SDSS Boot Camp Web Page (http://astronomy.nmsu.edu/sdss_bootcamp)

Participants

NMSU:

Nancy Chanover, faculty
Jon Holtzman, faculty
Jodi Berdis, graduate student
Kenz Arraki, recent Ph.D. graduate
Diane Feuillet, recent Ph.D. graduate
Sten Hasselquist, graduate student
Drew Chojnowski, graduate student

REU:

Bonilla, Alaina : Portsmouth (Karen Masters, MaNGA)
Casados-Medve, Colton : Vanderbilt (Jon Bird, APOGEE)
Martens, Sarah : Wisconsin (Eric Wilcots, eBOSS)
LeBleu, Amy : cfA (Chelsea McCloud, eBOSS)
Amaro, Rachael (Christina) : cfA (Paul Green, TDSS)
(Gonzalez, Andrea may be online through Adobe Connect for part of it… she can’t make it in person) : Wisconsin (Eric Wilcots, MaNGA)

FAST:

Aganze, Christian : UCSD (Adam Burgasser)
Ventura, Jean-Paul (JP)
Cid, Aurora
Clark, Joni
Solis, Christina

Computer logistics

Get registered for AggieAir wireless internet access (jholtzma/SDSS_APOGEE)
Confirm trac account
Sign up for Sciserver account
- Request SDSS4 access to DR13Collab

Google Docs schedule

Tuesday

AM: Introduction (powerpoint)

AM: SDSS introduction (powerpoint)

Video Recording for 'Introduction' and 'SDSS introduction'

PM: Spectroscopy (powerpoint) Video Recording 'Spectroscopy'

Spectral Analysis Tools

PM: Student research/presentation information Video Recording 'SDSS Collaboration'

Choose a topic, research it (read, ask questions, discuss), and prepare a short (5 minute) presentation
- APOGEE
  - Resources
    - Public SDSS web page
    - APOGEE2 wiki (log in with your trac username/password)
    - SDSS results web page
  - Overview of APOGEE Project
  - How does the APOGEE instrument work and what data does it provide
  - APOGEE target selection
  - APOGEE press releases
- MaNGA
  - Resources
    - Collaboration SDSS web page (sdss/2.5-meters)
    - MaNGA wiki (log in with your trac username/password)
  - Overview of MaNGA Project
  - How does the MaNGA instrument work and what data does it provide: fiber bundles
  - MaNGA target selection
  - MaNGA press releases
    - Proof That Some Galaxies are LIERs
    - Supermassive Black Holes Cause Galactic Warming
- TDSS
  - Resources
    - Public SDSS web page
    - TDSS wiki (log in with your trac username/password)
  - Overview of TDSS Project
  - How does the eBOSS instrument work and what data does it provide
  - TDSS target selection
  - TDSS press releases
    - The Case of the Missing Quasar
- eBOSS
  - Resources
    - Public SDSS web page
    - eBOSS wiki (log in with your trac username/password)
  - Overview of eBOSS Project
  - How does the eBOSS instrument work and what data does it provide
  - eBOSS target selection
  - eBOSS press releases
    - A One-Percent Measure of the Universe
    - Astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Make the Most Precise Measurement Yet of the Expanding Universe

Wednesday

AM: Student research and presentations! Video Recording 'Student Presentations'

How to give presentations(powerpoint) Video Recording 'Giving Talks'

PM: Computing tools presentation (web page) Video Recording 'Computing'

Thursday

AM: Computing tools for plotting Video Recording 'Plotting' Part 1 Video Recording 'Plotting' Part 2

Python
- Download these files a.fits, a.csv
- Scripts (both the same)
  - Jupyter Notebook (iPython notebook) as webpage
  - Python script

PM: SDSS data and student learning/research projects

SDSS data access (web page) Video Recording 'SDSS Data'
SDSS projects: data files and access
- Read in detail the data web pages for your survey, in particular, those on data access
Trial projects
- Advisor possible suggestions

Closing Survey

Lightning Talks

Kenz Arraki

Sten Hasselquist Video Recording

Diane Feuillet Video Recording

Karen Kinemuchi Video Recording

Carlos Vargas Video Recording (2:05:05 - 2:18:05)

Emma Dahl

Candace Gray Video Recording