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The Fermi Mission will hold a virtual summer workshop series of interactive activities to learn about Fermi data analysis and lectures on gamma-ray astrophysics. The virtual school will consist of weekly online workshops and lecture presentations. These will be held on Mondays from June 7th to July 26th with the exception of July 5th. Lectures will be held on Mondays from 11 am to 12 pm (Eastern US, GMT-4) and analysis tutorial live sessions will be held on Mondays from 2-3:30 pm.

The material is designed for graduate students and early postdocs starting analysis projects in gamma-ray astrophysics that involve Fermi data and science. In addition to standard analysis using the Fermitools, we will include sessions covering pulsar analysis with the Large Area Telescope and gamma-ray burst analysis with the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor. We are seeking attendees that are interested in engaging in analysis activities and interacting with instructors and the other students in group activities. There will be no registration fee, but if demand is high, we may need to limit attendance and prioritize students who are developing near-term research projects using Fermi data.

Schedule for Summer 2021

Times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).

Technical Help Sessions

We will have two sessions via Teams the week before the start of the workshops to help people get setup with the tools. Please try to install the FermiBottle Docker Container, which contains all the software needed for the workshops and go through the Summer School Checklist to make sure the container is functioning correctly.


Thursday, June 3Friday, June 4
10am-11amTech Help SessionTech Help Session

June 2021  


Mon, June 7Mon, June 14Mon, June 21Mon, June 28

Lectures

11  am - 12 pm EDT

Welcome and Intro to Fermi and the Fermi Sky

Liz Hays & Judy Racusin

AGN Observations

Manel Errando

Statistics for Astrophysics

Daniela Huppenkothen

Particle Acceleration

Yajie Yuan

IntermissionGather (password: fermi)Gather (password: fermi)Gather (password: fermi)Gather (password: fermi)
Analysis Tutorials
2 pm - 3:30 pm EDT

Getting started with Fermi Analysis

Joe Eggen

Data Exploration Tutorial Video

Data Exploration Notebook

Data Quicklook Notebook

Testing for sources: Likelihood analysis using fermipy

Liz+

Flux, error bars, and upper limits

Liz/Daniela

Light Curves

Liz+

July 2021   


Mon, July 12Mon, July 19Mon, July 26
Lectures
11  am - 12 pm EDT

Galactic Center/Pulsar WInd Nebulae

Mattia Di Mauro

Neutrinos and ground-based observations

Marcos Santander

Wrap up and Next Steps

Student Spotlight Presentations

IntermissionGather (password: fermi)Gather (password: fermi)Gather (password: fermi)
Analysis Tutorials
2 pm - 3:30 pm EDT

Pulsar tutorial

Matthew Kerr

GBM Tools

Adam Goldstein+

Refining models: TS maps, spectra


Office hours will be held on Gather with various team members throughout the summer.

Office HoursDate/Time (EDT)HostTopics
Week 1Thurs. Jun 10 10-11 amSSC Members, Liz, JudyTech Support, Fermitools, Fermi Mission
Week 2Wed. Jun 16 2-3 pmJeremy PerkinsFermipy, python scripting
Week 2Thurs. Jun 17 10-11 amSSC MembersHelp desk
Week 3Wed. Jun 23 2-3 pmJeremy PerkinsFermipy, python scripting
Week 3Thurs. Jun 24 10-11 amSSC MembersHelp desk
Week 4Thurs. Jul 1 10-11 amSSC MembersHelp desk
Week 5Thurs. Jul 15 10-11 amSSC MembersHelp desk
Week 6Thurs. Jul 22 10-11 amSSC MembersHelp desk
Week 7Thurs. Jul 29 10-11 amSSC MembersHelp desk

Tools

  • The meeting platform is Microsoft Teams.  Non-NASA guests can join meetings and use the chat. 
  • The software necessary for the tutorials (such as the Fermitools) are distributed in the FermiBottle Docker Container, a fully-functional, self-contained analysis environment.  Please go through the Summer School Checklist to make sure the container is functioning correctly.
  • Slido will be used for polling.
  • Primary announcements will be sent out via an e-mail list.
  • Secondary announcements, interaction between sessions. instructor-student, and student-student communication will be handled via Slack. Instructions on joining the Summer School Slack will be sent to attendees.
  • This confluence page will be the home for the schedule as well as the presentation and supporting materials.

Supporting Material

  • There are a number of video tutorials for Fermi data analysis already available.



Interesting repositories for Fermi analysis


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