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most citedLSST: from Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products

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astro-ph.IM2026★ 14 cited

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Preview 1

Vera C Rubin Observatory Team, Tatiana Acero Cuellar, Emily Acosta +325

We present Rubin Data Preview 1 DP1, the first data from the NSF DOE Vera C Rubin Observatory, comprising raw and calibrated single epoch images, coadds, difference images, detecti…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 8 cited

DESC DC2 Data Release Note

LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration, Bela Abolfathi, Robert Armstrong +54

In preparation for cosmological analyses of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (LSST DESC) has created…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 85 cited

The LSST DESC DC2 Simulated Sky Survey

LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration, Bela Abolfathi, David Alonso +77

We describe the simulated sky survey underlying the second data challenge (DC2) carried out in preparation for analysis of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 27 cited

Photometric Redshifts with the LSST II: The Impact of Near-Infrared and Near-Ultraviolet Photometry

Melissa L. Graham, Andrew J. Connolly, Winnie Wang +10

Accurate photometric redshift (photo-) estimates are essential to the cosmological science goals of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). In this…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 21 cited

The LSST DESC Data Challenge 1: Generation and Analysis of Synthetic Images for Next Generation Surveys

F. Javier Sánchez, Chris W. Walter, Humna Awan +23

Data Challenge 1 (DC1) is the first synthetic dataset produced by the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC). DC1 is desi…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 13 cited

Enabling catalog simulations of transient and variable sources based on LSST cadence strategies

Rahul Biswas, Scott F. Daniel, R. Hložek +2

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) project will conduct a ten year multi-band survey starting in 2022. Observing strategies for this survey are being actively investigated,…