Week 1
| Tues, May 31 | Wed, June 1 | Thurs, June 2 | Fri, June 3 | Sat, June 4 | |
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| 8:15 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
| 9:00 | Welcome and Fermi Mission Overview - Julie McEnery | The Fermi LAT Catalog - Benoit Lott | Gamma-ray Astrophysics Theory and Modeling - Giovanni Morlino | Active Galactic Nuclei in the LAT - Benoit Lott | Gamma-ray Astrophysics Theory and Modeling II - Giovanni Morlino |
| 10:00 | Radiation in Matter - Justin Vandenbroucke | MW/ MM Astrophysics: Rationale and Resources - Dave Thompson | IceCube and connections to neutrino astrophysics - Justin Vandenbroucke | Gamma-ray Bursts and Transients in the LAT - Giacomo Vianello | Transient Detection Techniques - Giacomo Vianello |
| 11:00 | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 11:30 | The Fermi Large Area Telescope - Julie McEnery | The Cherenkov Telescope Array - Justin Vandenbroucke | Student Talks / 1 Slide Summaries | Student Talks / 1 Slide Summaries | Student Talks / 1 Slide Summaries |
| 12:30 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 1:30 | Basics of Maximum Likelihood - Giacomo Vianello
Instructions for installing the Fermi Virtual Machine Science Tools Intro and Data Exploration (includes VM shared folder setup - UPDATE! ) - Elizabeth Ferrara Students choose a source for analysis. | Likelihood Tutorial – Jeremy Perkins
| Generating LAT XML Models - Elizabeth Ferrara instructions for using make3FGLxml.py script Advanced Likelihood (convergence and basic scripting tools) Data: PDG Statistics review pdf (deltaLL values in Table 38.2 on page 29) | Adaptive Binning Tutorial - Benoit Lott
Advanced Likelihood/Student Projects | Fermi analysis for everyone, outreach with COSMAX - Benoit Lott
Summed likelihood tutorial, summed likelihood analysis files: summedLikeFiles.tgz
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| 4:45 | End of the Day Tagup | End of the Day Tagup | End of the Day Tagup | End of the Day Tagup | End of the Day Tagup |
| Virden Hosted BBQ |
Week 2
| Mon, June 6 | Tues, June 6 | Wed, June 8 | Thurs, June 9 | Fri, June 10 | |
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| 8:15 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
| 9:00 | Gamma-ray Astrophysics Theory and Modeling III - Giovanni Morlino | Gamma-ray Astrophysics Theory and Modeling IV - Giovanni Morlino | Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor and Gravitational Wave Follow-up - Michael Briggs | Gamma-ray Astrophysics Theory and Modeling V - Giovanni Morlino | Final Wrap-up |
| 10:00 | Detecting Gamma Rays with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (HAWC) - Jordan Goodman | Spectral Deconvolution - Michael Briggs | Fermi-LAT Performance - Regina Caputo | Searching for Dark Matter with the Fermi LAT - Regina Caputo | Project Results and Feedback |
| 11:00 | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 11:30 | Student Talks / 1 Slide Summaries | Science Highlights from HAWC - Jordan Goodman | Student Talks / 1 Slide Summaries | Future Gamma-ray Space Telescopes | Workshop Close Out |
| 12:30 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 1:30 | Advanced Topics: Working groups
| Free afternoon (Large event happens at Virden in the evening) | Advanced Topics | Advanced Topics: | |
| 4:45 | End of the Day Tagup | End of the Day Tagup | End of the Day Tagup | End of the Day Tagup | |
| Crab Feast |
Student Talks and 1 Slide Schedule
Thurs., June 2
Fri., June 3
Sat., June 4
Mon., June 6
Wed., June 8
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]
Glossary of Fermi and related jargon
Example ipython notebook from Eric Charles' lecture for statistics in astronomy grad course: Guest Lecture of Applications in Astro Statistics id 17506
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/)
- Visit Cape Henlopen (nearby state park with beach)
- Check out Rehoboth
- Dogfish Head Brewery Tour (not the restaurant) (http://www.dogfish.com/community/tours/index.htm)
- Rent Bikes