GLAST LAT IDT & Collaboration Meeting
October 22-25, 2003
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
AGENDA
Day 1: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 - Techinical Meeting
| 8:45 AM | Intro and Overview | P. Michelson |
| 8:50 AM | Technical Management Processes and Summary of Open Technical Issues | L. Klaisner |
| Data Analysis Software | ||
| 9:30 AM | Introduction and Overview | R. Dubois |
| 9:45 AM | TKR Simulation and Recon Overview and Performance | T. Usher |
| 9:55 AM | Kalman Filtering 101, Analysis and Issues | W. Atwood |
| 10:40 AM | TKR Recon: Performance | T. Usher |
| 11:00 AM | Break | |
| 11:15 AM | CAL Simulation and Recon Overview | M. Strickman |
| 11:30 AM | ACD Simulation and Recon Overview | H. Kelly |
| 11:40 AM | Using the Software | R. Dubois |
| 12:05 PM | Lunch | |
| Trigger And Event Filtering | ||
| 1:30 PM | Expected Backgrounds | T. Kamae |
| 1:50 PM | Introduction | S. Ritz |
| 2:30 PM | Basic Trigger and Filtering Scheme Benchmarks and Status | J. Russell |
| 3:15 PM | Next Steps, Margins, and Contingencies |
S. Ritz J. Russell |
| 3:40 PM | Break | |
| 4:00 PM | Considerations About Onboard GRB Sciences | J. Norris |
| 4:20 PM | Open For Additional Discussions | |
| 5:30 PM | Reception | |
Day 2: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - Collaboration Science Meeting
| 8:30 AM | Introduction and Overview | P. Michelson |
| 8:40 AM | Welcome | A. Diaz |
| 9:00 AM | GLAST Mission Status | L. Citrin |
| 9:20 AM | View from DOE | K. Turner |
| 9:30 AM | View from NASA Headquarters | P. Hertz |
| 9:40 AM | Status of LAT Instrument | S. Ritz |
| 10:10 AM | Intro to Spectrum Astro and Spacecraft | D. Conte |
| 10:35 AM | Break | |
| Science Analysis Software Overview and Discussion | ||
| 10:50 AM | The Standard Environment for the Analysis of LAT Data |
S. Digel D. Band |
| 12:00 PM | Discussion | |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch | |
| Collaboration Science Working Groups | ||
| 1:30 PM | Charge to Collaboration Science Topics Working Groups | P. Michelson |
| 1:45 PM | Working Groups I-V Meet | |
| 4:00 PM | Break | |
| 4:15 PM | Invited Talk: Impact of the EBL on AGN Measurements and AGN Luminosity Functions | F. Stecker |
| 5:15 PM | Adjourn for the Day | |
| 5:30 PM | Tour of the Swift Spacecraft and Instruments (Bldg 7) | |
Day 3: Thursday, October 24, 2002 - Collaboration Science Meeting
| 8:45 AM | Continue Collaboration Working Groups from Previous Day | |
| 10:45 AM | Break | |
| 11:00 AM | Continue Working Groups | |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | |
| Science Symposium on AGN Jets and Relativistic Outflows | ||
| 1:00 PM | What Can GLAST Tell Us About AGN? | C. Dermer |
| 1:45 PM | AGN Jets and GLAST | P. Meszaros |
| 2:30 PM | Jets and Outflows | G. Henri |
| 3:15 PM | Break | |
| 3:30 PM | The Jet-Disk Connection and Blazar Unification | T. Tavecchio |
| 4:15 PM | Recent TeV Observations and Connections to GLAST | F. Krennrich |
| 5:00 PM | HESS Update | B. Giebels |
| 5:20 PM | GTN Update | G. Spears |
| 5:40 PM | Adjourn | |
| 6:30 PM |
Dinner at GSFC Recreation Center "The Physics Nobel Prize 2002" Images from the dinner |
P. Carlson |
Day 4: Friday, October 25, 2002 - Collaboration Science Meeting
| 9:00 AM | VLBA AGN Observations | J. Ulvestad |
| 9:50 AM |
Brief Reports on International Developments Developments in France Developments in Italy Developments in Sweden Developments in Japan |
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| 10:20 AM | Brief Announcements | |
| 10:45 AM | Break | |
| 11:00 AM |
Reports from Working Groups WG I: Extended Sources and Diffuse Radiation WG II: Galactic Sources and Unidentified Sources WG III: Extragalactic Sources WG IV: Searches for New Physics WG V: GRBs and Solar Flares |
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| 11:50 AM | Action Items and Closeout |
N. Gehrels P. Michelson |
| 12:15 PM | Adjourn Collaboration Meeting | |
| 12:20 PM | Lunch | |