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Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
Large Synoptic Survey Large Synoptic Survey TelescopeTelescope
Tony TysonLSST Director &
LSST Collaboration
Tony TysonTony TysonLSST DirectorLSST Director &&
LSST CollaborationLSST Collaboration
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• Strong case• 243 authors• 598 pages• November publication• Living document
(on lsst.org)
LSST Science Book, v2.0 is available nowLSST Science Book, v2.0 is available now at at www.lsst.orgwww.lsst.org and in print in a few weeksand in print in a few weeks
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Chapters in the Science BookChapters in the Science Book
– Introduction– LSST System Design– System Performance– Education and Public Outreach
– The Solar System– Stellar Populations– Milky Way and Local Volume Structure– The Transient and Variable Universe– Galaxies– Active Galactic Nuclei– Supernovae– Strong Lenses– Large-Scale Structure– Weak Lensing– Cosmological Physics
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Chapters in the Science BookChapters in the Science Book
– Introduction– LSST System DesignLSST System Design– System PerformanceSystem Performance– Education and Public Outreach
– The Solar System– Stellar Populations– Milky Way and Local Volume Structure– The Transient and Variable Universe– GalaxiesGalaxies– Active Galactic Nuclei– SupernovaeSupernovae– Strong LensesStrong Lenses–– LargeLarge--Scale StructureScale Structure–– Weak Weak LensingLensing–– Cosmological PhysicsCosmological Physics
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LSST All Hands Meeting at NCSALSST All Hands Meeting at NCSALSST All Hands Meeting at NCSA
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Brookhaven National Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
Chile
Columbia University
Cornell University
Drexel University
Google Inc.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
IN2P3 Labs France
Johns Hopkins University
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford University
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, Inc.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Princeton University
Purdue University
Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Rutgers University
Space Telescope Science Institute
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
The Pennsylvania State University
The University of Arizona
University of California, Davis
University of California, Irvine
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Washington
Vanderbilt University
31 Institutional Members of LSST31 Institutional Members of LSST
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Choice of aperture and exposure timeChoice of aperture and exposure time
Driven by all four science themes from:limiting depth, areal coverage, number of exposures and revisit time.
Single image depthSingle image depth Stacked image depthStacked image depth
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3200 megapixel camera3200 megapixel camera
Camera SpecificationsCamera SpecificationsPixel count: 3.2 Pixel count: 3.2 GpixelsGpixelsPixel pitch: 10 micronsPixel pitch: 10 micronsReadout time: 2 secReadout time: 2 secNominal exposure time: 15 secNominal exposure time: 15 secPlate scale: 50.9 microns/Plate scale: 50.9 microns/arcsecarcsecFocal plane temperature: Focal plane temperature: --100 100 degdegCamera rotation angle: Camera rotation angle: ±± 90 degre90 degreFilter change time: 120 secFilter change time: 120 sec
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The LSST CCD SensorThe LSST CCD SensorThe LSST CCD Sensor16 segments/CCD16 segments/CCD 189 Science 189 Science CCDsCCDs8 Guiders, 4 8 Guiders, 4 wavefrontwavefront sensorssensors 3168 Total Camera Outputs3168 Total Camera Outputs
4 cm
4 cm
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Primary Mirror Fabrication Continues on Schedule
Back surface inspection after final polish
Steel polishing cell delivered and actuator installation has begun
Special hole polishing completed at hardpoints
for increased mirror strength
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Secondary Mirror Substrate nearly complete at Corning Secondary Mirror Substrate nearly complete at Corning
• Secondary mirror blank will be delivered in November 2009.
M2 substrate after slumping / annealing
Grinding inside bevel before acid etching
Sept 15-16, 2009
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Architectural and Engineering Services Procurement Process underway in Chile Architectural and Engineering Services Procurement Process underway in Chile
• Summit building is on critical path for construction• Design process and contractor selection to be completed prior
to Final Design Review (FDR)• Plan significant Chilean involvement – NOAO South to contract
effort for LSST group
Proposals due end Oct.
Sept 15-16, 2009
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The LSST siteThe LSST site
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DSS: digitized photographic plates7.5
arcm
inut
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Sloan Digital Sky Survey
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LSST -- almost
40 40 GalaxiesGalaxies
per per sq.arcminsq.arcmini<25 i<25 magmagS/N > 20S/N > 20
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•• 4 billion galaxies with 4 billion galaxies with redshiftsredshifts
•• Time domain: Time domain: 1 million supernovae1 million supernovae1 million galaxy lenses1 million galaxy lensesnew phenomenanew phenomena
LSST survey LSST survey LSST survey
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LSST Science Charts New TerritoryLSST Science Charts New Territory
Probing Dark MatterAnd Dark Energy Mapping the Milky Way
Finding Near Earth Asteroids
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23Rau et. al. 2009
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Tests to LSST depth on SubaruTests to LSST depth on Subaru
Science requirement:40 galaxies/arcmin2
Shown: Weak Lens mass reconstruction using 40 galaxies/arcmin2
i < 25 magSeeing 0.65’’
1014 solar mass cluster at z = 0.53
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Priors and cuts using restricted templatesPriors and cuts using restricted templates
spectroscopic z
phot
omet
ric z
ugrizy ugrizyJH
Effect of priors using restricted set of empirical spectral templates.Spectroscopic training set, and calibrate via angular-z correlation.
i < 25 “gold” sample: S/N > 20
We expect to reduce outliers and bias using surface brightness priors and treating the photo-z as pdfs and not just a number
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Combining four LSST probesCombining four LSST probes
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Comparison of Stage-IV facilities for DEComparison of Stage-IV facilities for DE
Hu Zhan 2009
LSST comparable and complementary to JDEM
Space: x2 resolution & IRSpace: x2 resolution & IR
Ground: far more exposures Ground: far more exposures translates directly into control translates directly into control of of systematicssystematics..Going to lower surface Going to lower surface brightness enables shape brightness enables shape measurement of more galaxies measurement of more galaxies
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Testing general models of dark energyTesting general models of dark energy
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LSST SurveyLSST Survey
First light in 2016, with 3-Gigapixel camera
One 6-Gigabyte image every 17 seconds
30 Terabytes every night for 10 years
200-Petabyte final image data archive anticipated
20-Petabyte final database catalog anticipated
Real-Time Event Mining: ~100,000 events per night, every night, for 10 yrs
Repeat images of the entire night sky every 3 nights
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Image simulation lets us validate the system performance
Image simulation lets us validate theImage simulation lets us validate the system performancesystem performance
LSST is simulating image performance from end-to-end, including:
• Cosmology + Milky Way + Solar System
• Atmosphere: Turbulence, Refraction, Motion
• Optics: Telescope + Camera
• Focal Plane: Detectors + Electronics
Image simulations are used during all phases of the project
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LSST construction costsLSST construction costs
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40% of the LSST Annual Operations cost is associated with the data products
40% of the LSST Annual Operations cost is 40% of the LSST Annual Operations cost is associated with the data productsassociated with the data products
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Operations and data budgetOperations and data budget
The total LSST annual operating budget is $36.7M ($FY’09)Approximately 40% is Data Management
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What makes LSST and its data products uniquely valuable?
What makes LSST and its data products uniquely valuable?
Unprecedented survey (2000 x SDSS plus time domain)
20 billion objects
Will constrain the properties of dark energy with unprecedented precision
High precision, high uniformity
Open source, open data
Bridge to CS, Math, Stat
Promotes and enables research
Leverages existing facilities
Needed now
Movie of the universe opens new windows
Broader impact
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Proposed LSST timelineProposed LSST timeline