The Impact of the Astro2010 Recommendations on Variable Star Science

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dc.creatorWalkowicz, Lucianne M.
dc.creatorBecker, Andrew C.
dc.creatorAnderson, Scott F.
dc.creatorBloom, Joshua S.
dc.creatorGeorgiev, Leonid
dc.creatorGrindlay, Josh
dc.creatorLong, Knox
dc.creatorMukadam, Anjum
dc.creatorPrsa, Andrej
dc.creatorPepper, Joshua
dc.creatorRau, Arne
dc.creatorSesar, Branimir
dc.creatorSilvestri, Nicole
dc.creatorSmith, Nathan
dc.creatorStassun, Keivan
dc.creatorSzkody, Paula
dc.date2009-02-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:45:38Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:45:38Z
dc.descriptionThe next decade of survey astronomy has the potential to transform our knowledge of variable stars. Stellar variability underpins our knowledge of the cosmological distance ladder, and provides direct tests of stellar formation and evolution theory. Variable stars can also be used to probe the fundamental physics of gravity and degenerate material in ways that are otherwise impossible in the laboratory. The computational and engineering advances of the past decade have made large-scale, time-domain surveys an immediate reality. Some surveys proposed for the next decade promise to gather more data than in the prior cumulative history of astronomy. The actual implementation of these surveys will have broad implications for the types of science that will be enabled. We examine the design considerations for an optimal time-domain photometric survey dedicated to variable star science, including: observing cadence, wavelength coverage, photometric and astrometric accuracy, single-epoch and cumulative depth, overall sky coverage, and data access by the broader astronomical community. The best surveys must combine aspects from each of these considerations to fully realize the potential for the next decade of time-domain science.
dc.descriptionpages; white paper submitted to the Astro2010 Decadal Survey Science Frontier Panel on Stars and Stellar Evolution
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3981
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3981
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/221151
dc.subjectSolar and Stellar Astrophysics
dc.titleThe Impact of the Astro2010 Recommendations on Variable Star Science
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