RHESSI DATA ANALYSIS WORKSHOP

Monday Oct 18, 2004 --- Fundamentals of RHESSI Imaging and Spectroscopy

Introduction

Overview of RHESSI Science R P Lin (.ppt) Movies
Introduction to RHESSI hardware & flight operations B R Dennis
Introduction to RHESSI data handling J McTiernan
Introduction to RHESSI data analysis K Tolbert (more details)
Hands-on exercise K Tolbert
Introduction to Spectroscopy R Schwartz Figures
Hands-on exercise -- get x-ray spectrum from a specified flare R Schwartz
Introduction to Imaging G Hurford
Hands-on exercise -- make image for a specified flare/energy/time G Hurford
Demo of end-to-end analysis B R Dennis

Tuesday October 19 --- Advanced Topics in RHESSI Spectroscopy and Imaging

Spectroscopy

Physical effects D Smith
Software R Schwartz / K Tolbert
Hands-on Exercise

Topics in Imaging

Source size determination, photometry, etc G Hurford
Imaging algorithms
- CLEAN S Krucker
- MEM E Schmahl
- PIXONS T Metcalf
- Forward Fit M Aschwanden
Hands-on Exercise, Photometry of a simple flare G Hurford

Wednesday October 20 --- Imaging Spectroscopy

Image Cubes and Imaging Spectroscopy

Science perspective S Krucker / A Csillaghy
Reading and writing FITS files K Tolbert
Eventlist files A Csillaghy
End-to-end demo - April 21, to 100 keV B R Dennis
Overlaying images, lightcurves, spectra, spectrograms S Krucker

Thursday October 21 --- Handling Difficult Cases

Overview of Diagnostic resources D Smith
Artifacts in Light curves, spectra and images BRD/DS/GH
Microflares I Hannah
Scripting techniques for automating tasks S Krucker
Simulations as a tool for error analysis J McTiernan

Friday, October 22 --- Miscellaneous topics

Using intermediate data products - R Schwartz
Other RHESSI applications - DS/MF/MM/tbd
Strategies for analyzing data remotely K Tolbert
RHESSI Polarimetry M McConnell
RHESSI Limb Observations M Fivian / H Hudson
Simulations J McTiernan
Simulations L Sui
Future software developments -- Stacker, Visibilities, Harmonics E J Schmahl