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Description
The next decade will be transformative for time-domain and transient astronomy, with a new generation of wide-field surveys poised to uncover a vast population of time-varying and transient astrophysical phenomena. The Simons Observatory (SO), a new cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment, will provide high-cadence millimeter-wave observations over ~half the sky, notably delivering transient alerts and bright source light curves to the public in near real-time. In this talk I will discuss the unprecedented, publicly available dataset of millimeter light curves and the projected scientific output of both astrophysical transients and known bright objects. The 10 year (Advanced) SO timeline is also synergistic with optical surveys like the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), radio surveys such as the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) and the Deep Synoptic Array (DSA-2000), and X-ray surveyors such as Einstein Probe (EP), among many others. SO will provide invaluable and open access to millimeter time-domain data, marking a fundamental change in the way CMB surveys interact with the broader astrophysical community.
| Would you be interested in presenting a poster if the conference is oversubcribed? | Yes |
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