Preparation:
Software:
All participants in the workshop must install the following software packages:
- Ftools (http://heasarc.nasa.gov/lheasoft/ftools/ftools_menu.html)
- Fermi science tools (http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/data/analysis/)
- Tempo2 (http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/tempo2/)
- PRESTO (http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~sransom/presto/)
- User contributed software (http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/data/analysis/user/)
- Python and third-party packages necessary for the analysis:
- python (http://www.python.org/
- pylab (matplotlib) (http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ )
- numpy (http://numpy.scipy.org/ )
- scipy (http://www.scipy.org/ )
- pyfits ( http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/pyfits)
Data:
Fermi data is available under the Fermi Science Support Center website:
http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ssc/LAT/LATDataQuery.cgi
We will go over how to get the data in the first day of the workshop. But for now you can download some data sets I have already prepared:
- PSRJ0007+7303: