DMTN-093: Design of the LSST Alert Distribution System

Patterson, Maria T.; Bellm, Eric C.; Swinbank, John D.; Nelson, Spencer; Smart, Brianna M.

doi:10.71929/rubin/2586493

Title: DMTN-093: Design of the LSST Alert Distribution System

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We describe the proposed design and implementation of the LSST Alert Distribution System, which provides rapid dissemination of alerts to community alert brokers. At time of writing, this service is still under development; this “living document” describes current thinking, but is expected to evolve over the course of LSST construction.

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; Nelson, Spencer;

Dept. of Astronomy, University of Washington
ASTRON; Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University

Publication Date:: Fri Aug 23 00:00:00 EDT 2024

Other Number(s):: Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Management Technical Note DMTN-093

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:: 2586493

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2586493

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                    Patterson, Maria T., Bellm, Eric C., Swinbank, John D., Nelson, Spencer, and Smart, Brianna M. DMTN-093: Design of the LSST Alert Distribution System.  United States: N. p., 2024. 
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                    Patterson, Maria T., Bellm, Eric C., Swinbank, John D., Nelson, Spencer, & Smart, Brianna M. DMTN-093: Design of the LSST Alert Distribution System.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2586493

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                    Patterson, Maria T., Bellm, Eric C., Swinbank, John D., Nelson, Spencer, and Smart, Brianna M. 2024.  
"DMTN-093: Design of the LSST Alert Distribution System".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2586493.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2586493. Pub date:Fri Aug 23 00:00:00 EDT 2024

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