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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Prompt Processing System

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2026-03-23 v1
Authors: Krzysztof Findeisen , Kian-Tat Lim , Dan Speck , Hsin-Fang Chiang , Erin Leigh Howard , Ian S. Sullivan , Eric C. Bellm
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Abstract

Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Prompt Processing system will automatically process 10 TB of raw images to produce up to 10 million transient alerts per night. We summarize how Prompt Processing meets its throughput, latency, and reliability requirements and present results from Rubin Observatory Commissioning.

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@article{arxiv.2603.19541,
  title  = {The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Prompt Processing System},
  author = {Krzysztof Findeisen and Kian-Tat Lim and Dan Speck and Hsin-Fang Chiang and Erin Leigh Howard and Ian S. Sullivan and Eric C. Bellm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.19541},
  year   = {2026}
}

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4 pages, 1 figure. To be published in proceedings for ADASS XXXV

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