Photometric Calibrations for 21st Century Science

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dc.creatorKent, Stephen
dc.creatorKaiser, Mary Elizabeth
dc.creatorDeustua, Susana E.
dc.creatorSmith, J. Allyn
dc.creatorAdelman, Saul
dc.creatorAllam, Sahar
dc.creatorBaptista, Brian
dc.creatorBohlin, Ralph C.
dc.creatorClem, James L.
dc.creatorConley, Alex
dc.creatorEdelstein, Jerry
dc.creatorElias, Jay
dc.creatorGlass, Ian
dc.creatorHenden, Arne
dc.creatorHowell, Steve
dc.creatorKimble, Randy A.
dc.creatorKruk, Jeffrey W.
dc.creatorLampton, Michael
dc.creatorMagnier, Eugene A.
dc.creatorMcCandliss, Stephan R.
dc.creatorMoos, Warren
dc.creatorMostek, Nick
dc.creatorMufson, Stuart
dc.creatorOswalt, Terry D.
dc.creatorPerlmutter, Saul
dc.creatorPrieto, Carlos Allende
dc.creatorRauscher, Bernard J.
dc.creatorRiess, Adam
dc.creatorSaha, Abhijit
dc.creatorSullivan, Mark
dc.creatorSuntzeff, Nicholas
dc.creatorTokunaga, Alan
dc.creatorTucker, Douglas
dc.creatorWing, Robert
dc.creatorWoodgate, Bruce
dc.creatorWright, Edward L.
dc.date2009-03-16
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:52:55Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:52:55Z
dc.descriptionThe answers to fundamental science questions in astrophysics, ranging from the history of the expansion of the universe to the sizes of nearby stars, hinge on our ability to make precise measurements of diverse astronomical objects. As our knowledge of the underlying physics of objects improves along with advances in detectors and instrumentation, the limits on our capability to extract science from measurements is set, not by our lack of understanding of the nature of these objects, but rather by the most mundane of all issues: the precision with which we can calibrate observations in physical units. We stress the need for a program to improve upon and expand the current networks of spectrophotometrically calibrated stars to provide precise calibration with an accuracy of equal to and better than 1% in the ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared portions of the spectrum, with excellent sky coverage and large dynamic range.
dc.description8 pages, 6 figures Science white paper for the Astro2010 Decadal Survey
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0903.2799
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0903.2799
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/223450
dc.subjectCosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
dc.titlePhotometric Calibrations for 21st Century Science
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