Synergy between the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope and the Square Kilometre Array
Abstract
We provide an overview of the science benefits of combining information from the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). We first summarise the capabilities and timeline of the LSST and overview its science goals. We then discuss the science questions in common between the two projects, and how they can be best addressed by combining the data from both telescopes. We describe how weak gravitational lensing and galaxy clustering studies with LSST and SKA can provide improved constraints on the causes of the cosmological acceleration. We summarise the benefits to galaxy evolution studies of combining deep optical multi-band imaging with radio observations. Finally, we discuss the excellent match between one of the most unique features of the LSST, its temporal cadence in the optical waveband, and the time resolution of the SKA.
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@article{arxiv.1501.03977,
title = {Synergy between the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope and the Square Kilometre Array},
author = {David Bacon and Sarah Bridle and Filipe B. Abdalla and Michael Brown and Philip Bull and Stefano Camera and Rob Fender and Keith Grainge and Zeljko Ivezic and Matt Jarvis and Neal Jackson and Donnacha Kirk and Bob Mann and Jason McEwen and John McKean and Jeffrey A. Newman and Alvise Raccanelli and Martin Sahlen and Mario Santos and Anthony Tyson and Gong-Bo Zhao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.03977},
year = {2015}
}
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SKA Synergies Chapter, Advancing Astrophysics with the SKA (AASKA14) Conference, Giardini Naxos (Italy), June 9th-13th 2014