GROWTH Astronomy School 2020
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Overview
The school is designed to offer a comprehensive training to graduate and advanced undergraduate students in observational techniques and tools for follow up of transient events at X-ray, UV, optical, infrared and radio wavelengths. The school sessions are organized by wavelength range and the format includes a short lecture that introduces the topic followed by an interactive workshop where students will be engaged in data analysis using real data from the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, Palomar Observatory in California, the VLA in New Mexico and telescopes in the GROWTH global network of observatories.
We are in the era of multi-messenger astronomy, where we have seen a neutron star merger emit gravitational waves and then light up the entire electromagnetic spectrum on timescales of seconds to years. Having a broad training in observational techniques and data analysis across multiple wavelengths and gravitational waves will equip the next generation of astronomers with the skills to maximize time-domain science.
The astronomy school is part of the education and training program of GROWTH. The lectures and materials from each school are posted online on our website for students and educators.
School Format
The online school consists of the following components:
(1) video lectures that students are asked to watch prior to
each live session
(2) live sessions.
Each live session consists of
(1) a follow-up discussion and Q&A based on the lecture that students have
watched
(2) an
interactive workshop during which students will be split in breakout rooms and guided by tutors.
During the interactive workshops, students will work on a set of exercises involving real observational data from telescopes around the world. These will be organized in Python Jupiter notebooks and loaded on the cloud on the JupiterHub, and expert tutors will provide guidance throughout each live workshop.
The video lectures will be posted on Youtube. Live sessions will be conducted via Zoom. A Slack workspace will serve as a discussion forum for students to communicate with instructors and among themselves during and after the school.
At the end of the school, students will be familiar with multiple tools and techniques for data analysis of observational astronomical data. Students who successfully attend the school sessions will be awarded a certificate of participation.
Program
Participants
View the list of participants for the GROWTH astronomy school 2020.
Contact Us
Please, send any questions you may have about the school to growth.astro.school@gmail.com
