Observing Cadences Workshop

Organized by NOAO and LSSThttps://project.lsst.org/meetings/

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Goals of Workshop

• Get quantitative input (metrics) on how a given LSST schedule performs for specific science cases

• First step towards optimizing the ultimate LSST cadence

• Get ideas for further cadence strategy exploration, constrained by boundary conditions of hardware and key science cases

Schedule: Monday AM

• Metrics Analysis Framework tutorial session– For those who want to turn work on quantitative

input (metrics) to cadence into software that can be attached automatically to Operations Simulator runs

Schedule: Tuesday I.

• Cadence Workshop plenary: introduction; how LSST will be scheduled; cadence simulations; constraints, trade-offs, and metrics; breakout group organization

Schedule: Tuesday II.• Static science and Transients & Variables parallel

breakout sessions– Static science (Tony Tyson & Michael Strauss) topics will

include Large Scale Structure (Hu Zhan), Weak Lensing (Deborah Bard), Stellar Populations (Carl Grillmair), and Evolution of Galaxies (Michael Cooper)

– T&V (Steve Howell) topics will include Astrometry (John Gizis and Michael Liu), Fast T&Vs (Mansi Kasliwal and Lucianne Walkowicz), Slow T&Vs (Ashish Mahabal and John Thorstensen), Supernovae (Alex Kim and Michael Wood-Vasey), and Moving Objects (Lori Allen and Eric Christensen)

Schedule: Wednesday

• Static science and Transients & Variables parallel breakout sessions continue

• Parallel breakout sessions on:– Optimizing the Main Survey/Thinking Outside the

Box (Zeljko Ivezic and Jason Kalirai)– Mini-survey cadences, including topics on the

Galactic Bulge and Plane (Will Clarkson), the Magellanic Clouds (Kathy Vivas), and the Commissioning Program (Chuck Claver or alternate)

Schedule: Thursday

• Main survey/mini-survey breakouts continue• MAF hack session• Discussion of Deep Drilling fields• Workshop wrap-up and plan for the near

future

Thanks

• OpSim people who have devoted time and energy to making this workshop happen

• Our Organizing Committee• Breakout leaders who volunteered time and

effort• All of the participants• LSST 2014 Administrative and Technical

Support