Kavli Affiliate: Kevin Reil | Summary:Time-domain and multimessenger astronomy (MMA/TDA) targets demand rapid-response follow-up observations. In many cases, it is the only way to make discoveries and advance our understanding of the astrophysical phenomena, for example, kilonovae accompanying gravitational waves from compact object mergers, shock breakout in supernovae, prompt emission from GRBs, etc. Presently the […]
Continue.. GOATS: The next generation software infrastructure for time-domain astronomy at Gemini/NOIRLab. Application to alerts from Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time