a pointed GLAST Target of Opportunity. This kind of information is traditionally shared among VHE observatories and could be useful for us as well. | ||
3 | Time sharing on HESS observations | HESS could open a fraction of its observation time for GLAST-LAT initiated projects (5%? more? with AO Sept. 2007?). GLAST science data products on these projects would be shared with the HESS collaboration. , to be conducted as joint observations. | ||
4 2 | Coordinated observation campaigns | A specific and instantly applicable policy to request VHE observations on LAT targets. Somewhat similar to (83), but data sharing may or may not be the determining issue. | ||
3 | Extended VHE source templates | Actual data products of extended VHE-sources to be used as morphology templates in LAT high-GeV analysis and MWL modeling. | ||
4 | X-calibration | Joint approach in methodology, feasibility and application. Long term issue. | ||
5 | Upper limits in regions of VHE coverage | Either individually requested or an occasionally updated u.l. map to help to constrain source models for LAT sources. | 5 | Upper limits in regions of VHE coverage |
13 | Repeated monitoring of not firmly identified galactic VHE/GeV source associations | Investigate potential variability to aid in source identifcation. | ||
14 | VHE source spectra & lightcurves | Detailed MWL modeling of a few (t.b.d.) dedicated LAT/VHE objects. | ||
15 | Personal point(s) of contact | Extended VHE source templates | Actual data products of extended VHE-sources to be used as morphology templates in LAT high-GeV analysis and MWL modeling. For efficient working on a well-defined scientific topic (MWL data analysis, joint proposal planning, coordinated observation campaigns etc. ) a personal representative for easy, knowledgeable, and daily exchange. Topically distinguishable (via working groups?) |