theastrophysicist

“The LSST is a survey telescope destined to begin operations in 2017, when it will observe the night sky based on a predetermined observing schedule, called its cadence. My project is to investigate how well a particular cadence allows us to measure stellar rotation periods, and to do so I will simulate observation data from the LSST, and use Lomb-Scargle periodograms to extract period measurements from the data. Analysis of these periods will allow us to estimate the period-detection efficiency of a particular cadence.”

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