LDM-612: Plans and Policies for LSST Alert Distribution

Dataset · Thu Jul 09 04:00:00 EDT 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2998139· OSTI ID:2998139

Bellm, Eric C. ^[1]; Blum, Robert D. ^[2]; Graham, Melissa L. ^[3]; Guy, Leanne P. ^[4]; Ivezić, Željko ^[5]; O'Mullane, William ^[4]; Patterson, Maria T. ^[1]; Swinbank, John D. ^[6]; Willman, Beth ^[7]

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1. Dept. of Astronomy, University of Washington
2. Vera C. Rubin Observatory, NSF NOIRLab
3. Dept. of Astronomy, University of Washington; Institute for Data-intensive Research in Astrophysics and Cosmology, University of Washington
4. Vera C. Rubin Observatory
5. Vera C. Rubin Observatory Project Office; Dept. of Astronomy, University of Washington
6. ASTRON; Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
7. LSST Discovery Alliance

A major product of the nightly processing of LSST images is a world-public stream of alerts from transient, variable, and moving sources. Science users will access these alerts through community brokers or through a simple filtering service provided by LSST. This document provides a guide to the plans and policies for the alert distribution system to aid science users, broker developers, funding agencies, and LSST Project personnel. It describes the components of the alert distribution system and the data rights required to access specific scientific products. It provides guidelines for organizations developing community brokers and describes the planned capabilities of the LSST simple alert filtering service and Science Platform to aid science users in planning for LSST science.

• Research Organization: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory
• Sponsoring Organization: U.S. National Science Foundation; U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 2998139
• Report Number(s): Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Management Controlled Document (Technical Note) LDM-612
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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