Science Guides

Not everyone in the LINCC project has a PhD in astronomy, so this is a collection of resources for getting up to speed on the science behind our projects.

• The Photometric LSST Astronomical Time-series Classification Challenge
  • PDF
  • Targeted toward a general public audience, and as such, it does a good job of explaining jargon. Explains light curves, transients, ugrizy, etc.
  • Found by Drew!
• Elastic Challenge
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgytky5SnwU
  • https://portal.nersc.gov/cfs/lsst/DESC_TD_PUBLIC/ELASTICC/
  • h/t Neven
• Photometric redshift terminology
  • PDF
• An Introduction to the Rubin Observatory: Systems, Jargon, and Acronyms
  • YouTube video by LSST Observatory
  • Specifically the DMS terminology overview at 28:43 - goes over DIA, calexp, coadd, tract, forcedsource, etc.