The Spring 2021 NICER Data Analysis and Science Workshop was held virtually from 9 am to 1 pm
EDT Monday through Friday of the week of May 10th, 2021.
The primary objective of the workshop was to discuss data analysis techniques and new science results that maximize use of the unique timing and spectroscopy data provided by NICER.
Presentations on Monday and Tuesday covered data selection, background modeling, timing, and spectroscopy. Wednesday,
May 12, was set aside for user analysis questions. Science presentations on Thursday and Friday were contributed by members of the community
of users. A detailed schedule is shown below.
Recordings of the sessions are provided as links in
the agenda below. These will be replaced in the future with a longer-term video storage
solution.
All times listed are Eastern U.S. time zone.
| Date |
Session |
Time |
Presenter |
Title |
Monday
May 10
Q&A
Video
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Tutorial 1 |
9:00 - 10:50 |
K. Gendreau |
Welcome and Introduction to the NICER Mission (PDF) |
| Z. Arzoumanian |
NICER Planning, TOOs, and Guest Observer Program (PDF) |
| C. Markwardt |
How to Analyze NICER Data (PDF) |
| Tutorial 2 |
11:10 - 13:00 |
C. Markwardt |
Screening NICER Data to Increase Available Data (PDF) |
| C. Markwardt |
New NICER Software (PDF) |
| C. Markwardt |
NICER Calibration Status (PDF) |
Tuesday
May 11
Q&A
Video
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Tutorial 3 |
9:00 - 10:50 |
T. Strohmayer |
Timing and Barycentering of NICER data (PDF) |
R. Remillard
M. Corcoran |
Modeling the NICER Background (empirical
PDF, space weather PDF) |
| R. Remillard |
NICER Spectral Fitting - Best Practices (PDF) |
Isolated Neutron Stars
(Chair: DJ Pasham) |
11:10 - 13:00 |
Z. Arzoumanian |
NICER Legacy Science: Sizing Up Neutron Stars (PDF) |
| K. Rajwade |
Radio and X-ray evolution of XTE J1810-197 |
| H. An |
NICER timing of the low-B magnetar CXOU J164710.2-455216 |
| W. Ho |
Timing young X-ray pulsars for gravitational wave searches |
| A. Sanna |
NICER updates on Accreting Millisecond X-ray Pulsars (PDF) |
Wednesday
May 12
Video
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Q&A |
9:00 - 11:00 |
|
NICER Analysis Help Forum (PDF) |
Thursday
May 13
Video
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Accreting Neutron Stars
(Chair: Z. Arzoumanian) |
9:00 - 11:15 |
T. Enoto |
Enhanced X-ray Emission Coinciding with Giant Radio Pulses from the Crab Pulsar (PDF) |
| A. Jaodand |
Long term X-ray timing of the transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 |
| R. Ludlam |
Utilizing NICER and NuSTAR for NS LMXBs (PDF) |
| N. Islam |
A study of super-orbital modulations in 4U 1538-52 with NICER and NuSTAR observations |
| G. Vasilopoulos |
Accreting highly-magnetized neutron stars in the Magellanic Clouds seen with NICER |
| P. Pradhan |
Clumpy wind studies in HMXB OAO 1657-415 with NICER+NuSTAR (PDF) |
| D. Leahy |
AstroSAT Observations of Hercules X-1 (not included in video) |
Main Sequence and Other Stars
(Chair: C. Markwardt) |
11:30 - 13:00 |
V. Airapetian |
Superflares, Coronal Mass Ejections and Energetic Particle Events from Young Suns and Their
impact on Chemistry of Young Earths |
| K. Hamaguchi |
NICER observations of the solar-type star, kappa1 Cet |
| R. Paudel |
A study of flares on EV Lacertae using NICER data |
| V. Petit |
Searching for Magnetospheric Interaction in a Doubly Magnetic Binary B-type star with NICER |
| D.A. Espinoza-Galeas |
Eta Car's NICER Monitoring Program Using Python (Python workbook) |
N. Saffold &
Y. Tokayer |
A NICER X-ray view of white dwarf pulsar AR Scorpii |
Friday
May 14
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AGN & Galaxies
(Chair: E. Cackett) |
9:00 - 10:00 |
H. Earnshaw |
A broadband NICER+NuSTAR observation of NGC 4190 ULX-1 (PDF) |
| F. D'Ammando |
NICER follow-up observations of the flaring blazar BL Lacertae (PDF) |
| E. Partington |
Evolution of an ionized obscurer in Mkn 817 (PDF) |
Accreting Black Holes
(Chair: R. Remillard) |
10:20 - 13:00 |
A. Tripathi |
Testing general relativity using X-ray reflection spectroscopy (PDF) |
| Y. Bhargava |
Estimating the spin of MAXI J1820+070 |
| A. Marino |
Tracking the evolution of the accretion flow in MAXI J1820+070 with the JED-SAD model |
| T. Kawamura |
Fast variability in MAXI J1820+070 to probe the nature of the inner accretion flow (PDF) |
| F. Garcia |
A two-component Comptonisation model for the type-B QPO in MAXI J1348-630 revealed by NICER (PDF) |
| J. Vadakkumthani |
Spectral and Timing Studies of the X-ray transient MAXI J1348-630 using NICER and AstroSat Observations (PDF) |
| M. McCollough |
A NICER View of the Microquasar Cygnus X-3 (PDF) |
| Closing remarks |
|
Z. Arzoumanian |
(PDF) |
