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The Zwicky Transient Facility: System Overview, Performance, and First ResultsThe Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) is a new optical time-domain survey that uses the Palomar 48 inch Schmidt telescope. A custom-built wide-field camera provides a 47 deg ^(2) field of view and 8 s readout time, yielding more than an order of magnitude improvement in survey speed relative to its predecessor survey, the Palomar Transient Factory. We describe the design and implementation of the camera and observing system. The ZTF data system at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center provides near-real-time reduction to identify moving and varying objects. We outline the analysis pipelines, data products, and associated archive. Finally, we present on-sky performance analysis and first scientific results from commissioning and the early survey. ZTF’s public alert stream will serve as a useful precursor for that of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.
Document ID
20210014938
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Eric C. Bellm ORCID(University of Washington Seattle, Washington, United States)
Shrinivas R. Kulkarni ORCID(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Matthew J. Graham ORCID(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Richard Dekany (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Roger M. Smith (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Reed Riddle ORCID(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Frank J. Masci ORCID(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
George Helou ORCID(Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
Thomas A. Prince (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Scott M. Adams (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
C. Barbarino (Stockholm University Stockholm, Sweden)
Tom Barlow (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
James Bauer (University of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland, United States)
Ron Beck (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Justin Belicki (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Rahul Biswas ORCID(Stockholm University Stockholm, Sweden)
Nadejda Blagorodnova ORCID(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Dennis Bodewits ORCID(University of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland, United States)
Bryce Bolin ORCID(University of Washington Seattle, Washington, United States)
Valery Brinnel (Humboldt University of Berlin Berlin, Germany)
Tim Brooke (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Brian Bue (Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
Mattia Bulla ORCID(Stockholm University Stockholm, Sweden)
Rick Burruss (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
S. Bradley Cenko (Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
Chan-Kao Chang (National Central University Taoyuan City, Taiwan)
Andrew Connolly ORCID(University of Washington Seattle, Washington, United States)
Michael Coughlin (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
John Cromer (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Virginia Cunningham (University of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland, United States)
Kishalay De (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Alex Delacroix (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Vandana Desai (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Dmitry A. Duev ORCID(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Gwendolyn Eadie ORCID(University of Washington Seattle, Washington, United States)
Tony L. Farnham (University of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland, United States)
Michael Feeney (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Ulrich Feindt ORCID(Stockholm University Stockholm, Sweden)
David Flynn (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Anna Franckowiak (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Hamburg, Germany)
Sara Frederick ORCID(University of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland, United States)
C. Fremling (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Avishay Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, Israel)
Suvi Gezari (University of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland, United States)
Matteo Giomi (Humboldt University of Berlin Berlin, Germany)
Daniel A. Goldstein ORCID(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
V. Zach Golkhou ORCID(University of Washington Seattle, Washington, United States)
Ariel Goobar ORCID(Stockholm University Stockholm, Sweden)
Steven Groom (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Eugean Hacopians (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
David Hale (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
John Henning (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Anna Y. Q. Ho ORCID(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
David Hover (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Justin Howell (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Tiara Hung (University of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland, United States)
Daniela Huppenkothen (University of Washington Seattle, Washington, United States)
David Imel (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Wing-Huen Ip (National Central University Taoyuan City, Taiwan)
Željko Ivezić ORCID(University of Washington Seattle, Washington, United States)
Edward Jackson (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Lynne Jones (University of Washington Seattle, Washington, United States)
Mario Juric ORCID(University of Washington Seattle, Washington, United States)
Mansi M. Kasliwal (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
S. Kaspi (Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv, Israel)
Stephen Kaye (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Michael S. P. Kelley ORCID(University of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland, United States)
Marek Kowalski (Humboldt University of Berlin Berlin, Germany)
Emily Kramer (Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
Thomas Kupfer ORCID(University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California, United States)
Walter Landry (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Russ R. Laher (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Chien-De Lee (National Central University Taoyuan City, Taiwan)
Hsing Wen Lin ORCID(National Central University Taoyuan City, Taiwan)
Zhong-Yi Lin (National Central University Taoyuan City, Taiwan)
Ragnhild Lunnan ORCID(Stockholm University Stockholm, Sweden)
Matteo Giomi (Humboldt University of Berlin Berlin, Germany)
Ashish Mahabal ORCID(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Peter Mao (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Adam A. Miller ORCID(Northwestern University Laoag, Philippines)
Serge Monkewitz (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Patrick Murphy (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Chow-Choong Ngeow ORCID(National Central University Taoyuan City, Taiwan)
Jakob Nordin (Humboldt University of Berlin Berlin, Germany)
Peter Nugent ORCID(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, California, United States)
Eran Ofek (Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, Israel)
Maria T. Patterson ORCID(University of Washington Seattle, Washington, United States)
Bryan Penprase (Soka University of America Aliso Viejo, California, United States)
Michael Porter (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Ludwig Rauch (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Hamburg, Germany)
Umaa Rebbapragada (Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
Dan Reiley (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Mickael Rigault ORCID(University of Clermont Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand, France)
Hector Rodriguez (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Jan van Roestel ORCID(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Ben Rusholme ORCID(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Jakob van Santen (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Hamburg, Germany)
S. Schulze ORCID(Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, Israel)
David L. Shupe ORCID(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Leo P. Singer ORCID(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
Maayane T. Soumagnac ORCID(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Robert Stein (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Hamburg, Germany)
Jason Surace (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Jesper Sollerman (Stockholm University Stockholm, Sweden)
Paula Szkody ORCID(University of Washington Seattle, Washington, United States)
F. Taddia (Stockholm University Stockholm, Sweden)
Scott Terek (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Angela Van Sistine ORCID(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States)
Sjoert van Velzen ORCID(Leiden University Leiden, Netherlands)
W. Thomas Vestrand ORCID(Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States)
Richard Walters (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
CharlotteWard (University of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland, United States)
Quan-Zhi Ye ORCID(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Po-Chieh Yu ORCID(National Central University Taoyuan City, Taiwan)
Lin Yan ORCID(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Jeffry Zolkower (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Date Acquired
April 30, 2021
Publication Date
December 7, 2018
Publication Information
Publication: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Publisher: Astronomical Society of the Pacific / IOP Publishing
Volume: 131
Issue: 995
Issue Publication Date: January 1, 2019
ISSN: 0004-6280
e-ISSN: 1538-3873
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/aaecbe
Subject Category
Astronomy
Funding Number(s)
WBS: 789737
Distribution Limits
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