Welcome to Data Challenge II !
Kickoff March 1-3, 2006
Second in a sequence of 3 data challenges,
DC2 will include extensive analysis of 55 days
worth of realistic simulated data. Relative to
DC1, many aspects of the simulated data have
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DC2's "Simulated Gamma-ray Sky" featured as APOD's picture of the day: May 31, 2006. |
- Full and realistic detector simulation, i.e., realistic in that simulations are imperfect, including things like dead strips, deadtime, etc.
- Full reconstruction chain from low level electronics quantities, to high level event information.
- Updated and detailed background model, including all the things that are not gamma-rays from celestial sources; also includes orbit variations.
- Rich description of the gamma-ray sky, including variable sources, pulsing sources and Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs).
- Revamped event classification and background rejection analysis, i.e., updated instrument performance plots.
This increased detail and improvements of the detector simulation, event classification analysis, and the sky results in a much broader range of analysis options and data types than have been made available in previous data challenges and science tools checkouts.
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