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 30 to June 9, 2023.
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.
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Tues, May 30 | Wed, May 31 | Thurs, June 1 | Fri, June 2 | Sat, June 3 | |
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8:00 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
9:00 | Welcome and Introductions - Liz, Jamie | Intro to Fermi LAT - Liz | Intro to Fermi GBM - Cori Fletcher | GBM Science (emphasis on non-GRB science?) - Cori | Other fun stuff to do with gamma rays - Tim |
10:00 | Intro to the Fermi Mission and Sky - Liz Hays | Active Galactic Nuclei - Manel | Impostor Syndrome workshop - TBD volunteers (slides) | Dark Matter - Tim | Manel - polarization or IACTs |
11:00 | Break | Break | Break | Break (Photo!) | Break |
11:30 | Intro to Maximum Likelihood - Matthew | TDB Guest Lecture | Henrike - Galactic sources/PeVatrons or ground-based | Student Talks / 1 Slide Summaries | |
12:30 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
1:30 | Getting started with Fermi: Tools and Resources - Joe Eggen, Joe Asercion, Alex Reustle (remote), Nestor Mirabal (remote), Don Horner (remote) | Getting Started with Likelihood Analysis - Liz, Joe, Matthew fermi-summer-school Github repository - See README file for instructions to download files for the analysis | Intro to git and Github - Henrike Fleischhack Installation - Joe A. | Advanced Likelihood/Student Projects git basics - Henrike | Advanced Tutorials (Light Curves and LCR) / 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 5 | Tues, June 6 | Wed, June 7 | Thurs, June 8 | Fri, June 9 | |
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8:00 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
9:00 | Fermi MW - Judy | The Sun - Melissa | Gamma-ray Bursts II - Peter | Advanced LAT - Melissa | 9:00 -9:30 Pack up. |
10:00 | Gamma-ray Bursts I - Peter | TBD guest lecture (maybe neutrinos?) | Jamie | Future Gamma (TBD) | |
11:00 | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
11:30 | Student Talks / 1 Slide Summaries | Student Talks / 1 Slide Summaries | Complete packing up and return bikes. | ||
12:30 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
1:30 | Transient analysis - Judy, Peter... Finding Information about transients - Judy | Free Afternoon (may trade with Mon or Wed) | Extended source fitting (includes handing residuals) - Jordan Eagle Reminders about profile likelihood and errors | Advanced topics (Systematics and Checks?) Student Projects | |
4:45 | End of the Day Tag-up | End of the Day Tag-up | End of the Day Tag-up | ||
Saturday, June 3
Monday, June 5
Tuesday, June 6
Wednesday, June 7
Thursday, June 8