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06/27

- first time accessing Twiki Journal today

06/28
   * continued my work on the SED model for 1215 with major success. Have only a little left to alter for a final fit which this is getting close to.
   * read through the decadal survey from VERITAS, focusing on what has relevance to my work. Was very long and complicated so I will need to go back this resource later.
06/29
   * Started to focus on the material I am going to present on Tuesday to the REU group at the REU lunch
      * Want to be more specific with the scientific theory
      * inverse Compton scattering
      * photon reabsorption
      * leptonic vs hadronic modeling
   * ran into hardware issues, my computer would not let me use the trackpad or keyboard
      * went to the apple store and a new computer isn't available for a couple of months...
06/30
   * my computer still had issues today but they were resolved by restarting my computer 4 times and leaving it to sit unplugged and shut down for 20 minutes
   * beginning the creation of the slides for the presentation Tuesday.
      * will likely have this as something to continue working on over the break weekend (July 4th)
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07/05
   * finalized and presented presentation on Blazar physics to REU group
07/06
   * gave up on my computer in favor of the spare
   * beginning VEGAS analysis of 1ES 1215+303 for 2021
      * running a crab analysis again to make sure I can do the steps properly
      * will be applying time cuts in the method Leela recommends from thier own experience with VEGAS
   * source has only three runs in 2021 which are of acceptable quality (only one other run of 'D' quality) to be included in the analysis (time cuts noted)
      * 97993
         * time cut from 10.25 - 11 min
      * 98127
      * 98346
         * time cut from 10.5 - 11.5 min and
         * time cut from 17 - 20.5 min (both)
   * hope to have spectrum, skymap, and lightcurve for this source by the end of the week
   * successfully complete a trial crab analysis
07/07
   * set up and began VEGAS analysis of 1ES1215+303
      * downloaded the appropriate runs
      * applied correct time cuts
      * began stages 1-5
   * started work on the final presentation/paper
07/08
   * Meet with Dr. Muhkerjee to discuss progress and upcoming meeting with the group from CalPoly [[CalPoly][<br />]]
      * need to prepare slides for group meeting Thursday as well as Friday's meeting
         * Fridays slides: Blazar physics and accelerated jets / SED modeling
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07/11
   * day off - trip to BNL
07/12
   * Ran stage6 and began interpretation of output
   * using Massimo's plotting code for stage6, got significance map and Excess counts map for 121
      * need to learn more about what these are, the science behind them, and create slides about them
      * understand generally:
         * significance map : source - background / width of source (?)
         * excess counts : counts which are above the background noise (source - background)
      * need to get to the point where I understand how they can be useful to analysis
   * Want to plot flux with archival data I have been plotting already
07/13
   * have preliminary slides created for meeting with CalPoly, but need to flesh them out a little more, especially with respect to the main focus which should be SED modeling
   * analysis of 1215+303 was insignificant and may try to rerun analysis with the inclusion of 1218+304
      * new runlist needed for this
      * will start with 2021 but may go back to 2020 if I have time
      * loggen system is down so will have to start this tomorrow
      * stages 1-5 should be normal but need to include some options on the config for stage 6:
         * S6A _TestPositionRA=184.467
         * S6A _TestPositionDEC=30.1168
         * S6A _UserDefinedExclusionList="exclude1218.txt"
      * must create this file exclude1218.txt:
         * 185.341428 30.176989 0.3
         * 1ES1218+304
   * this will hopefully produce some interesting data, but must consider whether any of the runs include non-low state data
   * the future of this analysis:
      * no time for but would be nice to have a fermi analysis of this source for 2021
      * inclusion of multiwavelength data for SED fitting
         * I know where to find X-ray data
         * nothing else
      * SED fitting for new data?
07/14
   * Started new analysis for 1215 with 1218 runs included
   * new runlist:
      * <pre>20210117 97597 97593 97593 97593 97593 </pre>
      * <pre>20210117 97598 97593 97593 97593 97593 </pre>
      * <pre>20210205 97656 97648 97648 97648 97648 </pre>
      * <pre>20210205 97657 97648 97648 97648 97648 </pre>
      * <pre>20210209 97740 97731 97731 97731 97731 </pre>
      * <pre>20210307 97993 97996 97996 97996 97996 </pre>
      * <pre>20210318 98127 98129 98129 98129 98129 </pre>
      * <pre>20210404 98249 98246 98246 98246 98246 </pre>
      * <pre>20210404 98250 98246 98246 98246 98246 </pre>
      * <pre>20210409 98346 98340 98340 98340 98340 </pre>
      * <pre>20210503 98567 98577 98577 98577 98577 </pre>
      * <pre>20210503 98569 98577 98577 98577 98577</pre>
   * only one new time cut:
      * 97597
         * time cut from 26.5 - 30 min
   * Finished slides for meeting tomorrow with CalPoly
07/15
   * analysis finished running overnight but ran into issues before I could run stage 6, will retry Monday
   * meeting with CalPoly was successful
      * journal club formed. meeting next Tuesday
         * Read Marcus' Paper on Hadronic and Leptonic Blazar Modeling (https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.0605)
         * Read Matteo's Paper on the same Hadronic and Leptonic Processes (https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.13302)
      * next meeting is next Thursday since Friday doesn't work.
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