Fermi LAT Multiwavelength Coordinating Group

Purpose

Provide information about resources and points of contact for multiwavelength observations involving the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Large Area Telescope (LAT). Coordinate multiwavelength observations needed by the science groups. Maximize use of supporting observations and minimize duplication of effort.

N.B. This area can be viewed (but not edited) by the PUBLIC, although some links require a password.

Multiwavelength Planning

Multiwavelength Workshop at the Sixth International Fermi Symposium 

Some Known Multiwavelength Campaigns

Pulsar Timing - Information about pulsars of particular interest to LAT

• List of the pulsars being timed
• Here is the PTC MoU: LAT-MD-09047-01b.pdf
• MoU between Fermi LAT and FAST = The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope,  a 500 meter diameter (300 meter illuminated) dish located in the south of China.

Pulsar Search Consortium

(Link accessible only by LAT team members).  Here is RadioSearchMoUv4.pdf, the PSC MoU, from 2008 December 13 (link accessible by all).

Gamma-ray Pulsars being timed by the LAT

Public Catalog of Detected Gamma-ray Pulsars

Blazars - Information about blazars and campaigns of special interest to LAT

Blazar Monitoring List - Matt Lister's cross-reference list of which blazars are being monitored at radio and optical wavelengths.

Very Important Project (VIP) list of blazars the LAT team is following closely 

Sources LAT Monitors Daily and Weekly(Public Data)

• List of the monitored sources

• Steward Observatory Linear Polarization Monitoring of these Sources
• SMARTS Optical/IR Monitoring of these Sources
• Swift XRT Monitoring of these Sources
• Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) - GLAST-AGILE Support Program (GASP)

Information for Multiwavelength Observers about Working with the LAT Team (pdf)

• Form for Participation in a LAT Multiwavelength Campaign (pdf, Word)
• List of LAT Contact Scientists for Individual Sources

Contact the LAT Multiwavelength Coordinator

Fermi Science Support Center (FSSC) Multiwavelength Information

• Form to tell the Fermi Project about Multiwavelength activities

Use this form if you are conducting a campaign and want to alert the Fermi Project Scientist that you prefer not to have a Target of Opportunity declared while you are observing. Please note that this form is independent of the form (above) for participation in a LAT Multiwavelength campaign.

• FSSC Page with Links to Multiwavelength Support Programs

• More Links to Useful Fermi Multiwavelength Information

• gammamw: Fermi Multiwavelength Mailing List - subscribe, post message, or view messages

Some General Multiwavelength Resources

• High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC)
• ASI Science Data Center (ASDC)
• INTEGRAL Science Data Center HEAVENS
• Other Useful Links - Including Multiwavelength Pages

Multiwavelength Proposal Opportunities - Schedule

Proposal submissions and information (not for planning purposes):

• RXTE Proposals
• Suzaku Proposals
• XMM Proposals
• Chandra Proposals
• Swift Proposals
• INTEGRAL Proposals
• NOAO Proposals
• ESO Proposals
• Spitzer Proposals
• Radio Proposals
• Other Proposals

LAT Team Proposal Planning - Short term (Password Required)

The Radio Connection

Please visit the web page (put together by Greg Taylor, Matthias Kadler and Lars Fuhrmann) summarizing the current/planned radio observation programs devoted to gamma-ray blazars.

The IR-Optical-UV Connection - A Collection of Optical and IR Resources

The Steward Observatory optical monitoring program follows photometry and polarization for a number of blazars and makes data available to the public. Please visit their site HERE.

The SMARTS telescope (CTIO) optical monitoring site for Fermi blazars is HERE. This group monitors a selected list of Fermi blazars with data that are made public. Both light curves and photometric data are presented. - E. Ferrara

The Catalina Real-time Transient Survey has a regularly updated set of light curves for Fermi LAT blazars. These results can be found HERE. This survey also posts information about transients. The main web page is HERE.

The AKARI (ASTRO-F) Infrared source catalog is now available:
Please see THIS LINK

The Tuorla Observatory monitors a number of blazars and makes optical light curves available HERE

The KAIT telescope has white light (~R) monitoring of ~160 bright LAT Blazars. The light curves can be seen HERE 

Monitoring of many LAT blazars is also done in four colors by the Goddard Robotic Telescope with results available HERE

The X-Ray Connection - Links to useful X-ray resources

XMM-Newton Science Archive, including the slew survey, covering 40% of the sky.

Chandra Source Catalog, with information about 94,000 sources

The TeV Connection - This is a section for discussions of LAT-TeV common interests

A useful link. HERE is a Web-based tool that gives information about observability of sources with the CANGAROO TeV telescope. Courtesy of the CANGAROO team.

H.E.S.S. Source Catalog
TeV source catalog, maintained by the VERITAS group   The VERITAS point-of-contact for exchanges of pulsar timing solutions with the LAT collaboration is john.millis@gmail.com of Purdue University.
TeV source catalog, maintained by R.Wagner from MAGIC
TeV source catalog, maintained by M.Mori from Cangaroo

Texts of the agreements between the LAT team and the major TeV telescope teams

Fermi Mission Home Page

Documents and Reports

• Includes news about multiwavelength activities

Group Members