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 28 to June 7, 2024.
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).
See our Code of Conduct and COVID-19 guidelines.
| Tues, May 28 | Wed, May 29 | Thurs, May 30 | Fri, May 31 | Sat, June 1 | |
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| 8:00 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
| 9:00 | Welcome and Introductions - Liz | Damiano - Lecture 1 | Damiano - Lecture 2 | Damiano - Lecture 3 | PWN - Jordan |
| 10:00 | Intro to Fermi | Intro to Fermi LAT | Cecilia - Lecture 2 | Stats Lecture 5 - Cole | |
| 11:00 | Break | Break | Break | Break (Photo!) | Break |
| 11:30 | Stats Lecture 1 - Cole | Cecilia - Lecture 1 | Intro to Fermi GBM | 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, Sheimy, Paz, Nestor Mirabal (remote), Don Horner (remote) | Stats Lecture 2 - Cole Getting Started with Likelihood Analysis - Liz, Joe fermi-summer-school Github repository - See README file for instructions to download files for the analysis Look here for a few project Ideas | Stats Lecture 3 - Cole Next Steps with Likelihood - Liz | Stats Lecture 4 - Cole Extended sources | Spectra and lightcurves |
| 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 |
| Bike rental pick-up - leave by 4:30 |
| Mon, June 3 | Tues, June 4 | Wed, June 5 | Thurs, June 6 | Fri, June 7 | |
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| 8:00 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
| 9:00 | Lecture 1 - Qi | Polarization - Haocheng | Lecture 2 - Qi | Magnetars - Oliver | 9:00 -9:30 Pack up. Feedback Form |
| 10:00 | Transients - Oliver | Student Talks / 1 Slide Summaries | |||
| 11:00 | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 11:30 | GRB GW - Niccolò | Rubin LSST - Fed | Student Talks / 1 Slide Summaries | Complete packing up and return bikes. | |
| 12:30 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 1:30 | Burst analysis workshop | Free Afternoon | Time-based analysis topics | ||
| 4:45 | End of the Day Tag-up | End of the Day Tag-up | End of the Day Tag-up | ||
Saturday, June 1
Monday, June 3
Tuesday, June 4
Wednesday, June 5
Thursday, June 6