The LSST AGN Science Collabo a ion:
Eu opean Connec ions and Ea ly Science
Niel B and (Penn S a e) and Ma hew Temple (Du ham) - Fo he LSST AGN SC
S. Fo opoulou
Ve a C. Rubin Obse a o y
2024 Oc
O e all AGN SC Goals
Maximize he AGN science e u n o he LSST.
Gi e eedback o he P ojec o ensu e excellen AGN science.
Educa e he b oade communi y abou LSST AGN science.
Cu en Membe ship
Cu en ly ha e 275 membe s
G ew by 65 (24%) o e pas yea
255 associa e and 20 ull/co e membe s
Se en la ges na ional membe ships:
Coun y
Numbe o Membe s
USA
120
UK
25
I aly
20
B azil
19
Chile
18
Aus alia
14
Se bia
12
Membe ship applica ions
a e welcome, e en om
people who lack da a igh s.
AGN SC membe ship does
no p o ide da a igh s.
Applica ion ins uc ions a
h ps://agn.science.lss .o g
Addi ional Eu opean coun ies: C oa ia, Denma k,
Finland, Ge many, G eece, Ne he lands, Poland,
Spain, Swi ze land – 79 Eu opean membe s in o al
O e all O ganiza ion
Adap ed om AGN SC Cha e
Leade /coo dina o names a e lis ed.
Also:
Liaison o SCOC – Asse
Use s commi ee – Pe ecca & Sa ajedini
In-kind coo dina o s – Hoenig & Coppi
B and Temple
B and e al.
Shemme
Richa ds e al. Asse & Shi ley Secunda & Yu Rani & Ricci
Schneide e al. Ko ace ic
Richa ds & Yu
DEI
Temple
In-Kind Con ibu ions
AGN SC in-kind con ibu ion ep esen a i es a e Sebas ian
Hoenig and Paolo Coppi.
Six in-kind p ojec s ongoing – 5/6 a e Eu opean.
Name
Lead
I alian simula ions o high
-z AGNs and galaxies in he LSST su ey
Bongio no
AGN e e be a ion
-mapping ime delays
Cze ny
SER
-SAG pipeline o pe iodic a iabili y de ec ion
Ko ace ic
TIMEDOMES: VST Moni o ing o he LSST DDFs
Paolillo
Canadian con ibu ion o he LSST AGN SC: Da a
-analysis ools o
AGN pho ome ic a iabili y
Ruan
MPE pho ome ic edshi s o LSST
-de ec ed AGNs
Sal a o
Some Recen and
Ongoing Ac i i ies
Annual In-Pe son o Remo e Mee ings
•32 LSST AGN science alks
•Tu o ials
•Hacka hons
•Planning discussions
Annual mee ings
held since 2020.
Du ham UK Wo kshop – 2025 July
Some Ea ly Science Topics Co e ed in Du ham
•End- o-end simula ions o AGN and galaxy popula ions
•Fas ligh -cu e modeling and e e be a ion-lag de e mina ion echniques
•Close bina y SMBH iden i ica ion
•AGN selec ion using machine lea ning and a iabili y
•P ecu so ime-domain su eys – Timedomes, ZTF, QUEST, ATLAS
•Pho ome ic edshi echniques o AGNs
•Quasa -hos image decomposi ion
AGN SC YouTube Playlis
inyu l.com/lss agnsc01
75+ hou s
Complemen a y Mul iwa eleng h
Da a Flooding In o he DDFs!
Mee KAT MIGHTEE & LADUMA
(Radio)
LMT
VLT
4MOST
SDSS-V
LSST AGN SC Fi s Da a Challenge
Led by G. Richa ds and W. Yu.
Pa o gene al e o s o p epa e s uden s, pos docs,
and o he s o LSST AGN science.
5 submissions - mone a y p izes awa ded.
Da a-challenge da ase made public.
Su ey Cadence Con ibu ions
We ha e deli e ed 4 jou nal a icles, 8 cadence no es (in addi ion o
he 2018 whi e pape s), and 4 coded me ics.
We con inue communica ing wi h SCOC ia, e.g., eedback o Robe o
Asse and he DDF cadence ask o ce, SCOC-SC wo kshops.
AGN SC membe s con inue wo king h ough new ope a ions
simula ions o assess i hese allow desi ed AGN science o be
achie ed.
Con inue coo dina ing wi h o he SCs o see i we can iden i y
mu ually accep able cadence solu ions – e.g., DESC DDF discussions.
Pape s Assessing LSST Cadences
o Scien i ic P ojec s
LSST AGN SC Cadence No es - 8 To al
A ailable a h ps://www.lss .o g/con en /su ey-cadence-no es-2021
Su ey Cadence Con ibu ions
We ha e deli e ed 4 jou nal a icles, 8 cadence no es (in addi ion o
he 2018 whi e pape s), and 4 coded me ics.
We con inue communica ing wi h SCOC ia, e.g., eedback o Robe o
Asse and he DDF cadence ask o ce, SCOC-SC wo kshops.
AGN SC membe s con inue wo king h ough new ope a ions
simula ions o assess i hese allow desi ed AGN science o be
achie ed.
Con inue coo dina ing wi h o he SCs o see i we can iden i y
mu ually accep able cadence solu ions – e.g., DESC DDF discussions.
O he Key Ac i i ies in 2023-2025
AGN SC has se e al membe s on he Rubin-Euclid De i ed
Da a P oduc s Wo king G oup.
Many AGN SC membe s a e wo king on Da a P e iews.
Cha e and publica ion policies upda ed – P ojec Da abase.
Ongoing demog aphic census.
Coo dina e wi h o he AGN p ojec s; e.g., e e be a ion
mapping and X- ay missions (e.g., NewA hena).
Rele an Ou each Ac i i ies
LSST Wo kshop on AGN Va iabili y o
S uden s om E hiopia and Se bia
LSST Communi y Demo Sessions and Ou each E en s
Penn S a e Teache Wo kshops
Wo ldwide LSST AGN Talks
The End
