Fermi Data Analysis Workshop - American University in Cairo June-26-2010 July-01-2010

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:
  1. Photon files
  2. Space craft file

• Burst files

Catalog Files:

Catalog

Background Models Files:

BackgroundModels

Presentations:

Files to be added soon

1. Data extraction and prepartaion (.key, .pdf, .ppt)
2. Basic data exploration (.key, .pdf, .ppt)
3. Source analysis (.key, .pdf, .ppt)
4. Pulsar timing with Fermi (.key, .pdf, .ppt)