Science with LSST

Tucson, AZ -- November 17-18, 2000

Draft Agenda

Friday, November 17, 2000

 9:00	Welcome, Introduction

 9:10	Strawman Telescope Design  [Roger Angel]

 9:40	Instrument Concept/Detector Issues [Brian McLeod/Mike Lesser]

10:10	Operations Mode Concept/ Performance issues for Data 
	system hardware and software [Chris Stubbs/Doug Tody]

10:40	break

11:00   Other relevant projects:
	    VISTA, VST, LSST-precursor ideas [Todd Boroson]
	
11:30	Moving Objects: NEOs, TNOs [Ted Bowell]

12:00	Transient and Variable Objects: SNe, Microlensing events, 
	GRBs, extrasolar planet transits, variable stars, AGNs
	[Nick Suntzeff]

12:30	Lunch

 1:30	co-added deep images over entire sky: stellar pop studies 
	(e.g., halo white dwarfs), support to other wavelengths
	[Ed Olzsewski]

 2:00	very deep images over limited areas: Weak lensing
	[Tony Tyson]

 2:30 	photometry issues [Steve Kent]

 3:00	astrometry issues [Dave Monet]

 3:30	Instruction to Breakout groups

 3:40 	Breakout groups meet
	    1) Moving Objects
	    2) Transient/variable objects
	    3) whole-sky deep images
	    4) very deep images

		consider: requirements on site, telescope, instrument,
		operations mode, data analysis, photometry, astrometry
	
		also discuss outreach, data distribution, synergy with 
		other areas.

 5:00 	adjourn

 6:30 	Dinner

9:00 - 10:00 Breakout groups meet/write reports

10:00 	Breakout groups report/Discussion

12:00	Lunch/adjourn

tboroson@noao.edu Posted: 3Nov2000