Science Highlights from the Zwicky Transient Facility

Event Date:
2020-05-25T15:00:00
2020-05-25T16:00:00
Event Location:
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Speaker:
Eric Bellm (Univ. Washington)
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Intended Audience:
Undergraduate
Local Contact:

Douglas Scott

Event Information:

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) began its time-domain survey at Palomar Observatory in 2018.  Thanks to its 47 square degree field of view and fast readout time, ZTF has since accumulated hundreds to thousands of epochs across the Northern Hemisphere sky, enabling searches for rare and fast evolving transients, variable stars, and solar system objects.  I will describe the design and performance of ZTF and detail the surveys it has conducted.  I will present science highlights from the first two years of the survey, including observations of young supernovae and discoveries of rare classes of compact binaries and asteroids.  I will discuss plans for the second phase of ZTF, expected to begin this fall as well as implications for time-domain science with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

Add to Calendar 2020-05-25T15:00:00 2020-05-25T16:00:00 Science Highlights from the Zwicky Transient Facility Event Information: The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) began its time-domain survey at Palomar Observatory in 2018.  Thanks to its 47 square degree field of view and fast readout time, ZTF has since accumulated hundreds to thousands of epochs across the Northern Hemisphere sky, enabling searches for rare and fast evolving transients, variable stars, and solar system objects.  I will describe the design and performance of ZTF and detail the surveys it has conducted.  I will present science highlights from the first two years of the survey, including observations of young supernovae and discoveries of rare classes of compact binaries and asteroids.  I will discuss plans for the second phase of ZTF, expected to begin this fall as well as implications for time-domain science with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. Event Location: Connect via zoom