Fourth International Fermi Symposium
Date: October 28 - November 2, 2012
Location: Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa, Monterey, California
Important Dates
- 21 Aug 2012 - Abstract Submission Deadline (Late abstracts still accepted as poster presentations; in exceptional cases of late breaking results, a talk may be awarded.)
- 21 Sep 2012 - Last day for Early Registration
- 28 Sep 2012 - Last day for Guaranteed Hotel Reservations (at Conference Rate)
- 15 Oct 2012 - Last Day for Registration Refund
- 7 Dec 2012 - Proceedings Due
Information
- Register Online
Early: $550, Late: $650 (Student Discount: $100) - Abstract Submission
If you need a letter of invitation for your visa, please send a request to FermiSymposium2012@bigbang.gsfc.nasa.gov.
Hotel & Local Information
- Please visit the Local Information pages to make a hotel reservation as well as for more info.
- If you find the hotel reservation website unavailable, please call 1.800.233.1234 to make your reservation. The special rate ($134) remains available to Symposium participants.
Overview
This symposium follows previous Fermi Symposia at Stanford (February 2007), Washington DC (November 2009) and Rome, Italy (May 2011).
The two Fermi instruments have been surveying the high-energy sky since August 2008. The Large Area Telescope (LAT) has discovered more than a thousand new sources and many new source classes, bringing the importance of gamma-ray astrophysics to an ever-broadening community. The LAT catalog includes supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae, pulsars, binary systems, a nova, several classes of active galaxies, starburst galaxies, normal galaxies, and a large number of unidentified sources. Continuous monitoring of the high-energy gamma-ray sky has uncovered numerous outbursts from a wide range of transients. Fermi LAT's study of diffuse gamma-ray emission in our galaxy revealed giant bubbles shining in gamma rays. The direct measurement of a harder-than-expected cosmic-ray electron spectrum may imply the presence of nearby cosmic-ray accelerators. LAT data have provided stringent constraints on new phenomena such as supersymmetric dark-matter annihilations as well as tests of fundamental physics. The Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) continues to be a prolific detector of gamma-ray transients: magnetars, solar flares, terrestrial gamma-ray flashes and gamma-ray bursts at keV to MeV energies, complementing the higher energy LAT observations of those sources in addition to providing valuable science return in their own right.
All gamma-ray data are made immediately available at the Fermi Science Support Center (http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc). These publicly available data and Fermi analysis tools have enabled a large number of important studies. We especially encourage guest investigators worldwide to participate in this symposium to share results and to learn about upcoming opportunities.
This meeting will focus on the new scientific investigations and results enabled by Fermi, the mission and instrument characteristics, future opportunities, and coordinated observations and analyses. The best is yet to come!
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Program
Here is the preliminary scientific program, plenary speakers, and poster information.
Press
Press activities are currently being planned for the Symposium. Registration for credentialed media is complimentary, and electronic access to the press conferences will be available. If you would like to attend in person or electronically, please contact the Fermi Symposium 2012 Press Officer:
Prof. Lynn Cominsky
lynnc@universe.sonoma.edu
707-664-2655
Organizing Committees
Contact
- Questions? Email the organizers at: FermiSymposium2012@bigbang.gsfc.nasa.gov
