SVOM BA-Follow-up session

Mar 16, 2026, 9:00 AM → Mar 18, 2026, 7:00 PM Europe/Paris

Amphithéâtre (IAP)

Mon, March 16

9:00 AM → 10:00 AM BA-F training lectures: Introductive words and presentation of the workshop goals

Convener: Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay)

9:00 AM Introductory words and presentation of the workshop goals

Speaker: Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay)

1. Introduction-1.pdf

9:20 AM Review of the new BA organisation

Speaker: Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay)

2. BA_organisation.pdf

9:40 AM Review of the BA working environment

Speaker: Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay)

3. BA_environment.pdf

10:00 AM → 10:30 AM Coffee break

10:30 AM → 12:10 PM BA-F training lectures: Urgent actions after an ECLAIRs trigger

Convener: Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay)

10:30 AM SVOM ToO-GRB procedure

Speakers: Bertrand Cordier (CEA), Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay)

4. SVOM_ToO.pdf

10:55 AM LCO ToO procedure

Speakers: Andrea Saccardi (CEA/Irfu/DAp - AIM), Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay)

LCO_ToO.pdf

11:20 AM EP & Swift ToO

Speakers: Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay), Maria Grazia Bernardini (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera)

6. EP_Swift_ToO.pdf

11:45 AM Q&A about the morning information

Speaker: Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay)

Q&A google doc

12:10 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM → 4:00 PM BA-F training hands-on

Conveners: Andrea Saccardi (CEA/Irfu/DAp - AIM), Bertrand Cordier (CEA), Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay)

2:00 PM SVOM ToO hands-on

Speakers: Andrea Saccardi (CEA/Irfu/DAp - AIM), Bertrand Cordier (CEA), Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay)

SVOM_ToO_hands-on.pdf

3:00 PM EP and Swift ToO hands-on

Speakers: Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay), Maria Grazia Bernardini (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera)

EP_Swift_ToO_hands-on.pdf

4:00 PM → 4:30 PM Coffee break

4:30 PM → 5:45 PM BA-F training hands-on

Conveners: Andrea Saccardi (CEA/Irfu/DAp - AIM), Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay)

4:30 PM LCO ToO procedure

LCO_ToO_hands-on.pdf

5:15 PM Quick reporting and trigger status update

Quick reporting and trigger status update_hands-on.pdf

6:30 PM → 11:30 PM Café Oz Social event

It is located at the main RER B Denfert-Rocherau station (3min by walk from the IAP building)

3 Pl. Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris

Tue, March 17

9:30 AM → 10:30 AM BA-F training lectures

Convener: Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay)

9:30 AM Review of the short/mid term actions after an ECLAIRs trigger: Check LCO images

Speakers: Andrea Saccardi (CEA/Irfu/DAp - AIM), Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay), Dr Jesse Palmerio (CEA/IRFU)

7. LCO_search_transient.pdf

9:50 AM Review of the short/mid term actions after an ECLAIRs trigger: Check VT VHF candidates

Speaker: Dr Jesse Palmerio (CEA/IRFU)

BA-F_tranining_VT_VHF.pdf

10:10 AM Review of the short/mid term actions after an ECLAIRs trigger: Check Swift/EP results

Speaker: Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay)

8. EP_FXT_search_transient.pdf

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee break

11:00 AM → 12:20 PM BA-F training lectures

Convener: Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay)

11:00 AM Review of the daily routine work when you are BA-F

Speakers: Bertrand Cordier (CEA), Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay), Prof. Frédéric DAIGNE (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris - Sorbonne Université), Dr Jesse Palmerio (CEA/IRFU), Maria Grazia Bernardini (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera)

20260317-BA-F-Training-GRBSWG.pdf

9. Reporting tasks-1.pdf

11:35 AM Q&A about the morning information

Speaker: Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay)

Q&A google doc

12:20 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM → 4:30 PM BA-F training hands-on

Conveners: Andrea Saccardi (CEA/Irfu/DAp - AIM), Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay), Dr Jesse Palmerio (CEA/IRFU)

2:00 PM Quick optical image analysis (with LCO and VT VHF) hands-on)

Speakers: Andrea Saccardi (CEA/Irfu/DAp - AIM), Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay), Dr Jesse Palmerio (CEA/IRFU)

LCO_search-transient_hands-on.pdf

3:30 PM Check x-ray follow-up results hands-on

Speaker: Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay)

EP_FXT_search transient_hands-on.pdf

4:30 PM → 5:00 PM Coffee break

5:00 PM → 6:00 PM BA-F training hands-on: BA reporting tasks hands-on

Conveners: Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay), Prof. Frédéric DAIGNE (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris - Sorbonne Université), Dr Jesse Palmerio (CEA/IRFU), Maria Grazia Bernardini (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera)

Wed, March 18

9:00 AM → 10:00 AM JSOG meeting

10:00 AM → 10:30 AM Coffee break

10:30 AM → 11:30 AM GRB-SWG meeting

10:30 AM → 11:30 AM General discussion: Feedback about the BA-F doc, procedure, working organisation and hands-on session issues

Convener: Damien TURPIN (CEA-Saclay)

Opened questions

11:30 AM → 12:00 PM General discussion: Last Q&A and BA-F shift calendar 2026

Opened questions