High Energy Interest Group (HEIG) Page

Our first meeting at the May 2023 Interop in Bologna led to a informal group of High Energy project coordinating on topics related to IVOA support and usage. We welcome all projects with a High Energy interest (e.g., X-ray, Gamma-Ray, Neutrino). This page is meant to be a place to identify and build synergy among the projects.

Current Membership - email alias "HEIG"

• Ada Nebot - ada.nebot@astro.unistra.fr
• Andrea Bulgarelli - andrea.bulgarelli@inaf.it
• Catherine Boisson - catherine.boisson@obspm.fr
• Fabian Schussler - Fabian.schussler@cea.fr
• Francois Bonnarel - francois.bonnarel@astro.unistra.fr
• Francesca Civano - francesca.m.civano@nasa.gov
• Ian Evans - ievans@cfa.harvard.edu
• Janet Evans - janet@cfa.harvard.edu
• Jutta Schinabel - jutta.schnabel@fau.de
• Mark Cressitello Dittmar - mdittmar@cfa.harvard.edu
• Mathieu Servillat - mathieu.servillat@obspm.fr
• Mireille Louys - mireille.louys@unistra.fr
• Pierre Cristofari - pierre.cristofari@obspm.fr
• Raffaele D'Abrusco - rdabrusc@cfa.harvard.edu
• Rafael Martinez Galarza - juan.martinez.galarza@cfa.harvard.edu
• Bruno Khélifi - khelifi@in2p3.fr
• Karl Kosack - karl.kosack at cta-observatory.org
• Matthias Fuessling - matthias.fuessling@cta-observatory.org
• Tess Jaffe - tess.jaffe@nasa.gov
• Lauren Michel - laurent.michel@astro.unistra.fr
• Chenzhou Cui - ccz@bao.ac.cn
• Yunfei Xu - xuyf@nao.cas.cn
• James Tockel - james.tocknell@mq.edu.au

Current Efforts

DRAFT Note - Virtual Observatory and High Energy Astrophysics- M Servillat

• 2023-12-20: https://share.obspm.fr/s/H9egSzEfHH2LSiE
• 2023-11-10: https://share.obspm.fr/s/CFk7xGJKYRiNbaE
• Decided at last meeting this note would be moved to Git for multi-author contributions - TBD

Collecting Obscore Use Cases for High Energy

We're collecting Use Cases for HE data that falls outside of the Obscore basline; add your use cases to a list below

• Add your link

Group upcoming Goals

• Connect with IVOA - send an email to IVOA mail group on timeframe of a DRAFT HE Note welcoming participation/feedback to doc
• Connect with new/upcoming projects: eRosita, new Athena, Xrism, CTA, KN3NeT, Einstein, other initiatives in Japan/China/Australia ...
• Plan to request new IVOA HE IG at Fall Interop in Malta; also planning for a Plenary if it can be scheduled at that time
• We asked about timeliness for various project work wrt Event lists/Data Models
  • Paris group working on KM3net said they needed to get an event list on a ~ 1 year timeframe

Participating Project Links

• Chandra Science - https://chandra.harvard.edu/index_scientists.html
  • Chandra Data Descriptions - Event list, GTI
• Data formats for gamma-ray astronomy - https://gamma-astro-data-formats.readthedocs.io
• Very-high-energy Open Data Format (under construction) - https://vodf.readthedocs.io
• NASA High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center - https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
  • FITS data standards (aka "OGIP")

Meetings/Workshops/Presentations

• 2024-04-03 @14:30 UTC: IVOA Note status/feedback, Sydney session planning, Obscore
  • Mtg Notes
• 2024-01-31 @14:30 UTC: IVOA Note status, Sydney planning, Obscore
  • Mtg Notes
• 2023-12-21 @14:00 UTC: "What makes an event list unique?” “What content should users expect to exist in an Event list instance”
  • Mtg Notes
• 2023-10-18: Discussion and Presentations on Response Files
  • Mtg Notes
• 2023-09-14 : Overview of the Dataset/Cube data models and their applicability to High Energy datasets.
  • Slides & Mtg Notes
• 2023-06-28: IVOA standards for High Energy Astrophysics (French VO Workshop)
  • https://indico.obspm.fr/event/1963/
• 2023-05-11: Presentation at Interop, "DM for High Energy astrophysics", M. Servillat
  • https://wiki.ivoa.net/internal/IVOA/IntropMay3023DM/2023-05-11_IVOA_meeting_-_VOHE.pdf
• 2022-10-11: Virtual Observatory and High Energy Astrophysics (French VO Workshop),
  • https://indico.obspm.fr/event/1489/