Subject: Phone conference Friday afternoon

From: Michael Strauss

Submitted: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 18:41:54 -0400 (EDT)

Message number: 159 (previous: 158, next: 160 up: Index)

Hello all,
  Let me remind you that there will be a phone conference of the LSST
science working group tomorrow afternoon, starting at 2 PM EDT.  The
call-in number for those within the US is 800-374-7426; those outside
the US should call 801-983-4017.  The passcode is 430100.  The
following people have indicated to me that they are joining the
phonecon:  Andy Connolly, Jon Thaler, Gary Bernstein, Knut Olsen, Mike
Shara, Fiona Harrison, and Tony Tyson.  I am hoping that many more
members of the SWG will in fact call in!

  The main topic of conversation will be progress/plans on writeups
for the Design Reference Mission.  We have in hand quite a bit of text
on Galactic/Stellar science from Monet and Zaritsky, and a writeup on
Kuiper Belt Objects from Bernstein and Stern, with some recent
comments/additions from Bea Muller.  We also have Tony Tyson's
document on figures of merit comparing different facilities; it seems
that not everyone is completely happy with the methodology :-), but it
would be good to consider including something along these lines in the
DRM.  We have Tony's technical notes on requirements for weak lensing
from many months ago, but that needs fleshing out with the science
drivers themselves.  And we have Chris Stubbs' wise words on making
data public, a version of which I think would be appropriate for the
DRM.  

  And that's about it for actual text in hand.  I have sent individual
e-mails to all the members of the SWG, and have gotten
commitments/promises from many of you (you know who you are!) to get
some words down on paper in the areas of your own expertise.  I am
hoping that we will hear about progress on these various fronts in the
phonecon tomorrow.

				Many thanks,
				Michael Strauss

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