The LSST DESC DC2 Simulated Sky Survey

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; Le Guillou, Laurent; 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, Antonio; Walter, Christopher W.; Wiesner, Matthew P.; Wood-Vasey, W. Michael; Zuntz, Joe

doi:10.3847/1538-4365/abd62c

Title: The LSST DESC DC2 Simulated Sky Survey

Journal Article · Fri Mar 12 00:00:00 EST 2021 · The Astrophysical Journal. Supplement Series

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/abd62c· OSTI ID:1781655

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Here, 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 area of approximately 300 deg², as well as a deep drilling field of approximately 1 deg². We simulate 5 yr of the planned 10 yr survey. The DC2 sky survey has multiple purposes. First, the LSST DESC working groups can use the data set to develop a range of DESC analysis pipelines to prepare for the advent of actual data. Second, it serves as a realistic test bed 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.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Organization:: The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (LSST DESC); Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules (France), Science & Technology Facilities Council (UK)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; AC02-06CH11357; SC0011636; SC0010118; SC0010007; SC0009999; SC0011635; SC0010008; SC009193; SC0019206; HST-HF2-51441.001; 2015-106; ICN12\_009; Basal AFB-170002; 1190818; 1200495; N56981C; AC02-07CH11359; SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1781655

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1693446; OSTI ID: 1770988; OSTI ID: 1823245; OSTI ID: 1826084; OSTI ID: 1827160; OSTI ID: 1837682

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-20-574-AE; arXiv:2010.05926; BNL-222275-2021-JAAM; TRN: US2209942

Journal Information:: The Astrophysical Journal. Supplement Series, Vol. 253, Issue 1; ISSN 0067-0049

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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