Rubin ToO 2024: Envisioning the Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Target of Opportunity program
Abstract
The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) at Vera C. Rubin Observatory is planned to begin in the Fall of 2025. The LSST survey cadence has been designed via a community-driven process regulated by the Survey Cadence Optimization Committee (SCOC), which recommended up to 3% of the observing time to carry out Target of Opportunity (ToO) observations. Experts from the scientific community, Rubin Observatory personnel, and members of the SCOC were brought together to deliver a recommendation for the implementation of the ToO program during a workshop held in March 2024. Four main science cases were identified: gravitational wave multi-messenger astronomy, high energy neutrinos, Galactic supernovae, and small potentially hazardous asteroids possible impactors. Additional science cases were identified and briefly addressed in the documents, including lensed or poorly localized gamma-ray bursts and twilight discoveries. Trigger prioritization, automated response, and detailed strategies were discussed for each science case. This document represents the outcome of the Rubin ToO 2024 workshop, with additional contributions from members of the Rubin Science Collaborations. The implementation of the selection criteria and strategies presented in this document has been endorsed in the SCOC Phase 3 Recommendations document (PSTN-056). Although the ToO program is still to be finalized, this document serves as a baseline plan for ToO observations with the Rubin Observatory.
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@article{arxiv.2411.04793,
title = {Rubin ToO 2024: Envisioning the Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Target of Opportunity program},
author = {Igor Andreoni and Raffaella Margutti and John Banovetz and Sarah Greenstreet and Claire-Alice Hebert and Tim Lister and Antonella Palmese and Silvia Piranomonte and S. J. Smartt and Graham P. Smith and Robert Stein and Tomas Ahumada and Shreya Anand and Katie Auchettl and Michele T. Bannister and Eric C. Bellm and Joshua S. Bloom and Bryce T. Bolin and Clecio R. Bom and Daniel Brethauer and Melissa J. Brucker and David A. H. Buckley and Poonam Chandra and Ryan Chornock and Eric Christensen and Jeff Cooke and Alessandra Corsi and Michael W. Coughlin and Bolivia Cuevas-Otahola and D'Ammando Filippo and Biwei Dai and S. Dhawan and Alexei V. Filippenko and Ryan J. Foley and Anna Franckowiak and Andreja Gomboc and Benjamin P. Gompertz and Leanne P. Guy and Nandini Hazra and Christopher Hernandez and Griffin Hosseinzadeh and Maryam Hussaini and Dina Ibrahimzade and Luca Izzo and R. Lynne Jones and Yijung Kang and Mansi M. Kasliwal and Matthew Knight and Keerthi Kunnumkai and Gavin P Lamb and Natalie LeBaron and Cassandra Lejoly and Andrew J. Levan and Sean MacBride and Franco Mallia and Alex I. Malz and Adam A. Miller and J. C. Mora and Gautham Narayan and Nayana A. J. and Matt Nicholl and Tiffany Nichols and S. R. Oates and Akshay Panayada and Fabio Ragosta and Tiago Ribeiro and Dan Ryczanowski and Nikhil Sarin and Megan E. Schwamb and Huei Sears and Darryl Z. Seligman and Ritwik Sharma and Manisha Shrestha and Simran and Michael C. Stroh and Giacomo Terreran and Aishwarya Linesh Thakur and Aum Trivedi and J. Anthony Tyson and Yousuke Utsumi and Aprajita Verma and V. Ashley Villar and Kathryn Volk and Meet J. Vyas and Amanda R. Wasserman and J. Craig Wheeler and Peter Yoachim and Angela Zegarelli and Federica Bianco},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.04793},
year = {2024}
}