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

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24 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

An overview of stray light findings and interpretation during on-sky commissioning of LSSTCam

Gabriele Rodeghiero, Alex Drlica-Wagner, Alessio Taranto +78

Wide-field telescopes are intrinsically difficult to shield from unwanted stray and scattered light, while the search to identify sources of contaminating light is frequently a cha…

astro-ph.IM2026

Modeling of the diffuse background produced by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory M2 baffle scattered light

Alessio Taranto, Gabriele Rodeghiero, Luca Rosignoli +58

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, with its unprecedented field of view and fast focal ratio, will survey the entire sky every 3.5 nights. This unique capacity requires dealing with of…

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.IM2024★ 1 cited

Every Datapoint Counts: Stellar Flares as a Case Study of Atmosphere Aided Studies of Transients in the LSST Era

Riley W. Clarke, James R. A. Davenport, John Gizis +8

Due to their short timescale, stellar flares are a challenging target for the most modern synoptic sky surveys. The upcoming Vera C. Rubin Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), a…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 5 cited

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping Project: Key Results

Yue Shen, Catherine J. Grier, Keith Horne +44

We present the final data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping (SDSS-RM) project, a precursor to the SDSS-V Black Hole Mapper Reverberation Mapping program. This…

astro-ph.IM2022

Software Architecture and System Design of Rubin Observatory

William O'Mullane, Frossie Economou, Kian-Tat Lim +8

Starting from a description of the Rubin Observatory Data Management System Architecture, and drawing on our experience with and involvement in a range of other projects including…