2008/01/09 by A. C. Becker, Andrew C. Becker
Engineering · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Aerospace engineering #Artificial intelligence #Astro and Planetary Science #Astronomical Objects #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Computer science #Data science #Domain (mathematical analysis) #Engineering #Event (particle physics) #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Mathematics #Object (grammar) #Operations research #Physics #Process (computing) #Range (aeronautics) #Span (engineering) #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Telescope #Transient (computer programming) #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/asna.200710937
4 pages. In Proceedings of Hot-wiring the Transient Universe (HTU) 2007. To be published in Astronomische Nachrichten, March 2008
arxiv created 2008/01/09 · openalex publication_date 2008/03/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Abstract I provide an incomplete inventory of the astronomical variability that will be found by next‐generation time‐domain astronomical surveys. These phenomena span the distance range from near‐Earth satellites to the farthest Gamma Ray Bursts. The surveys that detect these transients will issue alerts to the greater astronomical community; this decision process must be extremely robust to avoid a slew of “false” alerts, and to maintain the community's trust in the surveys. I review the functionality required of both the surveys and the telescope networks that will be following them up, and the role of VOEvents in this process. Finally, I offer some ideas about object and event classification, which will be explored more thoroughly by other articles in these proceedings. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)