The Fermi Summer School emphasizes the analysis of data from the Fermi instruments through lectures and hands-on workshops. Students spend time working directly with experts in instrumentation, analysis, theory and modeling to develop and extend their own research projects. Topics cover much of the gamma-ray band ranging from keV-MeV transients seen with Fermi's GBM to the highest energies observed by the LAT and the very high energies observed by ground-based gamma-ray telescopes. This year's school will be held at the University of Delaware Conference Center in Lewes, Delaware, from May 31 to June 10, 2022.
Material will be aimed at graduate students and post-doctoral researchers. Topics will include particle acceleration and gamma-ray production mechanisms; space-based and ground-based gamma-ray instrumentation; spectral, spatial, and time-based analysis of gamma-ray data; modeling and interpretation of gamma-ray data; and astrophysical source classes such as AGN, GRBs, Galactic pulsars and binary systems, supernova remnants, and pulsar wind nebulae as well as searches for dark matter and new physics.
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.
Go directly to Week 1 or Week 2. All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).
Tues, May 31 | Wed, June 1 | Thurs, June 2 | Fri, June 3 | Sat, June 4 | |
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8:15 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
9:00 | Welcome / Introduction to Gamma-ray Astro - Liz Hays | Intro to Fermi LAT | |||
10:00 | Intro to the Fermi Mission and Sky | Intro to Fermi GBM | |||
11:00 | Break | Break | Break | Break (Photo!) | Break |
11:30 | Student Talks / 1 Slide Summaries | Student Talks / 1 Slide Summaries | |||
12:30 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
1:30 | Student Projects | ||||
4:45 | End of the Day Tag-up | End of the Day Tag-up | End of the Day Tag-up | End of the Day Tag-up | End of the Day Tag-up |
Mon, June 6 | Tues, June 7 | Wed, June 8 | Thurs, June 9 | Fri, June 10 | |
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8:15 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
9:00 | Final Wrap-up! Project Results and Feedback (All) | ||||
10:00 | Workshop Close Out | ||||
11:00 | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
11:30 | Student Talks / 1 Slide Summaries | Student Talks / 1 Slide Summaries | Workshop Close Out | ||
12:30 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
1:30 | Student Projects | Free Afternoon | Student Projects | ||
4:45 | End of the Day Tag-up | End of the Day Tag-up | End of the Day Tag-up | ||