Working version of the things LAT would like the HESS team to share with us.
At the moment, this page is not linked to anything else. Once we have a draft, it can be linked to the TeV page in Confluence.
Proposal - for each item, provide a brief description of why LAT wants it.
Number |
Item Wished from HESS |
Rationale |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Information about telescope performance and source observability, to the extent HESS is willing to share (Olaf's list - probably expand into several items here) |
Allow estimates of LAT ability to add useful data |
2 |
Information about data analysis plans and procedures, to the extent HESS is willing to share (Olaf's list - probably expand into several items here) |
Help determine comptability with LAT approaches |
3 |
Observing schedule |
LAT can make sure quick results on HESS target sources are available |
4 |
Derived detections or upper limits (from archive) for LAT sources with hard enough spectra to be of interest |
Constrain source models and/or time variability |
5 |
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. |
6 |
Notifications of observed transient events |
If HESS sees a transient event we could decide whether this should trigger a pointed Target of Opportunity. This kind of information is traditionally shared among VHE observatories and could be useful for us as well. |
7 |
Low energy efficient spectra on known sources |
HESS seems to have a set of analysis methods (3D, model, standard) with a varying set of cuts (standard, hard, soft). Could we have an analysis of all/some sources with the analysis that optimizes low energies. |
8 |
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. |
9 |
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. |