easyFermi: a graphical interface for performing Fermi-LAT data analyses

TL;DR

easyFermi provides an accessible graphical interface that simplifies Fermi-LAT data analysis, enabling users to perform common tasks quickly without extensive scripting or command-line experience.

Contribution

This work introduces easyFermi, a user-friendly graphical tool that streamlines Fermi-LAT data analysis within the Fermipy framework, making it more accessible to the community.

Findings

Enables quick measurement of gamma-ray flux and photon index.

Supports building spectral energy distributions and light curves.

Allows testing for extended emission and source localization.

Abstract

Since its launch in 2008, the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) allowed us to peek into the extremely energetic side of the Universe with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution. The tools available for analyzing Fermi-LAT data are the Fermitools and Fermipy, both of which can be scripted in Python and run via command lines in a terminal or in web-based interactive computing platforms. In this work, we are providing the community with easyFermi, an open-source user-friendly graphical interface for performing basic to intermediate analyses of Fermi-LAT data in the framework of Fermipy. With easyFermi, the user can quickly measure the $\gamma$-ray flux and photon index, build spectral energy distributions, light curves, test statistic maps, test for extended emission and even relocalize the coordinates of $\gamma$-ray sources. The tutorials for easyFermi are available on YouTube and GitHub, allowing the user to learn how to use Fermi-LAT data in about 10 min.