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1. Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier White Paper: Rubin Observatory after LSST

Author

Blum, Bob, Digel, Seth W., Drlica-Wagner, Alex, Habib, Salman, Heitmann, Katrin, Ishak, Mustapha, Jha, Saurabh W., Kahn, Steven M., Mandelbaum, Rachel, Marshall, Phil, Newman, Jeffrey A., Roodman, Aaron, and Stubbs, Christopher W.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will begin the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) in 2024, spanning an area of 18,000 square degrees in six bands, with more than 800 observations of each field over ten years. The unprecedented data set will enable great advances in the study of the formation and evolution of structure and exploration of physics of the dark universe. The observations will hold clues about the cause for the accelerated expansion of the universe and possibly the nature of dark matter. During the next decade, LSST will be able to confirm or dispute if tensions seen today in cosmological data are due to new physics. New and unexpected phenomena could confirm or disrupt our current understanding of the universe. Findings from LSST will guide the path forward post-LSST. The Rubin Observatory will still be a uniquely powerful facility even then, capable of revealing further insights into the physics of the dark universe. These could be obtained via innovative observing strategies, e.g., targeting new probes at shorter timescales than with LSST, or via modest instrumental changes, e.g., new filters, or through an entirely new instrument for the focal plane. This White Paper highlights some of the opportunities in each scenario from Rubin observations after LSST., Comment: Contribution to Snowmass 2021

Published
2022

2. The LSST DESC DC2 Simulated Sky Survey

Author

LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration, Abolfathi, Bela, Alonso, David, Armstrong, Robert, Aubourg, Éric, Awan, Humna, Babuji, Yadu N., Bauer, Franz Erik, Bean, Rachel, Beckett, George, Biswas, Rahul, Bogart, Joanne R., Boutigny, Dominique, Chard, Kyle, Chiang, James, Claver, Chuck F., Cohen-Tanugi, Johann, Combet, Céline, Connolly, Andrew J., Daniel, Scott F., Digel, Seth W., Drlica-Wagner, Alex, Dubois, Richard, Gangler, Emmanuel, Gawiser, Eric, Glanzman, Thomas, Gris, Phillipe, Habib, Salman, Hearin, Andrew P., Heitmann, Katrin, Hernandez, Fabio, Hložek, Renée, Hollowed, Joseph, Ishak, Mustapha, Ivezić, Željko, Jarvis, Mike, Jha, Saurabh W., Kahn, Steven M., Kalmbach, J. Bryce, Kelly, Heather M., Kovacs, Eve, Korytov, Danila, Krughoff, K. Simon, Lage, Craig S., Lanusse, François, Larsen, Patricia, Guillou, Laurent Le, Li, Nan, Longley, Emily Phillips, Lupton, Robert H., Mandelbaum, Rachel, Mao, Yao-Yuan, Marshall, Phil, Meyers, Joshua E., Moniez, Marc, Morrison, Christopher B., Nomerotski, Andrei, O'Connor, Paul, Park, HyeYun, Park, Ji Won, Peloton, Julien, Perrefort, Daniel, Perry, James, Plaszczynski, Stéphane, Pope, Adrian, Rasmussen, Andrew, Reil, Kevin, Roodman, Aaron J., Rykoff, Eli S., Sánchez, F. Javier, Schmidt, Samuel J., Scolnic, Daniel, Stubbs, Christopher W., Tyson, J. Anthony, Uram, Thomas D., Villarreal, Antonia, Walter, Christopher W., Wiesner, Matthew P., Wood-Vasey, W. Michael, and Zuntz, Joe

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

We describe the simulated sky survey underlying the second data challenge (DC2) carried out in preparation for analysis of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) by the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (LSST DESC). Significant connections across multiple science domains will be a hallmark of LSST; the DC2 program represents a unique modeling effort that stresses this interconnectivity in a way that has not been attempted before. This effort encompasses a full end-to-end approach: starting from a large N-body simulation, through setting up LSST-like observations including realistic cadences, through image simulations, and finally processing with Rubin's LSST Science Pipelines. This last step ensures that we generate data products resembling those to be delivered by the Rubin Observatory as closely as is currently possible. The simulated DC2 sky survey covers six optical bands in a wide-fast-deep (WFD) area of approximately 300 deg^2 as well as a deep drilling field (DDF) of approximately 1 deg^2. We simulate 5 years of the planned 10-year survey. The DC2 sky survey has multiple purposes. First, the LSST DESC working groups can use the dataset to develop a range of DESC analysis pipelines to prepare for the advent of actual data. Second, it serves as a realistic testbed for the image processing software under development for LSST by the Rubin Observatory. In particular, simulated data provide a controlled way to investigate certain image-level systematic effects. Finally, the DC2 sky survey enables the exploration of new scientific ideas in both static and time-domain cosmology., Comment: 39 pages, 19 figures, version accepted for publication in ApJS

Published
2020
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3. The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) Science Requirements Document

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The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration, Mandelbaum, Rachel, Eifler, Tim, Hložek, Renée, Collett, Thomas, Gawiser, Eric, Scolnic, Daniel, Alonso, David, Awan, Humna, Biswas, Rahul, Blazek, Jonathan, Burchat, Patricia, Chisari, Nora Elisa, Dell'Antonio, Ian, Digel, Seth, Frieman, Josh, Goldstein, Daniel A., Hook, Isobel, Ivezić, Željko, Kahn, Steven M., Kamath, Sowmya, Kirkby, David, Kitching, Thomas, Krause, Elisabeth, Leget, Pierre-François, Marshall, Philip J., Meyers, Joshua, Miyatake, Hironao, Newman, Jeffrey A., Nichol, Robert, Rykoff, Eli, Sanchez, F. Javier, Slosar, Anže, Sullivan, Mark, and Troxel, M. A.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) will use five cosmological probes: galaxy clusters, large scale structure, supernovae, strong lensing, and weak lensing. This Science Requirements Document (SRD) quantifies the expected dark energy constraining power of these probes individually and together, with conservative assumptions about analysis methodology and follow-up observational resources based on our current understanding and the expected evolution within the field in the coming years. We then define requirements on analysis pipelines that will enable us to achieve our goal of carrying out a dark energy analysis consistent with the Dark Energy Task Force definition of a Stage IV dark energy experiment. This is achieved through a forecasting process that incorporates the flowdown to detailed requirements on multiple sources of systematic uncertainty. Future versions of this document will include evolution in our software capabilities and analysis plans along with updates to the LSST survey strategy., Comment: 32 pages + 60 pages of appendices. This is v1.0.2 of the DESC SRD, an internal collaboration document that is being made public and is not planned for submission to a journal. Data products for reproducing key plots are available on Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1409815 ; see "Executive Summary and User Guide" for how to use and cite those products

Published
2018

4. LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

Author

Lsst, Science Collaboration, Abell, Paul A., Allison, Julius, Anderson, Scott F., Andrew, John R., Angel, J. Roger P., Armus, Lee, Arnett, David, Asztalos, S. J., Axelrod, Tim S., Bailey, Stephen, Ballantyne, D. R., Bankert, Justin R., Barkhouse, Wayne A., Barr, Jeffrey D., Barrientos, L. Felipe, Barth, Aaron J., Bartlett, James G., Becker, Andrew C., Becla, Jacek, Beers, Timothy C., Bernstein, Joseph P., Biswas, Rahul, Blanton, Michael R., Bloom, Joshua S., Bochanski, John J., Boeshaar, Pat, Borne, Kirk D., Bradac, Marusa, Brandt, W. N., Bridge, Carrie R., Brown, Michael E., Brunner, Robert J., Bullock, James S., Burgasser, Adam J., Burge, James H., Burke, David L., Cargile, Phillip A., Chandrasekharan, Srinivasan, Chartas, George, Chesley, Steven R., Chu, You-Hua, Cinabro, David, Claire, Mark W., Claver, Charles F., Clowe, Douglas, Connolly, A. J., Cook, Kem H., Cooke, Jeff, Cooray, Asantha, Covey, Kevin R., Culliton, Christopher S., Jong, Roelof, Vries, Willem H., Debattista, Victor P., Delgado, Francisco, Antonio, Ian P., Dhital, Saurav, Di Stefano, Rosanne, Dickinson, Mark, Dilday, Benjamin, Djorgovski, S. G., Dobler, Gregory, Donalek, Ciro, Dubois-Felsmann, Gregory, Durech, Josef, Eliasdottir, Ardis, Eracleous, Michael, Eyer, Laurent, Falco, Emilio E., Fan, Xiaohui, Fassnacht, Christopher D., Ferguson, Harry C., Fernandez, Yanga R., Fields, Brian D., Finkbeiner, Douglas, Figueroa, Eduardo E., Fox, Derek B., Francke, Harold, Frank, James S., Frieman, Josh, Fromenteau, Sebastien, Furqan, Muhammad, Galaz, Gaspar, Gal-Yam, A., Garnavich, Peter, Gawiser, Eric, Geary, John, Gee, Perry, Gibson, Robert R., Gilmore, Kirk, Grace, Emily A., Green, Richard F., Gressler, William J., Grillmair, Carl J., Habib, Salman, Haggerty, J. S., Hamuy, Mario, Harris, Alan W., Hawley, Suzanne L., Heavens, Alan F., Hebb, Leslie, Henry, Todd J., Hileman, Edward, Hilton, Eric J., Hoadley, Keri, Holberg, J. B., Holman, Matt J., Howell, Steve B., Infante, Leopoldo, Ivezic, Zeljko, Jacoby, Suzanne H., Jain, Bhuvnesh, R, Jedicke, Jee, M. James, Garrett Jernigan, J., Jha, Saurabh W., Johnston, Kathryn V., Jones, R. Lynne, Juric, Mario, Kaasalainen, Mikko, Styliani, Kafka, Kahn, Steven M., Kaib, Nathan A., Kalirai, Jason, Kantor, Jeff, Kasliwal, Mansi M., Keeton, Charles R., Kessler, Richard, Knezevic, Zoran, Kowalski, Adam, Krabbendam, Victor L., Krughoff, K. Simon, Kulkarni, Shrinivas, Kuhlman, Stephen, Lacy, Mark, Lepine, Sebastien, Liang, Ming, Lien, Amy, Lira, Paulina, Long, Knox S., Lorenz, Suzanne, Lotz, Jennifer M., Lupton, R. H., Lutz, Julie, Macri, Lucas M., Mahabal, Ashish A., Mandelbaum, Rachel, Marshall, Phil, May, Morgan, Mcgehee, Peregrine M., Meadows, Brian T., Meert, Alan, Milani, Andrea, Miller, Christopher J., Miller, Michelle, Mills, David, Minniti, Dante, Monet, David, Mukadam, Anjum S., Nakar, Ehud, Neill, Douglas R., Newman, Jeffrey A., Nikolaev, Sergei, Nordby, Martin, O Connor, Paul, Oguri, Masamune, Oliver, John, Olivier, Scot S., Olsen, Julia K., Olsen, Knut, Olszewski, Edward W., Oluseyi, Hakeem, Padilla, Nelson D., Parker, Alex, Pepper, Joshua, Peterson, John R., Petry, Catherine, Pinto, Philip A., Pizagno, James L., Popescu, Bogdan, Prsa, Andrej, Radcka, Veljko, Raddick, M. Jordan, Rasmussen, Andrew, Rau, Arne, Rho, Jeonghee, Rhoads, James E., Richards, Gordon T., Ridgway, Stephen T., Robertson, Brant E., Roskar, Rok, Saha, Abhijit, Sarajedini, Ata, Scannapieco, Evan, Schalk, Terry, Schindler, Rafe, Schmidt, Samuel, Schmidt, Sarah, Schneider, Donald P., Schumacher, German, Scranton, Ryan, Sebag, Jacques, Seppala, Lynn G., Ohad Shemmer, Simon, Joshua D., Sivertz, M., Smith, Howard A., Allyn Smith, J., Smith, Nathan, Spitz, Anna H., Stanford, Adam, Stassun, Keivan G., Strader, Jay, Strauss, Michael A., Stubbs, Christopher W., Sweeney, Donald W., Szalay, Alex, Szkody, Paula, Takada, Masahiro, Thorman, Paul, Trilling, David E., Trimble, Virginia, Tyson, Anthony, Berg, Richard, Vanden Berk, Daniel, Vanderplas, Jake, Verde, Licia, Vrsnak, Bojan, Walkowicz, Lucianne M., Wandelt, Benjamin D., Wang, Sheng, Wang, Yun, Warner, Michael, Wechsler, Risa H., West, Andrew A., Wiecha, Oliver, Williams, Benjamin F., Willman, Beth, Wittman, David, Wolff, Sidney C., Wood-Vasey, W. Michael, Wozniak, Przemek, Young, Patrick, Zentner, Andrew, Zhan, Hu, APC - Cosmologie, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), LSST, Bartlett, James, Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Physique Corpusculaire et Cosmologie - Collège de France (PCC), Collège de France (CdF)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Collège de France (CdF)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)

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Active galactic nucleus, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], media_common.quotation_subject, Milky Way, FOS: Physical sciences, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], 0103 physical sciences, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Weak gravitational lensing, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, media_common, Physics, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), [SDU.ASTR.CO] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Redshift, Galaxy, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Sky, [PHYS.ASTR.CO] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Dark energy, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Galaxy Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

A survey that can cover the sky in optical bands over wide fields to faint magnitudes with a fast cadence will enable many of the exciting science opportunities of the next decade. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will have an effective aperture of 6.7 meters and an imaging camera with field of view of 9.6 deg^2, and will be devoted to a ten-year imaging survey over 20,000 deg^2 south of +15 deg. Each pointing will be imaged 2000 times with fifteen second exposures in six broad bands from 0.35 to 1.1 microns, to a total point-source depth of r~27.5. The LSST Science Book describes the basic parameters of the LSST hardware, software, and observing plans. The book discusses educational and outreach opportunities, then goes on to describe a broad range of science that LSST will revolutionize: mapping the inner and outer Solar System, stellar populations in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies, the structure of the Milky Way disk and halo and other objects in the Local Volume, transient and variable objects both at low and high redshift, and the properties of normal and active galaxies at low and high redshift. It then turns to far-field cosmological topics, exploring properties of supernovae to z~1, strong and weak lensing, the large-scale distribution of galaxies and baryon oscillations, and how these different probes may be combined to constrain cosmological models and the physics of dark energy., 596 pages. Also available at full resolution at http://www.lsst.org/lsst/scibook

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