Using the Fermi Science Analysis Environment Tools for Fermi Cycle 2 Proposal Preparation

The Fermi Science Support Center (FSSC) provides tools to the scientific community for the analysis of Fermi data, including both the Large-Area

Telescope (LAT) and the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM). The FSSC will provide

these tools during the Cycle 2 proposal preparation period so that the

tools may be used for planning and writing the proposal. Tools will be

provided which allow the user to simulate observatory orbits and observations, generate simulated data in the appropriate formats, filter the data on user-selected criteria, and perform standard analyses on the selected data. Standard analyses include creation and fitting of spectra and light curves, and statistical analyses of photon events to perform reliable extraction of source parameters. We present procedures for performing each of the major

standard analysis tasks that will be useful during proposal preparation, and

show illustrative results.