ANTARES: A gateway to ZTF and LSST alerts. Issue Volume 15:Issue S357(2019) (October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lee, Chien-Hsiu; Soraisam, Monika; Narayan, Gautham; Matheson, Thomas; Saha, Abhijit; Stubens, Carl; Wolf, Nicholas
• Editors: Barstow, Martin A.; Kleinman, Scot J.; Provencal, Judith L.; Ferrario, Lilia
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. Volume 15:Issue S357(2019)
• Page Start: 24
• Page End: 27
• Publication Date: 2019-10
• Subjects: Surveys, -- astrostatistics techniques, -- transient sources, -- variable stars, -- small solar system bodies; Astronomy -- Congresses; Astronomy -- Periodicals; 520
• DOI: 10.1017/S1743921320000290
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-9213

Abstract

Abstract: Studies of white dwarfs have greatly benefited from time-domain surveys and subsequent follow-up observations. However, with the avalanche of alerts delivered by ZTF and LSST and the limited resources for follow-up, we will need brokers to select intriguing alerts that warrant follow-up in a timely manner. At the University of Arizona and NSF's OIR Lab, we are developing the Arizona-NOAO Temporal Analysis and Response to Events System, to hunt for the rarest of the rare events in the time-domain. In this work, we provide an overview of the ANTARES system, how we use ZTF as a training set, and the way forwards to LSST.