The Zwicky Transient Facility: Science Objectives

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. It is well positioned in the development of time-domain astronomy, offering o...

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Published in:Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2019-07, Vol.131 (1001), p.78001
Main Authors: Graham, Matthew J., Barbarino, Cristina, Blagorodnova, Nadejda, Bolin, Bryce, Brady, Patrick R., Cenko, S. Bradley, Chang, Chan-Kao, Coughlin, Michael W., Farnham, Tony L., Feindt, Ulrich, Franckowiak, Anna, Fremling, Christoffer, Gezari, Suvi, Ghosh, Shaon, Goldstein, Daniel A., Golkhou, V. Zach, Goobar, Ariel, Ho, Anna Y. Q., Huppenkothen, Daniela, Jones, R. Lynne, Juric, Mario, Kaplan, David L., Kasliwal, Mansi M., Kelley, Michael S. P., Kupfer, Thomas, Lin, Hsing Wen, Lunnan, Ragnhild, Mahabal, Ashish A., Miller, Adam A., Ngeow, Chow-Choong, Nugent, Peter, Prince, Thomas A., Rauch, Ludwig, Roestel, Jan van, Schulze, Steve, Singer, Leo P., Sollerman, Jesper, Yan, Lin, Ye, Quan-Zhi, Yu, Po-Chieh, Barlow, Tom, Beck, Ron, Belicki, Justin, Biswas, Rahul, Brooke, Tim, Bue, Brian, Bulla, Mattia, Burruss, Rick, Connolly, Andrew, Cromer, John, Cunningham, Virginia, Dekany, Richard, Delacroix, Alex, Desai, Vandana, Duev, Dmitry A., Feeney, Michael, Flynn, David, Frederick, Sara, Gal-Yam, Avishay, Giomi, Matteo, Hacopians, Eugean, Hale, David, Helou, George, Hillenbrand, Lynne A., Howell, Justin, Hung, Tiara, Imel, David, Ip, Wing-Huen, Jackson, Edward, Kaspi, Shai, Kaye, Stephen, Kowalski, Marek, Kramer, Emily, Kuhn, Michael, Landry, Walter, Laher, Russ R., Monkewitz, Serge, Murphy, Patrick, Nordin, Jakob, Patterson, Maria T., Penprase, Bryan, Porter, Michael, Rebbapragada, Umaa, Reiley, Dan, Riddle, Reed, Rigault, Mickael, Rodriguez, Hector, Rusholme, Ben, Santen, Jakob van, Shupe, David L., Smith, Roger M., Soumagnac, Maayane T., Stein, Robert, Szkody, Paula, Terek, Scott, Velzen, Sjoert van, Walters, Richard, Ward, Charlotte, Zhang, Chaoran, Zolkower, Jeffry
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Language:English
Subjects:
(galaxies:) quasars: general
(stars:) supernovae: general
Active galactic nuclei
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Explosions
Instrumentation and Detectors
Physics
Polls & surveys
Solar system
Supernova
surveys
Telescopes
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