our members
Our Science Collaboration includes over 250 members as of 2020, spanning 5 continents. The diagram above shows the organizational structure of TVS. Contact our chairs for more information!
LSST TVS SC
Rubin LSST Transients and Variable Stars
Science Collaboration
subgroups
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JEDI: Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
coordinators: Sara Bonito, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo
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Anomalies and true novelties
coordinator: Federica Bianco, University of Delaware
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Classification & Characterization
coordinators: Robert Szabo, Konkoly Nina Hernitschek, Vanderbilt
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Fast Transients
coordinator: Maria Drout, Carnegie-Dunlap
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Interacting Binaries
coordinator:
Andrej Prsa, Villanova Paula Szkody, UW
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Magnetically Active Stars
coordinators: Ricky Egeland, High Altitude Observatory
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Microlensing Subgroup
coordinators: Somayeh Khakpash, UDelaware
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Multiwavelength Characterization and Counterparts
coordinators: Raffaella Margutti, NorthWestern
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Non-degenerate Eruptive Variables
coordinators: Sara Bonito, INAF
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Pulsating Variables
coordinators: Kelly Hambleton, Villanova
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Supernovae
coordinators: Melissa Graham, UW
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Tidal Disruption Events
coordinators: Sjoert van Velzen, Leiden Observatory
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Transiting Planets
coordinators: Michael Lund, JPL
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currently inactive subgroups
Cosmological
Classification/Characterization
Distance Scale
Galactic
About
TVS is a Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time Science Collaboration (SC). Our SC is a group focuses preparing to study the transient and variable sky with the revolutionary Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).