2020/11/30 by T. Matheson, Thomas Matheson, C. Stubens +26
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics #Computer science #Domain (mathematical analysis) #Event (particle physics) #Field (mathematics) #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Interface (matter) #Operating system #Physics #Process (computing) #Real-time computing #Scale (ratio) #Software #Tracking (education) #astro-ph.IM
paper · pdf · doi:10.3847/1538-3881/abd703
24 Pages, 8 figures, Accepted by AJ
arxiv created 2021/01/13 · openalex publication_date 2021/02/08 · arxiv updated 2021/02/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
Abstract We describe the Arizona-NOIRLab Temporal Analysis and Response to Events System (ANTARES), a software instrument designed to process large-scale streams of astronomical time-domain alerts. With the advent of large-format CCDs on wide-field imaging telescopes, time-domain surveys now routinely discover tens of thousands of new events each night, more than can be evaluated by astronomers alone. The ANTARES event broker will process alerts, annotating them with catalog associations and filtering them to distinguish customizable subsets of events. We describe the data model of the system, the overall architecture, annotation, implementation of filters, system outputs, provenance tracking, system performance, and the user interface.