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Glossary
Olivia Lynn edited this page Nov 2, 2022
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(I started splitting these into different categories for ease of reading, but have no strong opinions on how to define the groups/the way they're organized - feel free to change!)
| Acronym | Expansion | More |
|---|---|---|
| LSST | Legacy Survey of Space and Time OR Large Synoptic Survey Telescope | |
| LINCC | LSST Interdisciplinary Network for Collaboration and Computing | |
| SLAC | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center | |
| DESC | Dark Energy Science Collaboration | |
| TODO | Add more here! |
| Acronym | Expansion | More |
|---|---|---|
| PZ | photometric redshift | |
| PVIs | processed visit images | |
| DIA | difference image analysis | The detection and characterization of sources in the Difference Image that are above a configurable threshold, done as part of Alert Generation Pipeline [src] |
| PSF | point spread function |
| Acronym | Expansion | More |
|---|---|---|
| RSP | Rubin Science Platform | Provided by the Rubin Observatory, the RSP is a set of integrated web-based applications and services that include tools to query, visualize, subset, and analyze the full LSST data archives in a stable software environment located "next-to-the-data", along with storage space and compute resources [src] |
| DM | Data Management | The LSST Subsystem responsible for the Data Management System (DMS), which will capture, store, catalog, and serve the LSST dataset to the scientific community and public. The DM team is responsible for the DMS architecture, applications, middleware, infrastructure, algorithms, and Observatory Network Design. DM is a distributed team working at LSST and partner institutions, with the DM Subsystem Manager located at LSST headquarters in Tucson [src] |
| DP0 | Data Preview 0 | (TODO: look up specific timing for these) |
| DP1 | Data Preview 1 | |
| DR0 | Data Release 0 | |
| DR1 | Data Release 1 |