Maximizing Science in the Era of LSST: A Community-Based Study of Needed US Capabilities
Abstract
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will be a discovery machine for the astronomy and physics communities, revealing astrophysical phenomena from the Solar System to the outer reaches of the observable Universe. While many discoveries will be made using LSST data alone, taking full scientific advantage of LSST will require ground-based optical-infrared (OIR) supporting capabilities, e.g., observing time on telescopes, instrumentation, computing resources, and other infrastructure. This community-based study identifies, from a science-driven perspective, capabilities that are needed to maximize LSST science. Expanding on the initial steps taken in the 2015 OIR System Report, the study takes a detailed, quantitative look at the capabilities needed to accomplish six representative LSST-enabled science programs that connect closely with scientific priorities from the 2010 decadal surveys. The study prioritizes the resources needed to accomplish the science programs and highlights ways that existing, planned, and future resources could be positioned to accomplish the science goals.
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@article{arxiv.1610.01661,
title = {Maximizing Science in the Era of LSST: A Community-Based Study of Needed US Capabilities},
author = {Joan Najita and Beth Willman and Douglas P. Finkbeiner and Ryan J. Foley and Suzanne Hawley and Jeffrey A. Newman and Gregory Rudnick and Joshua D. Simon and David Trilling and Rachel Street and Adam Bolton and Ruth Angus and Eric F. Bell and Derek Buzasi and David Ciardi and James R. A. Davenport and Will Dawson and Mark Dickinson and Alex Drlica-Wagner and Jay Elias and Dawn Erb and Lori Feaga and Wen-fai Fong and Eric Gawiser and Mark Giampapa and Puragra Guhathakurta and Jennifer L. Hoffman and Henry Hsieh and Elise Jennings and Kathryn V. Johnston and Vinay Kashyap and Ting S. Li and Eric Linder and Rachel Mandelbaum and Phil Marshall and Thomas Matheson and Soren Meibom and Bryan W. Miller and John O'Meara and Vishnu Reddy and Steve Ridgway and Constance M. Rockosi and David J. Sand and Chad Schafer and Sam Schmidt and Branimir Sesar and Scott S. Sheppard and Cristina A. Thomas and Erik J. Tollerud and Jon Trump and Anja von der Linden},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.01661},
year = {2016}
}
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174 pages; one chapter of this report was previously published as arXiv:1607.04302