PSTN-054: Updated estimates of the Rubin system throughput and expected LSST image depth

Bianco, Federica B.; Jones, R. Lynne; Ivezić, Željko; Ritz, Steven M.; Rubin Observatory Project Science Team,

doi:10.71929/rubin/2584366

Title: PSTN-054: Updated estimates of the Rubin system throughput and expected LSST image depth

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This document presents updated estimates, as of May 2022, of the Rubin system throughput and compares them to throughput requirements from the LSST Science Requirements Document. In addition, it uses these estimates to forecast LSST's median single-visit and co-added image depths for the current (OpSim v2.0) baseline LSST cadence simulation: (23.8, 24.5, 24.0, 23.4, 22.7, 22.0) and (25.6, 26.9, 26.9, 26.4, 25.6, 24.8) in ugrizy, respectively. In addition, it uses these estimates to forecast LSST’s median single-visit and co-added image depths for the current baseline LSST cadence simulation. Estimated system performance relies on actual measurements of the performance of various system hardware components, and on simulations where measurements are still unavailable. The updated performance estimates meet all the relevant requirements from the LSST Science Requirements Document. As our knowledge of the as-buit system continues to improve, updates to these estimates will continue to be provided.

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; Rubin Observatory Project Science Team,

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware; Joseph R. Biden School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware; Data Science Institute, University of Delaware
Dept. of Astronomy, University of Washington
Vera C. Rubin Observatory Project Office; Dept. of Astronomy, University of Washington
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics and Physics Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
Vera C. Rubin Observatory Project Office

Publication Date:: Tue Jun 21 04:00:00 UTC 2022

Other Number(s):: Vera C. Rubin Observatory Project Science Technical Note PSTN-054

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

Research Org.:: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Sponsoring Org.:: U.S. National Science Foundation; U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science

Subject:: 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS

OSTI Identifier:: 2584366

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2584366

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                    Bianco, Federica B., Jones, R. Lynne, Ivezić, Željko, Ritz, Steven M., and Rubin Observatory Project Science Team. PSTN-054: Updated estimates of the Rubin system throughput and expected LSST image depth.  United States: N. p., 2022. 
        Web.  doi:10.71929/rubin/2584366.

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                    Bianco, Federica B., Jones, R. Lynne, Ivezić, Željko, Ritz, Steven M., & Rubin Observatory Project Science Team. PSTN-054: Updated estimates of the Rubin system throughput and expected LSST image depth.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2584366

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                    Bianco, Federica B., Jones, R. Lynne, Ivezić, Željko, Ritz, Steven M., and Rubin Observatory Project Science Team. 2022.  
"PSTN-054: Updated estimates of the Rubin system throughput and expected LSST image depth".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2584366.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2584366. Pub date:Tue Jun 21 04:00:00 UTC 2022

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  title        = {PSTN-054: Updated estimates of the Rubin system throughput and expected LSST image depth},

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  abstractNote = {This document presents updated estimates, as of May 2022, of the Rubin system throughput and compares them to throughput requirements from the LSST Science Requirements Document. In addition, it uses these estimates to forecast LSST's median single-visit and co-added image depths for the current (OpSim v2.0) baseline LSST cadence simulation: (23.8, 24.5, 24.0, 23.4, 22.7, 22.0) and (25.6, 26.9, 26.9, 26.4, 25.6, 24.8) in ugrizy, respectively. In addition, it uses these estimates to forecast LSST’s median single-visit and co-added image depths for the current baseline LSST cadence simulation. Estimated system performance relies on actual measurements of the performance of various system hardware components, and on simulations where measurements are still unavailable. The updated performance estimates meet all the relevant requirements from the LSST Science Requirements Document. As our knowledge of the as-buit system continues to improve, updates to these estimates will continue to be provided.},

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