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2019-01-31Zeitschriftenartikel

Machine Learning for the Zwicky Transient Facility

Mahabal, Ashish; Rebbapragada, Umaa; Walters, Richard; Masci, Frank J.; Blagorodnova, Nadejda; Roestel, Jan van; Ye, Quan-Zhi; Biswas, Rahul; Burdge, Kevin; Chang, Chan-Kao; Duev, Dmitry A.; Golkhou, V. Zach; Miller, Adam A.; Nordin, Jakob; Ward, Charlotte;

The Zwicky Transient Facility is a large optical survey in multiple filters producing hundreds of thousands of transient alerts per night. We describe here various machine learning (ML) implementations and plans to make ...
2019-05-22Zeitschriftenartikel

The Zwicky Transient Facility: Science Objectives

Graham, Matthew J.; Kulkarni, S. R.; Bellm, Eric C.; Adams, Scott M.; Barbarino, Cristina; Blagorodnova, Nadejda; Bodewits, Dennis; Bolin, Bryce; Brady, Patrick R.; Cenko, S. Bradley; Chang, Chan-Kao; Coughlin, Michael W.; De, Kishalay; Eadie, Gwendolyn; Farnham, Tony L.;

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), a public–private enterprise, is a new time-domain survey employing a dedicated camera on the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt telescope with a 47 deg2 field of view and an 8 second readout time. ...
2018-12-07Zeitschriftenartikel

The Zwicky Transient Facility: System Overview, Performance, and First Results

Bellm, Eric C.; Kulkarni, Shrinivas R.; Graham, Matthew J.; Dekany, Richard; Smith, Roger M.; Riddle, Reed; Masci, Frank J.; Helou, George; Prince, Thomas A.; Adams, Scott M.; Barbarino, C.; Barlow, Tom; Bauer, James; Beck, Ron; Belicki, Justin;

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) is a new optical time-domain survey that uses the Palomar 48 inch Schmidt telescope. A custom-built wide-field camera provides a 47 deg2 field of view and 8 s readout time, yielding more ...