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Title: DESAlert: Enabling Real-Time Transient Follow-Up with Dark Energy Survey Data

Abstract

Here, the Dark Energy Survey is undertaking an observational programme imaging 1/4 of the southern hemisphere sky with unprecedented photometric accuracy. In the process of observing millions of faint stars and galaxies to constrain the parameters of the dark energy equation of state, the Dark Energy Survey will obtain pre-discovery images of the regions surrounding an estimated 100 gamma-ray bursts over 5 yr. Once gamma-ray bursts are detected by, e.g., the Swift satellite, the DES data will be extremely useful for follow-up observations by the transient astronomy community. We describe a recently-commissioned suite of software that listens continuously for automated notices of gamma-ray burst activity, collates information from archival DES data, and disseminates relevant data products back to the community in near-real-time. Of particular importance are the opportunities that non-public DES data provide for relative photometry of the optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts, as well as for identifying key characteristics (e.g., photometric redshifts) of potential gamma-ray burst host galaxies. We provide the functional details of the DESAlert software, and its data products, and we show sample results from the application of DESAlert to numerous previously detected gamma-ray bursts, including the possible identification of several heretofore unknown gamma-ray burst hosts.

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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Org.:
DES Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1212745
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-15-143-PPD; arXiv:1504.02996
Journal ID: ISSN 1323-3580; applab; 1359243
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 33; Journal ID: ISSN 1323-3580
Publisher:
CSIRO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; gamma ray burst: general; methods: observational; surveys; virtual observatory tools

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Poci, A., Kuehn, K., Abbott, T., Abdalla, F. B., Allam, S., Bauer, A. H., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Brown, P. J., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Covarrubias, R., da Costa, L. N., D’Andrea, C. B., DePoy, D. L., Desai, S., Dietrich, J. P., Cunha, C. E., Eifler, T. F., Estrada, J., Evrard, A. E., Neto, A. Fausti, Finley, D. A., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Gerdes, D., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Honscheid, K., James, D., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Li, T. S., March, M., Marshall, J., Merritt, K. W., Miller, C. J., Nichol, R. C., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Plazas, A. A., Romer, A. K., Roodman, A., Rykoff, E. S., Sako, M., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Sevilla, I., Smith, C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., Thaler, J., Thomas, R. C., Tucker, D., Walker, A. R., and Wester, W. DESAlert: Enabling Real-Time Transient Follow-Up with Dark Energy Survey Data. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1017/pasa.2016.42.
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Poci, A., Kuehn, K., Abbott, T., Abdalla, F. B., Allam, S., Bauer, A. H., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Brown, P. J., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Covarrubias, R., da Costa, L. N., D’Andrea, C. B., DePoy, D. L., Desai, S., Dietrich, J. P., Cunha, C. E., Eifler, T. F., Estrada, J., Evrard, A. E., Neto, A. Fausti, Finley, D. A., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Gerdes, D., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Honscheid, K., James, D., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Li, T. S., March, M., Marshall, J., Merritt, K. W., Miller, C. J., Nichol, R. C., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Plazas, A. A., Romer, A. K., Roodman, A., Rykoff, E. S., Sako, M., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Sevilla, I., Smith, C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., Thaler, J., Thomas, R. C., Tucker, D., Walker, A. R., & Wester, W. DESAlert: Enabling Real-Time Transient Follow-Up with Dark Energy Survey Data. United States. https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2016.42
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Poci, A., Kuehn, K., Abbott, T., Abdalla, F. B., Allam, S., Bauer, A. H., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Brown, P. J., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Covarrubias, R., da Costa, L. N., D’Andrea, C. B., DePoy, D. L., Desai, S., Dietrich, J. P., Cunha, C. E., Eifler, T. F., Estrada, J., Evrard, A. E., Neto, A. Fausti, Finley, D. A., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Gerdes, D., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Honscheid, K., James, D., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Li, T. S., March, M., Marshall, J., Merritt, K. W., Miller, C. J., Nichol, R. C., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Plazas, A. A., Romer, A. K., Roodman, A., Rykoff, E. S., Sako, M., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Sevilla, I., Smith, C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., Thaler, J., Thomas, R. C., Tucker, D., Walker, A. R., and Wester, W. Fri . "DESAlert: Enabling Real-Time Transient Follow-Up with Dark Energy Survey Data". United States. https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2016.42. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1212745.
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@article{osti_1212745,
title = {DESAlert: Enabling Real-Time Transient Follow-Up with Dark Energy Survey Data},
author = {Poci, A. and Kuehn, K. and Abbott, T. and Abdalla, F. B. and Allam, S. and Bauer, A. H. and Benoit-Lévy, A. and Bertin, E. and Brooks, D. and Brown, P. J. and Buckley-Geer, E. and Burke, D. L. and Rosell, A. Carnero and Kind, M. Carrasco and Covarrubias, R. and da Costa, L. N. and D’Andrea, C. B. and DePoy, D. L. and Desai, S. and Dietrich, J. P. and Cunha, C. E. and Eifler, T. F. and Estrada, J. and Evrard, A. E. and Neto, A. Fausti and Finley, D. A. and Flaugher, B. and Fosalba, P. and Frieman, J. and Gerdes, D. and Gruen, D. and Gruendl, R. A. and Honscheid, K. and James, D. and Kuropatkin, N. and Lahav, O. and Li, T. S. and March, M. and Marshall, J. and Merritt, K. W. and Miller, C. J. and Nichol, R. C. and Nord, B. and Ogando, R. and Plazas, A. A. and Romer, A. K. and Roodman, A. and Rykoff, E. S. and Sako, M. and Sanchez, E. and Scarpine, V. and Schubnell, M. and Sevilla, I. and Smith, C. and Soares-Santos, M. and Sobreira, F. and Suchyta, E. and Swanson, M. E. C. and Tarle, G. and Thaler, J. and Thomas, R. C. and Tucker, D. and Walker, A. R. and Wester, W.},
abstractNote = {Here, the Dark Energy Survey is undertaking an observational programme imaging 1/4 of the southern hemisphere sky with unprecedented photometric accuracy. In the process of observing millions of faint stars and galaxies to constrain the parameters of the dark energy equation of state, the Dark Energy Survey will obtain pre-discovery images of the regions surrounding an estimated 100 gamma-ray bursts over 5 yr. Once gamma-ray bursts are detected by, e.g., the Swift satellite, the DES data will be extremely useful for follow-up observations by the transient astronomy community. We describe a recently-commissioned suite of software that listens continuously for automated notices of gamma-ray burst activity, collates information from archival DES data, and disseminates relevant data products back to the community in near-real-time. Of particular importance are the opportunities that non-public DES data provide for relative photometry of the optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts, as well as for identifying key characteristics (e.g., photometric redshifts) of potential gamma-ray burst host galaxies. We provide the functional details of the DESAlert software, and its data products, and we show sample results from the application of DESAlert to numerous previously detected gamma-ray bursts, including the possible identification of several heretofore unknown gamma-ray burst hosts.},
doi = {10.1017/pasa.2016.42},
journal = {Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia},
number = ,
volume = 33,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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