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

The Fermi Gamma-ray Sky Blog - Information about Recent Activity in the Gamma-ray Sky

Some Known Multiwavelength Campaigns

Pulsar Timing - Information about pulsars of particular interest to LAT

• List of the pulsars being timed

Blazar Candidates - Information about blazars and campaigns of special interest to LAT

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

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

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.

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)

Documents and Reports

• Includes news about multiwavelength activities

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

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

The X-Ray Connection - This is a section for discussion of LAT-X-Ray common interests

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

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 and Fermi Mission Multiwavelength Page

Some Useful Links - Including other Multiwavelength Pages

Other links related to multiwavelength studies

Group Members