报告题目:Zwicky Transient Facility

　　报 告 人：Yan Lin

　　报告时间: 2016年8月18日（星期四）上午9:00

　　报告地点：南京天光所办公大楼二楼报告厅

　　Yan Lin

　　She is a senior research staff at Infrared Processing and Analysis Center and also Caltech Optical Observatories. She is also iPTF project scientist. She is currently involved with both NASA Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) as well as PTF/ZTF.

　　Abstract

　　Time Domain Astronomy is now a very active research field. Great advance has been made possible by wide area, robotic transient surveys. I will discuss two projects which are currently being carried out at Caltech Optical Observatories. The ongoing project -- Palomar Transient Factory -- is currently surveying nightly sky every night and producing a lot of new science results. We are also working on the next generation transient survey, that is Zwicky Transient Facility. I will describe in detail the science motivation, technical characteristics of the telescope and camera, and the survey operation.

　　All are welcome!

　　 南京天光所学术委员会

　　 2016年8月15日