Overview of Science Groups
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Status of Science Groups
• 9 Science Groups formed and active
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Coordinators identified
websites established and linked to Collaboration webpage
successful first F2F meeting at Stanford on Friday, August 26
periodic meetings of groups
Group
Coordinators
# participants
Catalog
S. Digel, I. Grenier
12
Diffuse Radiation
S. Digel, I. Grenier
25
Blazars & AGNs
P. Giommi, B. Lott
35
Pulsars, SNRs, & Plerions
R. Romani, D. Thompson
36
Unidentified Sources, Population
Studies, and Other Galaxies
P. Caraveo, O. Reimer
28
Dark Matter & New Physics
E. Bloom, A. Morselli
37
Gamma-Ray Bursts
J. Norris, N. Omodei
46
Solar
G. Share
9
Calibration & Analysis Methods
W. Atwood, S. Ritz
55
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Summary of face-to-face analysis coordinator’s meeting
• all analysis coordinators attended meeting
• discussions focused on
– size of groups: are they adequate?
– areas of overlap and interfaces between groups (particularly
between Catalog and Blazar, Pulsar, and UNid Source groups
• Catalog source ID process; session at
Collaboration meeting is focused on this topic
• Multiwavelength needs of science groups; groups
will review and provide updates to the
Thompson/Blandford report
– planned activities / papers during the next year, and
participation in DC2
• agreed that group will meet monthly (via VRVS/telecon)
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Distribution of # Science Groups and Members
number of members
number of Members
30
25
25
20
19
15 16
10
8
5
6
1
1
0
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
number of groups signed up for
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Distribution of # Science Groups and Affiliated Scientists
number of Affiliated Scientists
35
30 32
25
20
15
14
10
11
11
5
1
1
0
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
number of groups
5
Today, we are exactly 2 years from the scheduled
launch of the GLAST mission
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