2023 September 13 at 14:00 to 17:00
2023 September 14 to 09:30 to 16:00
Fisher Room, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
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Accommodation :University rooms website, Booking.com has many options. Area north of Denys Wilkinson toward Summertown is also good area (walk or direct and frequent short bus).
What is this meeting about ?
We have built and releases a new version of Lasair, with a new user interface and documentation that continues to work with the ZTF data stream. The alerts from LSST will be quite different in volume, depth, number of filters and alert packet scientific content (e.g forced flux values). In the second half of 2024, we expect to receive and process the first real data alerts from Rubin.
Now is the time to review what we provide and how we can support the community when LSST data stream starts.
We are running a meeting to engage the astronomy community, to demonstrate the capabilities of Lasair, to discover what scientists want from the alert stream. The meeting will include
Introduction to Lasair and tutorial, including: reducing millions of alerts to the ones you want; intelligent crossmatch with the big catalogues; making a watchlist of your favourite objects; automating response to interesting alerts; sharing filters, watchlists, and classifiers; annotating the Lasair stream.
Contribute and collaborate by presenting your ideas: present a scientific case study of mining the LSST alert stream; organise a discussion section on how your science can benefit from the alert stream.
The LSST:UK project is not only about rapid alerts but all aspects of LSST science. Including mining our archive of alerts and howe we link to the Science Platform; how can the rapid alerts and data releases work together effectively?
We welcome experienced users and new users at meeting and there will be plenty of opportunities for interaction, small group working and discussion and one-to-one help.
The outline timetable is below and we welcome requests or suggestions for topics and sessions. It is currently in development and very flexible.
Wednesday September 13th
Morning to lunchtime : arrival and informal meetings with the Lasair team (Lasair team will be available from morning for any requested discussions)
14:00 - 15:30 Introductions and overview of Lasair ZTF and what changes we foresee for Lasair LSST
15:30 - 16:00 Tea
16:00 - 17:00 Science case studies - user talks and discussion
Evening - drinks and dinner
Thursday September 14th
09:15 - 11:00 Science. case studies - user talks and discussion
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee
11:30 - 12:30 Group discussions
12:30 - 13:15 Lunch
13:15 - 14:45 Reports from groups
14:45 - 15:00 Tea
15:00 - 16:00 Broad discussions, user requirements