Transient Working Group

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Introduction

The Transient Science Group focuses on the analysis of detection, spectra, and time variability of transient sources such as GRBs.

Current Coordinators:

• Armand Fiasson (Leader), LAPP, France, armand.fiasson@lapp.in2p3.fr
• Alice Donini (Deputy), INAF OAR, Italy, alice.donini@inaf.it

Past Coordinators: NA

Mailing list

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Main topics

• Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs)
• Gravitational Waves (GWs)
• Neutrino Observations

Meetings

List of transient group meetings.

https://indico.cta-observatory.org/event/4096/ 12/05/2022 Transient WG Meeting]

07/04/2022 Transient WG Meeting

18/03/2022 Transient WG Meeting

30/06/2021 General Meeting

17/12/2021 General Meeting

Documentation

• On Call Expert Webpage

• On Call Expert Schedule

• LST-1 Alert System webpage

• GRB Follow-up criteria summary and logbook

• Expert On Call guideline

• Transient Logbook

Useful Tools

• Coordinate converter http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/Tools/convcoord/convcoord.pl
• Distance converter http://www.convertworld.com/en/length/Parsec.html
• Energy/frequency/wavelength converter http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/Tools/energyconv/energyConv.pl
• A Date/Time Conversion Utility http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/Tools/xTime/xTime.pl
• Flux/count rate converter http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Tools/w3pimms.html
• Catalog of TeV source http://tevcat.uchicago.edu/
• Publication of HESS, MAGIC and VERITAS
• To calculate source observability (you may have to introduce LST-1 coordinates 28.76195, -17.89005) http://www.magic.iac.es/scheduler/ or https://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/hfm/HESS/public/Visibility.html