September 12-13, 2002
Huntsville, AL
September 12, 2002 - Burst Workshop:
9:00 | Welcome & Introduction | Chip Meegan |
9:10 | Current status of GRB observations | Jerry Fishman |
9:40 | Afterglows and Follow-up Network | Chryssa Kouveliotou |
10:00 | Detector Triggers and Burst Populations | David Band |
10:20 | Break | |
10:40 | Summary of EGRET results | Brenda Dingus |
11:10 | Observations and Implications of Spectral Lags | Jay Norris |
11:30 | Jets | Jay Salmonson |
11:50 | Lunch | |
1:00 | TeV gamma ray observations | Julie McEnery |
1:20 | Summary of current theoretical issues | Dieter Hartmann |
1:50 | The Fireworks Model | Guido Barbiellini |
2:05 | Swift Capabilities Relative to GLAST | Neil Gehrels |
2:25 | Break | |
3:00 | Burst capabilities of the LAT |
Peter Michelson Steve Ritz presented |
3:15 | Burst capabilities of the GBM | Giselher Lichti |
3:30 | What can be learned from GRB spectra | Rob Preece |
4:00 | Theoretical models for high-energy radiation from GRBs | Chuck Dermer |
4:30 | Theoretical issues to be addressed by GLAST | Peter Meszaros |
5:00 | Adjourn | |
7:30 | Dinner at Landry's Seafood House of Huntsville |
September 13, 2002 - Science Working Group
8:30 |
Welcome and Opening Comments Introductions, Review of Agenda |
J. F. Ormes |
8:40 |
Comments from NASA and DoE Headquarters Joint Operations Working Group and Project Status Agreements, budget status, issues and concerns, etc. |
P. Hertz K. Turner |
9:00 | Comments by and/or Questions from non-US participants | |
9:15 | Education initiatives | L. Cominsky |
9:45 | Public Relations | N. Gehrels |
10:00 | Break | |
10:15 |
Project Overviews Data downlink rate and contact frequency, planned spacecraft trade studies, impact of special autonomous repointing operations, schedule, etc |
L. Citrin Al Vernacchio presented |
10:30 | Spacecraft overview |
Spectrum Astro Tim Morse presented |
11:30 |
The Large Area Telescope (LAT) LAT Issues and concerns |
Steve Ritz |
12:00 |
The Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) GBM Issues and concerns |
C. Meegan |
12:30 | Lunch | |
1:30 | Preparation of GLAST Science Plan | N. Gehrels |
1:45 |
Report of the Working Group on burst studies GBM-LAT interface, realtime on-board repointing decisions and constraints, operations planning and modes update. |
C. Meegan |
2:15 | Break | |
2:30 | Report of the LAT-GRB science team |
J. Norris M. Kippen |
2:45 |
SSC Status and Report of the SSC Software review and plans |
D. Band |
3:15 |
Review of the Actions from last meeting Definition of transient SRD revisions |
J. Ormes |
3:30 | Other issues arising, discussion and New Actions review | J. Ormes |
4:00 | Adjourn |