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Optimization of the Observing Cadence for the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time: A Pioneering Process of Community-focused Experimental Design
The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series, v 258(1), p1
01 Jan 2022
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Abstract
Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a ground-based astronomical facility under construction, a joint project of the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy, designed to conduct a multipurpose 10 yr optical survey of the Southern Hemisphere sky: the Legacy Survey of Space and Time. Significant flexibility in survey strategy remains within the constraints imposed by the core science goals of probing dark energy and dark matter, cataloging the solar system, exploring the transient optical sky, and mapping the Milky Way. The survey's massive data throughput will be transformational for many other astrophysics domains and Rubin's data access policy sets the stage for a huge community of potential users. To ensure that the survey science potential is maximized while serving as broad a community as possible, Rubin Observatory has involved the scientific community at large in the process of setting and refining the details of the observing strategy. The motivation, history, and decision-making process of this strategy optimization are detailed in this paper, giving context to the science-driven proposals and recommendations for the survey strategy included in this Focus Issue.
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- Title
- Optimization of the Observing Cadence for the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time: A Pioneering Process of Community-focused Experimental Design
- Creators
- Federica B. Bianco - Univ Delaware, Dept Phys & Astron, 217 Sharp Lab, Newark, DE 19716 USAZeljko Ivezic - Univ Washington, Dept Astron, 3910 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195 USAR. Lynne Jones - Aerotek & Rubin Observ, Tucson, AZ USAMelissa L. Graham - Univ Washington, Dept Astron, 3910 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195 USAPhil Marshall - SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, Menlo Pk, CA 94025 USAAbhijit Saha - NSFs Natl Opt Infrared Astron Res Lab, 950 N Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719 USAMichael A. Strauss - Princeton Univ, Dept Astrophys Sci, Princeton, NJ 08544 USAPeter Yoachim - Univ Washington, Dept Astron, 3910 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195 USATiago Ribeiro - LSST Project Off, 950 N Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719 USATimo Anguita - Univ Andres Bello, Dept Ciencias Fis, Fernandez Concha 700, Santiago, ChileA. E. Bauer - Vera C Rubin Observ, NSFs NOIRLab, 950 N Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719 USAFranz E. Bauer - Millennium Inst Astrophys, Nuncio Monsenor Sotero Sanz 100,Of 104, Santiago 104, ChileEric C. Bellm - Univ Washington, Dept Astron, 3910 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195 USARobert D. Blum - Vera C Rubin Observ, NSFs NOIRLab, 950 N Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719 USAWilliam N. Brandt - Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, Davey Lab 525, University Pk, PA 16802 USASarah Brough - Univ New South Wales, Sch Phys, Sydney, NSW 2052, AustraliaMarcio Catelan - Millennium Inst Astrophys, Nuncio Monsenor Sotero Sanz 100,Of 104, Santiago 104, ChileWilliam Clarkson - Univ Michigan, Dept Nat Sci, 4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn, MI 48128 USAAndrew J. Connolly - Univ Washington, Dept Astron, 3910 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195 USAEric Gawiser - Rutgers State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, 136 Frelinghuysen Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USAJohn E. Gizis - Univ Delaware, Dept Phys & Astron, 217 Sharp Lab, Newark, DE 19716 USARenee Hlozek - Dunlap Inst Astron & Astrophys, 50 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, CanadaSugata Kaviraj - Univ Hertfordshire, Ctr Astrophys Res, Dept Phys Astron & Math, Hatfield AL10 9AB, Herts, EnglandCharles T. Liu - CUNY Coll Staten Isl, Dept Phys & Astron, Staten Isl, NY 10314 USAMichelle Lochner - Univ Western Cape, Dept Phys & Astron, ZA-7535 Cape Town, South AfricaAshish A. Mahabal - CALTECH, Div Phys Math & Astron, Pasadena, CA 91125 USARachel Mandelbaum - Carnegie Mellon Univ, McWilliams Ctr Cosmol, Dept Phys, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USAPeregrine McGehee - Coll Canyons, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita, CA 91355 USAEric H. Jr Jr Neilsen - Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, POB 500, Batavia, IL 60510 USAKnut A. G. Olsen - NSFs Natl Opt Infrared Astron Res Lab, 950 N Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719 USAHiranya Peiris - Stockholm Univ, Oskar Klein Ctr Cosmoparticle Phys, Dept Phys, AlbaNova, SE-10691 Stockholm, SwedenJason Rhodes - CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109 USAGordon T. Richards - Drexel UniversityStephen Ridgway - NSFs Natl Opt Infrared Astron Res Lab, 950 N Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719 USAMegan E. Schwamb - Queens Univ Belfast, Astrophys Res Ctr, Sch Math & Phys, Belfast BT7 1NN, Antrim, North IrelandDan Scolnic - Denglande Univ, Dept Phys, Durham, NC 27708 USAOhad Shemmer - Univ North Texas, Dept Phys, Denton, TX 76203 USAColin T. Slater - Univ Washington, Dept Astron, 3910 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195 USAAnze Slosar - Brookhaven Natl Lab, Phys Dept, Upton, NY 11973 USAStephen J. Smartt - Queens Univ Belfast, Astrophys Res Ctr, Sch Math & Phys, Belfast BT7 1NN, Antrim, North IrelandJay Strader - Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Ctr Data Intens & Time Domain Astron, E Lansing, MI 48824 USARachel Street - Las Cumbres Observ, 6740 Cortona Dr,Suite 102, Goleta, CA 93117 USADavid E. Trilling - No Arizona Univ, Dept Astron & Planetary Sci, POB 6010, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USAAprajita Verma - Univ Oxford, Subdept Astrophys, Denys Wilkinson Bldg,Keble Rd, Oxford OX2 6QX, EnglandA. K. Vivas - Cerro Tololo Interamer Observ, NSFs Natl Opt Infrared Astron Res Lab, Casilla 603, La Serena, ChileRisa H. Wechsler - Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, 382 Via Pueblo Mall, Stanford, CA 94305 USABeth Willman - NSFs Natl Opt Infrared Astron Res Lab, 950 N Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719 USASLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Publication Details
- The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series, v 258(1), p1
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 15
- Grant note
- DE-AC02-76SF00515 / Department of Energy; United States Department of Energy (DOE) Packard Foundation; The David & Lucile Packard Foundation 1190335 / FONDECYT Regular; Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica (CONICYT); CONICYT FONDECYT ST/S006109/1; ST/N002520/1 / UKRI STFC grants South African Radio Astronomy Observatory ICN12_009 / Millennium Science Initiative DE-SC-0011635 / DOE; United States Department of Energy (DOE) DE-SC0010008; DE-SC0010118 / US Department of Energy; United States Department of Energy (DOE) FB210003 / ANID BASAL project DE-AC02-07CH11359 / Fermi Research Alliance, LLC (FRA) AST1715122 / NSF; National Science Foundation (NSF) 1258333 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Stanford University; United States Department of Energy (DOE) ST/V000691/1 / UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) grant; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) National Research Foundation (NRF) 2021-2975 / Preparing for Astrophysics with LSST Program - Heising-Simons Foundation
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000733014200001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85123683745
- Other Identifier
- 991019168483804721
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