LSST TVS SC Subgroup: Pulsating Stars

Topic: Rubin LSST Pulsating Stars

The Pulsating Star Sub-group is a working group within the Transiting and Variable Star (TVS) Science Collaboration of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The purpose of this working group is to:

  • Promote collaborations within the pulsating star community of Rubin LSST;
  • To prepare for the Rubin LSST data in the context of pulsating stars;
  • To advocate for pulsating star science;
  • To fully exploit the Rubin LSST data for the purpose of advancing the understanding of pulsating stars.
Currently of interest within the Pulsating Star Sub-group are the following stellar objects:
Cepheids, Gamma Doradus Stars, Long Period Variables, Mira variables, RR Lyrae stars, Semi-regular Variables, Slowly Pulsating B Stars, SX Phoenicis, White Dwarf Stars, delta Scuti variables.

Roadmap

The Pulsating Stars Roadmap can be found here .

Membership

If you are not already a member of the TVS Science Collaboration, please join via the TVS Webpage. To join the Pulsating Stars Sub-group, specify pulsating stars as your primary or secondary affiliation. If you are already a member of TVS and would like to join the Pulsating Stars Sub-group, please contact Kelly Hambleton (Chair) by email at kelly.hambleton@villanova.edu . All members are expected to read and abide by the TVS Code of Conduct, the TVS Charter, and the TVS Publication Policy. Those documents describe the priviledges and responsibilities of TVS membership. Members may sign the Code of Conduct and Charter using this web form. The Pulsating Star Sub-group list of active members can be found below. We look forward to having you join us!

Active Members

Subgroup Primary Contact: Kelly Hambleton, Villanova University ( kelly.hambleton@villanova.edu )

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Active Members:

  • Keaton Bell
  • Attila Bodi
  • Márcio Catelan
  • Gisella Clementini
  • Massimo Dall'Ora
  • Giulia De Somma
  • Flavia Dell'Agli
  • Marcella Di Criscienzo
  • Giuliana Fiorentino
  • Alessia Garofalo
  • Leo Girardi
  • Shiyuan He
  • Nina Hernitschek
  • Tomislav Jurkic
  • Silvio Leccia
  • Lucas Macri
  • Marcella Marconi
  • Mikako Matsuura
  • Roberto Molinaro
  • Matteo Monelli
  • Ilaria Musella
  • Chow-Choong Ngeow
  • Lovro Palaversa
  • Judith Provencal
  • Vincenzo Ripepi
  • Sumner Starrfield
  • Lukas Steinwender
  • Michael Stroh
  • Esaenwi Sudum
  • Róbert Szabó
  • Tamás Szklenár
  • Paula Szkody
  • Paolo Ventura

Active Projects

Crowded Fields:

This Crowded Field Task Force is actively working to analyze the LSST pipeline, that applies difference imaging analysis to the data, to determine the global detection of individual variable stars and the image-to-image variability detection, in the context of the Alert Brokers. The Task Force is furhter working to apply forced photometry to LSST-like (DECam) data in preparation for finding pulsating stars in crowded fields using Rubin LSST.

White Papers and Publications

  • K. Hambleton, F. Bianco, G. Clementini, M. Dall'Ora, R. Egeland, N. Hernitschek, M. B. Lund, I. Musella, A. Prša and V. Ripepi, Impact of Rubin Observatory LSST Template Acquisition Strategies on Early Science from the Transients and Variable Stars Science Collaboration: Non-time-critical Science Cases, RNASS, 2020, 4, 40.
  • K. Bell , K. Hambleton , M. Lund3 , and R Szabo, A Cadence to Reduce Aliasing in LSST, 2018, arXiv:1812.03142.
  • G. Bono, M. Dall’Ora, M. Fabrizio, J. Crestani, V.F. Braga, G. Fiorentino, G. Altavilla, M.T. Botticella, A. Calamida, M. Castellani, M. Catelan, B. Chaboyer, C. Chiappini, W. Clarkson, R. Contreras Ramos, O. Creevey, R. da Silva, V. Debattista, S. Degl’Innocenti, I. Ferraro, C.K. Gilligan, O. Gonzalez, K. Hambleton, G. Iannicola, L. Inno, A. Kunder, B. Lemasle, L. Magrini, D. Magurno, M. Marconi, M. Marengo, S. Marinoni, P.M. Marrese, C.E. Mart´ınez-Vazquez, N. Matsunaga, M. Monelli, P.G. Prada Moroni, I. Musella, M.G. Navarro, J. Neeley, M. Nonino, A. Pietrinferni, L. Pulone, M.R. Rich, V. Ripepi, G. Sacco, A. Saha, M. Salaris, C. Sneden, P.B. Stetson, R.A Street, R. Szabo, M. Tantalo, E. Tognelli, M. Torelli, E. Valenti, A.R. Walker and M. Zoccali, unVEil the darknesS of The gAlactic buLgE (VESTALE), 2018, arXiv:1812.03124
  • Clementini, G.; Musella, I. ; Chieffi, A. ; Cignoni, M. ; Cusano, F. ; Di Criscienzo, M. ; Fabrizio, M. ; Garofalo, A. ; Leccia, S. ; Limongi, M. ; Marconi, M. ; Marini, E. ; Marino, A. ; Marrese, P. ; Molinaro, R. ; Moretti, M. I. ; Muraveva, T. ; Ripepi, V. ; Somma, G. ; LSST Transient, P. Ventura with the support of the ; Variable Stars Collaboration, The Gaia-LSST Synergy: resolved stellar populations in selected Local Group stellar systems, 2018, arXiv:1812.03298
  • Olsen, Knut ; Szkody, Paula ; Cioni, Maria-Rosa ; Di Criscienzo, Marcella ; Musella, Ilaria ; Ripepi, Vincenzo ; Borsa, Francesco ; Marconi, Marcella ; Girardi, Leo ; Pastorelli, Giada ; Trabucchi, Michele ; Ventura, Paolo ; Moniez, Marc, Mapping the Periphery and Variability of the Magellanic Clouds, 2018, arXiv:1812.03139
  • Ou, Jia-Yu and Ngeow, Chow-Choong, Difference of Photometric Properties between Regular and Non-Regular Miras in the Magellanic Clouds, 2021, arXiv:2203.00896
  • Ngeow, Chow-Choong et al., Zwicky Transient Facility and Globular Clusters: The RR Lyrae gri-Band Period-Luminosity-Metallicity and Period-Wesenheit-Metallicity Relations, 2022, arXiv:2203.14475
  • Hambleton et al., Rubin Observatory LSST Transients and Variable Stars Roadmap, 2022, arXiv:2208.04499