Unique Science from a Coordinated LSST-WFIRST Survey of the Galactic Bulge
Abstract
NASA's WFIRST mission will perform a wide-field, NIR survey of the Galactic Bulge to search for exoplanets via the microlensing techniques. As the mission is due to launch in the mid-2020s, around half-way through the LSST Main Survey, we have a unique opportunity to explore synergistic science from two landmark programs. LSST can survey the entire footprint of the WFIRST microlensing survey in a single Deep Drilling Field. Here we explore the great scientific potential of this proposal and recommend the most effective observing strategies.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- December 2018
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1812.04445
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1812.04445
- Bibcode:
- 2018arXiv181204445S
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- White Paper submitted to the 2018 call for LSST cadence proposals. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1812.03137