Week 1
| Tues, May 26 | Wed, May 27 | Thurs, May 28 | Fri, May 29 | Sat, May 30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:15 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
| 9:00 | The Fermi Mission - Julie McEnery | Particle Acceleration - Markos | Dark Matter Searches in the LAT - Andrea | Gamma-ray Generation - Markos | Gamma-ray Detective Work - Reshmi |
| 10:00 | Radiation Processes - Markos Georganopoulos | The Fermi Large Area Telescope - Andrea Albert | History and Techniques of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes - Jamie Holder | The Fermi LAT Catalogs - Seth Digel | Astroparticle Physics at the South Pole - Detecting high-energy neutrinos with IceCube - Naoko Neilson |
| 11:00 | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 11:30 | Pulsars - Tyrel Johnson | Student Talks | Blazars - the Observational Perspective - Reshmi Mukherjee | ||
| 12:30 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 1:30 | The Likelihood Method - Liz Hays (UPDATE content) Instructions for installing the Fermi Virtual Machine Science Tools Intro and Data Exploration (includes VM shared folder setup Update 2015 VM specifics) - Elizabeth Ferrara Students choose a source for analysis. | Likelihood Tutorial – Jeremy Perkins Poll students for use of scripted analysis. | LAT XML Models - Elizabeth Ferrara Advanced Likelihood (cover convergence, 3 basic scripting tools, minor update) Code to Install (keep this?): Data: | IRF Tutorial (Tyrel) Update from EC presentation in 2013 Line Analysis with the LAT - Andrea Code
| 1 Slide Summaries (cont) Advanced Tutorials (high energy analysis, summed likelihood - update from last year, start from existing data files!) |
| Crab Feast TBD |
Week 2
| Mon, June 1 | Tues, June 2 | Wed, June 3 | Thurs, June 4 | Fri, June 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:15 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
| 9:00 | Cosmic Background Radiation - Yoshi Inoue | Cosmic Gamma-ray Background - Yoshi | Cosmic Infrared/Optical background - Yoshi | Future MeV - TBD | Final Wrap-up |
| 10:00 | Diffuse Emission - Seth | Data Analysis with IACTs - Jamie | Overview of HAWC Science - Ignacio Taboada | GRB Theory and Analysis - J. Michael | Project Results and Feedback |
| 11:00 | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 11:30 | Fundamental Physics from High Energy Observations - Julie | Trip to Wallops | GRB Theory and Analysis - J. Michael Burgess | Data Analysis with HAWC - Ignacio | Workshop Close Out |
| 12:30 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 1:30 | Advanced Topics
Split into working groups?
| Trip to Wallops | GRB tutorial - J. Michael Advanced Topics | HAWC sensitivity tutorial - Ignacio Advanced Topics | |
| BBQ TBD |
Student Talks and 1 Slide Schedule
Wed., May 27
Studying the gamma-ray variability of the blazar 1ES 1215+303 - Floriana Zefi
Fornax A - Jeff Magill
The SpeedsterEXD A New EventTriggered Hybrid CMOS Xray Detector - Christopher Griffith
Indirect dark matter search in dwarf spheroidal galaxies - Niki Klop
Thurs., May 28
The GCT’s camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array - Andrea De Franco
TeV pulsed emission from the Crab detected by MAGIC - Daniel Galindo
X-ray and gamma-ray studies of the supernova remnant (SNR) CTB 37B hosting a young magnetar - Harsha Kumar
Bryce
Pheneas
Mark
Sat., May 30
Searches for High-Energy Neutrinos from Gamma-Ray Bursts with the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope - Julia Schmid
- Maxwell
- Rachel
- Alisha
Matthew
Andriy
Mike
Mon., June 1
- Wenlei
- Carolyn
- Etienne
- Jason
- Amanpreet
Wed., June 3
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory - Kelly Malone
Muon Production Depth Studies - Hershal Pandya
Photospheric Emission from GRBs - Zeynep Acuner
- Rosa
- Clio
- Eman
Supporting Material
Really useful usage notes page for likelihood tools! [Likelihood Usage Notes]
Liz's favorite page on livetime and exposure: [http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/data/analysis/documentation/Cicerone/Cicerone_Likelihood/Exposure.html]
Things to do and Eat
These are places we've gone in the past for food:
- These are close by (walking, bike ride)
- Rose & Crown (http://roseandcrownlewes.com)
- Striper Bites (http://www.striperbites.com)
- The Buttery (https://butteryrestaurant.com)
- Notting Hill Coffee (http://www.nottinghillcoffee.com)
- Half Full (http://www.halffulllewes.com)
- Kindle (http://www.kindlerestaurant.com)
- Jerry's Seafood (http://www.jerrys-seafood.com)
- Gilligan's (http://gilliganswaterfront.com/home.html)
- King's Ice Cream (http://www.kings-icecream.com/)
- These within driving distance
- Dogfish Head (worth at least one trip if you like beer: http://www.dogfish.com/restaurant/index.htm)
- JD's Filling Station (http://www.jdsfillingstation.com)
- There are lots of restaurants along Coastal Highway (Route 1) but need a car.
- If you're looking for a trip for dinner, head to Rehoboth.
Some useful shops:
- Grocery store?
- Rite Aid Pharmacy (444 Savannah Road, probably need a car)
- Ocean Suds II Laundromat (18675 Coastal Highway)
- R&L Liquors (207 Second Street)
Things to do. Ask for details.
- Fishing Trip (on a boat!)
- Take the Ferry to Cape May
- Rent Kayaks (http://www.eastofmaui.com/)
- Cape Henlopen
- Check out Rehoboth
- Dogfish Head Brewery Tour (not the restaurant) (http://www.dogfish.com/community/tours/index.htm)
- Rent Bikes