THE VARIABLE SKY OF DEEP SYNOPTIC SURVEYS

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 796; no. 1; pp. 53 - 19
• Main Authors: Ridgway, Stephen T., Matheson, Thomas, Mighell, Kenneth J., Olsen, Knut A., Howell, Steve B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 20.11.2014
• Subjects: Active galactic nuclei; ASTEROIDS; ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; Filtering; Filtration; GALAXIES; GALAXY NUCLEI; Night; Orbitals; PLANETS; QUASARS; STARS; STREAMS; SUPERNOVAE; TELESCOPES; TRANSIENTS

The discovery of variable and transient sources is an essential product of synoptic surveys. The alert stream will require filtering for personalized criteria-a process managed by a functionality commonly described as a Broker. In order to understand quantitatively the magnitude of the alert generat...