[TDA_wg] Outline of discussion at Hotwired IV

[Andy Howell]

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  Folks,
Upon request, here is the outline I presented during a discussion at the
Hotwired meeting about what will be needed in the future to share
information about transients.  The consensus was that the community should
write a white paper to outline what they need.  I am happy to start
bringing together such a draft.  Perhaps this will get the discussion
started.
-Andy


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   1)  Naming schemes (current IAU SN naming system has these undesirable
   issues: SNe start with a PSN name, then transition to other names, may SNe
   go unnamed, and many groups give the same event different names).
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      A)  Name server? (i. e. there is a new transient at location X,
      returns name if one exists, assigns new one of not).
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      B)  Specific to event subtypes? (i.e. are separate naming conventions
      for GRBs / SNe / Novae, etc, a historical accident, or should
they just all
      be 15abc as many surveys have done)
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   2)  Communicating discoveries
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      A)  IAU
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      B)  ATEL
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      C)  Web pages
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   3)  Sharing information in real time
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      A)  Scheduling resources e.g. I’m going to observer this tonight.
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      B)  Here’s the redshift, type, and spectrum.
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      C)  Here are the light curve points in all wavelengths
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      D)  Social media type interactions
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   4)  Iterating the above (e.g.. based on latest LC point and redshift,
   this object is likely...)
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   5)  Automated telescope triggering
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   6)  Archiving data / querying databases
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   Questions:


   - What types of events can work under the same system?  Supernovae,
   GRBs, microlensing, planets, variable stars, flares, etc.


   - Do we adapt existing infrastructure?  Build something new?


   - Where does the money come from?


   - Do we need the IAU?


   - Does it need to scale to LSST?
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