Washington, DC
3-7 January 2010

Session 401. LSST

Poster, Monday, January 4th, 2010, Exhibit Hall A

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401.01  LSST Observatory and Science Opportunities [PDF]

Michael A. Strauss (Princeton Univ.), J. A. Tyson (Univ. of California), D. Sweeney LSST Corporation (LSST Corporation), Z. Ivezic (Univ. of Washington), S. M. Kahn (SLAC), S. H. Jacoby (LSST Corporation), R. L. Jones (Univ. of Washington), K. R. Covey (Harvard Univ.), A. Saha (NOAO), B. Willman (Haverford College), L. M. Walkowicz (Univ. of California), H. C. Ferguson (STScI), W. N. Brandt Pennsylvania State Univ.), W. M. Wood-Vasey (Univ. of Pittsburgh), P. Marshall (SLAC), H. Zhan (National Astronomical Observatories of China), B. Jain (Univ. of Pennsylvania), D. Wittman (Univ. of California)

 

401.02  The LSST: A System of Systems [PDF]

Chuck F. Claver (NOAO/LSST Corp.), G. P. Dubois-Felsmann (SLAC) , F. Delgado (NOAO/CTIO), P. Hascall (SLAC), D. Horn (SLAC), S. Marshall (SLAC), M. Nordby (SLAC), T. L. Schalk (SLAC), G. Schumacher (NOAO/CTIO), J. Sebag (NOAO), and the LSST Project Team

401.03  LSST: from Science Drivers to Data Products

Zeljko Ivezic (Univ. of Washington), T. Axelrod (LSST Corporation), D. Burke (SLAC), C. Claver (NOAO), A. Connolly (Univ. of Washington), K. Cook (LLNL), K. Gilmore (SLAC), L. Jones (Univ. of Washington), S. Kahn (SLAC), S. Lopez (Universidad de Chile, Chile), R. Lupton (Princeton Univ.), D. Monet (USNO), P. Pinto (Univ. of Arizona), A. Saha (NOAO), R. Scranton (Univ. of California), C. Smith (NOAO), M. Strauss (Princeton Univ.), C. Stubbs (Harvard Univ.), D. Sweeney (LSST Corporation), A. Szalay (Johns Hopkins Univ), J. A. Tyson (Univ. of California), S. Wolff (LSST Corporation), LSST Collaboration

401.04  LSST Education and Public Outreach

Suzanne H. Jacoby (LSST), T. Axelrod (LSST), K. D. Borne (George Mason Univ.), L. F. Fortson (Adler Planetarium), J. K. Olsen (Univ. of Arizona), M. J. Raddick (Johns Hopkins Univ.), D. M. Ratcliffe (Sky-Skan Inc. / Wichita State Univ.), S. C. Wolff (LSST)

401.05  LSST Operations Simulator

Victor Krabbendam (NOAO/LSST), S. Chandrasekharan (NOAO/LSST), K. H. Cook (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Z. Ivezic (Univ. of Washington), R. L. Jones (Univ. of Washington), K. S. Krughoff (Univ. of Washington), M. Miller (NOAO/LSST), C. E. Petry (Univ. of Arizona), P. A. Pinto (Univ. of Arizona), S. T. Ridgway (NOAO), A. Saha (NOAO)

401.06  Simulating the LSST

Andrew J. Connolly (Univ. of Washington), J. R. Peterson (Purdue Univ.), J. G. Jernigan (SSL/UCB), R. Abel (Olympic College), J. Bankert (Purdue Univ.), C. Chang (Stanford Univ.), C. Claver (NOAO), R. Gibson (Univ. of Washington), K. Gilmore (SLAC), E. Grace (Purdue Univ.), L. Jones (Univ. of Washington), Z. Ivezic (Univ. of Washington), J. Jee (UC Davis), M. Juric (Center for Astrophysics), S. M. Kahn (SLAC), V. Krabbendam (NOAO), S. Krughoff (Univ. of Washington), S. Lorenz (Purdue Univ.), J. Pizagno (Univ. of Washington), A. Rasmussen (SLAC), N. Todd (Purdue Univ.), T. Tyson (UC Davis), M. Young (Purdue Univ.)

401.07  Inventorying the Solar System with LSST

R. Lynne Jones (Univ. of Washington), S. R. Chesley (JPL), P. A. Abell (PSI/NASA Johnson), M. E. Brown (CalTech), J. Durech (Charles Univ., Czech Republic), Y. R. Fernandez (Univ. of Central Florida), A. W. Harris (Space Science Institute), M. J. Holman (Center for Astrophysics), Z. Ivezic (Univ. of Washington), R. Jedicke (Institute for Astronomy), M. Kaasaleinen (Univ. of Helsinki, Finland), N. A. Kaib (Univ. of Washington), Z. Knevezic (Astronomical Observatory, Serbia), A. Milani (Univ. of Pisa, Italy), A. Parker (Univ. of Victoria, Canada), S. T. Ridgway (NOAO), D. E. Trilling (Northern Arizona University), B. Vrsnak (Hvar Observatory, Croatia), LSST Solar System Science Collaboration

401.08  Stellar Population Science with LSST

Kevin R. Covey (Cornell University), A. Saha (NOAO), T. C. Beers (Michigan State Univ.), J. J. Bochanski (MIT), P. Boeshaar (UC Davis), A. Burgasser (UC San Diego), P. Cargile (Vanderbilt Univ.), Y. Chu (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), C. Claver (NOAO), K. Cook (LLNL), S. Dhital (Vanderbilt Univ.), S. L. Hawley (Univ. of Washington), L. Hebb (Vanderbilt Univ.), T. J. Henry (Georgia State Univ.), E. Hilton (Univ. of Washington), J. B. Holberg (Univ. of Arizona), Z. Ivezic (Univ. of Washington), M. L. Juric (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), S. Kafka (Carnegie Institution of Washington, Dept.of Terrestrial Magnetism), J. Kalirai (STScI), S. Lepine (AMNH), L. Macri (Texas A&M University), P. M. McGehee (IPAC), D. Monet (USNO), K. Olsen (NOAO), J. Pepper (Vanderbilt Univ.), A. Prsa (Villanova Univ.), A. Sarajedini (Univ. of Florida), N. Silvestri (Univ. of Washington), K. Stassun (Vanderbilt Univ.), P. Thorman (UC Davis), A. A. West (Boston Univ.), B. F. Williams (Univ. of Washington)

401.09  Eclipsing Binary Science with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

Joshua Pepper (Vanderbilt Univ.), K. Stassun (Vanderbilt Univ.), A. Prsa (Villanova Univ.)

401.10  Mapping Milky Way and Local Volume Structure With LSST

Beth Willman (Haverford College), J. J. Bochanski (MIT), J. S. Bullock (UC Irvine), R. de Jong (AIP), V. P. Debattista (Univ. of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom), D. Finkbeiner (Harvard Univ.), C. J. Grillmair (IPAC), T. J. Henry (Georgia State Univ.), Z. Ivezic (Univ. of Washington), K. V. Johnston (Columbia), M. Juric (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), J. Kalirai (STScI), P. M. McGehee (IPAC), D. Minniti (PUC and Vatican Observatory, Chile), R. Roskar (Univ. of Washington), A. Sarajedini (Univ. of Florida), J. D. Simon (OCIW), J. Strader (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), M. A. Strauss (Princeton Univ.)

401.11  Galaxy Evolution with LSST

Jennifer M. Lotz (NOAO), H. C. Ferguson (STScI), L. Armus (Spitzer Science Center), L. F. Barrientos (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile), J. G. Bartlett (Universite Paris Diderot, France), M. Blanton (NYU), K. D. Borne (George Mason Univ.), C. R. Bridge (CalTech), M. Dickinson (NOAO), H. Francke (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile), G. Galaz (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile), E. Gawiser (Rutgers Univ.), K. Gilmore (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), R. H. Lupton (Princeton Univ.), J. A. Newman (Univ. of Pittsburgh), N. D. Padilla (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile), B. E. Robertson (CalTech), R. Roskar (Univ. of Washington), A. Stanford (UC Davis), R. H. Wechsler (Stanford Univ.)

401.12  Photometric Redshift Performance of LSST

Samuel Schmidt (Univ. of California, Davis), J. A. Newman (Univ. of Pittsburgh), A. J. Connolly (Univ. of Washington), Z. Ivezic (Univ. of Washington), J. A. Tyson (Univ. of California, Davis), D. J. Matthews (Univ. of Pittsburgh), LSST Collaboration

401.13  LSST Cosmological Probes

Ryan Scranton (Univ. of California-Davis), W. Barkhouse (UND), J. G. Bartlett (U. Paris Diderot, France), A. Cooray (Univ. of California-Irvine), S. Fromenteau (U. Paris Diderot, France), E. Gawiser (Rutgers), S. Habib (LANL), A. Heavens (IfA-Edinburgh, United Kingdom), L. Infante (P. Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile), C. Miller (Univ. of Michigan), J. Newman (Univ. of Pittsburgh), J. A. Tyson (Univ. of California-Davis), L. Verde (UAB, Spain), R. Wechsler (Stanford Univ), H. Zhan (NAO-CAS, China)

401.14  Probing Dark Energy with Weak Lensing: Ground versus Space

M. James Jee (UC Davis), J. A. Tyson (UC Davis), Z. Ivezic (Univ. of Washington), D. Wittman (UC Davis)

401.15  Strong Gravitational Lensing with LSST

Philip J. Marshall (Stanford Univ.), M. Bradac (Univ. of California, Davis), G. Chartas (Pennsylvania State Univ.), G. Dobler (Univ. of California), A. Eliasdottir (Princeton Univ.), E. Falco (Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), C. D. Fassnacht (Univ. of California, Davis), M. J. Jee (Univ. of California, Davis), C. R. Keeton (Rutgers Univ.), M. Oguri (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), J. A. Tyson (Univ. of California, Davis), LSST Strong Lensing Science Collaboration

401.16  AGN Science with the LSST

Gordon T. Richards (Drexel Univ.), S. F. Anderson (Univ. of Washington), D. R. Ballantyne (Georgia Tech), A. J. Barth (UC Irvine), W. N. Brandt (Penn State), R. J. Brunner (UIUC), G. Chartas (College of Charleston), P. Coppi (Yale), W. de Vries (LLNL), M. Eracleous (Penn State), X. Fan (Univ. of Arizona), R. R. Gibson (Univ. of Washington), A. G. Gray (Georgia Tech), R. F. Green (LBTO), M. Lacy (Spitzer Science Center), P. Lira (Universidad de Chile, Chile), G. M. Madejski (SLAC), J. A. Newman (Univ. of Pittsburgh), D. P. Schneider (Penn State), O. Shemmer (Univ. of North Texas), H. Smith (CfA), M. A. Strauss (Princeton), E. Treister (IfA, Hawaii), D. E. Vanden Berk (St. Vincent College)

401.17  Exploring the Transient and Variable Universe with LSST

Lucianne M. Walkowicz (UC Berkeley), J. Bloom (UC Berkeley), K. Cook (LLNL), C. Fryer (LANL), E. Hilton (Univ. of Washington), A. Mahabal (Caltech), P. Wozniak (LANL) and the LSST Transients and Variable Stars Working Group

401.18  Investigation of LSST RR Lyrae Lightcurve Recovery

Hakeem Oluseyi (Florida Institute of Technology, Alabama A&M Univ.), I. J. Allison (Alabama A&M Univ), A. Becker (Univ. of Washington), C. S. Culliton (Florida Institute of Technology), M. Furqan (Florida Institute of Technology), K. Hoadley (Florida Institute of Technology)

401.19  Calibration of LSST Instrument and Data

James G. Bartlett (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CalTech & APC Univ. Paris 7), G. Bazin (APC Univ. Paris 7), M. Creze (APC Paris, France), C. Portello-Roucelle (APC Paris, France), T. Axelrod (Steward/LSSTC), D. Burke (SLAC), D. Cinabro (WSU), C. Claver (NOAO), C. Cramer (Harvard Univ.), J. Frank (BNL), D. Gilmore (SLAC), J. Haggerty (BNL), Z. Ivezic (UW), L. Jones (UW), V. Krabbendam (NOAO), B. Meadows (U. Cinicinnati), D. Monet (USNO), P. O'Conner (BNL), J. Oliver (Harvard Univ.), B. Popescu (U. Cinicinnati), A. Saha (NOAO), A. Smith (ASPU), C. Smith (NOAO), C. Stubbs (Harvard Univ.), J.A. Tyson (UCD)

401.20  White Dwarf Stars as LSST Calibrators

Melissa Butner (Austin Peay State Univ.), J. Smith (Austin Peay State Univ.), D. L. Burke (SLAC), LSST Calibration Team

401.21  The Camera for LSST and its Focal Plane Array

Andrew Rasmussen (SLAC), K. Gilmore (SLAC), S. M. Kahn (SLAC), J. Geary (Harvard College Observatory), S. Marshall (SLAC), M. Nordby (SLAC), P. O'Connor (BNL), S. Olivier (LLNL), J. Oliver (Harvard Univ.), V. Radeka (BNL), T. Schalk (UC Santa Cruz), R. Schindler (SLAC), J.A. Tyson (UC Davis), R. Van Berg (Univ. of Pennsylvania), LSST Camera Team

401.22  LSST Telescope and Optics Status

William Gressler (NOAO), V. L. Krabbendam (NOAO), J. R. Andrew (NOAO), J. D. Barr (NOAO), J. DeVries (NOAO), E. Hileman (NOAO), M. Liang (NOAO), D. R. Neill (NOAO), J. Sebag (NOAO), C. Stubbs (Harvard Univ.), O. Wiecha (NOAO), LSST Collaboration

401.23  Data Management R&D for the LSST Project

Gregory P. Dubois-Felsmann (SLAC), T. Axelrod (Steward Observatory/LSSTC), A. Becker (Univ. of Washington), J. Becla (SLAC), D. Burke (SLAC), A. Connolly (Univ. of Washington), R. Cutri (IPAC), S. Dodd (IPAC), M. Freemon (NCSA), Z. Ivezic (Univ. of Washington), J. Kantor (LSSTC), D. Levine (IPAC), K. T. Lim (SLAC), R. Lupton (Princeton Univ.), D. Monet (U.S. Naval Observatory), R. Owen (Univ. of Washington), R. Plante (NCSA), J. A. Tyson (Univ. Of California, Davis), D. Wittman (Univ. Of California, Davis)

401.24  The Spectrum of LSST Data Analysis Challenges: Kiloscale to Petascale

Thomas J. Loredo (Cornell University), G. J. Babu (Penn State University), K. D. Borne (George Mason University), E. D. Feigelson (Penn State University), A. G. Gray (Georgia Institute of Technology), LSST Informatics and Statistics Science Collaboration

401.25  Accelerating LSST Source Catalog Simulations with Graphics Processing Units

Mario Juric (Harvard Univ., Hubble Fellow), K. Cosic (Univ. of Split, Croatia), D. Vinkovic (Univ. of Split, Croatia), Z. Ivezic (Univ. of Washington)

The LSST 8.4-meter mirror blank has undergone its final rotation and integration with the polishing cell at the Steward Observatory Mirror Lab in preparation for front surface optical processing. Significant progress has been achieved since January 2009, when initial rear surface processing commenced. The outer and inner diameters were centered about the cast core geometry and finished to specification; the 25-mm thick backplate has been polished flat with additional core hole polishing at 24 hardpoint locations to increase load capacity; six hardpoint wedges have been attached to provide mirror positioning and interface to the telescope cell; 156 loadspreaders were assembled and bonded to the backplate to support and safely distribute bending forces throughout the mirror; and 146 precision thermocouples were bonded to the mirror front, back, and mid-plane locations to guide polishing and eventual on-telescope thermal control. The mirror and polishing cell will now be moved under the Large Optical Generator to begin generating and eventual polishing of the M1/M3 surfaces. The cast mirror contains an excess 234-mm of glass over the M3 surface (2.3 m3 or 11,000 pounds) which must be removed. Generation via fixed abrasive wheels will be followed by loose abrasive polishing with stressed lap tools until final mirror figure is achieved. The M1/M3 dual surfaces are scheduled to be complete in January 2012. 

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Corning has successfully completed and delivered the LSST 3.5-meter diameter M2 ULE™ substrate. The 100-mm thick meniscus blank met all dimensional requirements with a convex contour generated within 40 microns of final mirror figure. The acid etched rear and edge surfaces are ready for axial and lateral pad bonding. The blank was completed two months ahead of schedule and has been successfully transported to storage where it awaits additional funding for optical polishing. On a crisp, sunny November morning, the 31,000 pound LSST M2 container rolled out of the Corning Canton, NY, facility and began its journey to MA via air ride trailer. The 13-foot wide load successfully negotiated the narrow rural roads and occasional Amish horse buggy on its way through VT and into Cambridge, MA. Harvard University, an LSST partner institution, is providing storage in a facility equipped with a 40-ton gantry crane, sufficient for off-loading the precious cargo, and a generous 14-foot wide receiving ramp (just right for the 13-foot wide container). After substantial time aligning with the ramp, our ace driver retreated down the ramp until it was positioned under the crane. The crane then successfully hoisted the container off the flatbed and positioned our piece in the lab. Now it will sit while additional funding is sought to enable polishing and completion of the final LSST secondary mirror. 

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LSST organized a conference in La Serena on 29 and 30 September for Architecture and Engineering Companies that have been pre-qualified to provide proposals for the design of the LSST summit facility on Cerro Pachón. The first day of the meeting provided LSST and AURA an opportunity to present background on LSST and the management organization. The second day included a visit to the observatory including stops at the LSST site, Gemini South, and SOAR. The LSST project has required that the facility design for this important part of the project be conducted in Chile. Eight companies, mostly from Santiago, were present at the meetings. Proposals are due at the end of October. The AURA Observatory will provide LSST with the business services to contract with the selected company and will host LSST staff moving to Chile, starting this December, to monitor the technical development locally.