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Attendees: Andy Lawrence, Roy Williams, Terry Sloan, Cosimo Inserra, Stephen Smartt, Sara Casewell, Dave Young, Micheal Fulton, Julien Peloton, Ken Smith, Jakob Nordin, Gareth Francis, Matt Nicholl, Eric C Bellm, Stelios Voutsinas, Meg Schwamb, George Beckett
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Cosimo Q - for Stephen regarding spetroscopic addition to Lasair but confused about the various projects. 4most tides does not do targetted opportunities. So it might 20 to 100 days after the LSST discusovery. Can understand how SOXS can be contributebut not so much 4MOST/ So how much can these spectra actually controibute
SS - correct 4MOST cannot control the poiniting but likley to follow the LSST footprints. Can control the fibre poiting withing the fields of 4MOST. any thing brighter that 22 in the foiedl of 4MOST will have a fiber put on it. Speatra oif 20K to 30K transiernts plus 30K host glaxies. Cannot control exactly when that will be. challenge is to get objects out of alrte stream and onto the the 4MOST schedule. If can put the fiber on them then when an object is 4MOST obesvered, the then UK WP will reconginsed fiber is place, make esitamate and the information will go back to LAsair as a annotation. All of the data will be public in ESO archives. We will get information back asap into the broker.
Cosim Q - do you plan the same same thing for SOXS.
SJS - yes, there will be some link from Lasairt
Jakob Q - How well defined is the UK programme . Have the spectra discussed what they require in terms of triggering from LSST?
SJS - yes these discussions are happending at cocneptaual level. Triger are classsified as supernovae by sherlock( not an agn, not a variable star…). Essentially if bright enough for 4MOST to take a spectra then put a fibre on it.
Jakob - sounds like UK will only do supernvoa?
SJS - actually mean extragalactic transients
Question from Julien Q - Hardwar funding for Lasair - is this secured?SJS - JulienP - Funding context was highlighted, but the focus was on PI/developers. What about the hardware funding status and plan ?
Stephen S - This will be discussed in afternoon. Top level funding is secured. Lasair is a small part of the UK computing. LSSTUK is a small part of UK IRIS. So overall we Lasair are not the dominant partner and hence we believe Lasair is safe. Andy agrees . Plan of and explained that the plan for UK expected requirements is being put in to UKRI. This is for the 10 years . This operation and includes Lasair.
Session-2: ZTF prototype experience (chair: Stephen Smartt)
Lasair-ZTF and how it works (Roy Williams)
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