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Overview of Science Tools Checkout 3 S. W. Digel Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope. Overview of Science Tools Checkout 3 S. W. Digel Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Science Tools Checkouts. These have been inter-DC evaluations of the science tools from a user perspective

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Overview of Science Tools Checkout 3 S. W. Digel Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

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  1. Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope Overview of Science Tools Checkout 3 S. W. Digel Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

  2. Science Tools Checkouts • These have been inter-DC evaluations of the science tools from a user perspective • Scheduled as milestones in the development of the science tools to avoid DC train wrecks (James Peachey) • Much lower profiles than Data Challenges (no logo, no T-shirts), but also providing reality checks more often • Checkout 1, October 11-29, 2004 • Checkout 2, March 21-April 8, 2005 • See http://www-glast.slac.stanford.edu/sciencetools/reviews/ and http://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/display/ST/Science+Tools+Checkouts • The users/reviewers have been recruited from the Science Tools group with occasional exceptions

  3. Science Tools Checkout 3 • We think that the development of the science tools is approaching DC2 level and the biggest weakness in Checkout 2 was usable user-level documentation • The DC2 Steering Committee [Julie] suggested that Checkout 3 be open to interested LAT users as a way of testing readiness for real users • We are also using the opportunity to exercise new sources in advance of DC2 • The simulations for the Checkouts are via gtobssim • That said, Checkout 3 is not DC2, and the simulated data that we will release are primarily for the convenience of the users (you). The Checkout 3 data will contain no secrets • September 6-27

  4. Participating in Checkout 3 • For Checkouts 1 & 2 we signed up reviewers for categories of tools: General tools, Observation simulation, Likelihood analysis, Pulsar analysis, and GRB analysis • The reviewers were committed to trying out the tools and submitting brief reviews about usability, correctness, etc. Bug reports went to JIRA • We’ll do the same for Checkout 3, to make sure that we get coverage of each area, but everyone is encouraged to act like a reviewer • You might consider it enlightened self interest to prepare for DC2, DC3, and the real world • Checkout 3 news (e.g., of any incremental releases of science tools) will be posted on the Checkout 3 Confluence page and sent to scisoftlist

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