Published 2020
| Version v1
Journal article
An optimized tiling pattern for multiobject spectroscopic surveys: application to the 4MOST survey
Creators
- Tempel, E.
- Tuvikene, T.
- Muru, M.M.
- Stoica, R.S.
- Bensby, T.
- Chiappini, C.
- Christlieb, N.
- Cioni, M.-R.L.
- Comparat, J.
- Feltzing, S.
- Hook, I.
- Koch, A.
- Kordopatis, G.
- Krumpe, M.
- Loveday, J.
- Minchev, I.
- Norberg, P.
- Roukema, B.F.
- Sorce, J.G.
- Storm, J.
- Swann, E.
- Taylor, E.N.
- Traven, G.
- Walcher, C.J.
- de Jong, R.S.
Contributors
Others:
- Institut Élie Cartan de Lorraine (IECL) ; Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL) ; École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) ; Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Description
Large multiobject spectroscopic surveys require automated algorithms to optimize their observing strategy. One of the most ambitious upcoming spectroscopic surveys is the 4MOST survey. The 4MOST survey facility is a fibre-fed spectroscopic instrument on the VISTA telescope with a large enough field of view to survey a large fraction of the southern sky within a few years. Several Galactic and extragalactic surveys will be carried out simultaneously, so the combined target density will strongly vary. In this paper, we describe a new tiling algorithm that can naturally deal with the large target density variations on the sky and which automatically handles the different exposure times of targets. The tiling pattern is modelled as a marked point process, which is characterized by a probability density that integrates the requirements imposed by the 4MOST survey. The optimal tilling pattern with respect to the defined model is estimated by the tiles configuration that maximizes the proposed probability density. In order to achieve this maximization a simulated annealing algorithm is implemented. The algorithm automatically finds an optimal tiling pattern and assigns a tentative sky brightness condition and exposure time for each tile, while minimizing the total execution time that is needed to observe the list of targets in the combined input catalogue of all surveys. Hence, the algorithm maximizes the long-term observing efficiency and provides an optimal tiling solution for the survey. While designed for the 4MOST survey, the algorithm is flexible and can with simple modifications be applied to any other multiobject spectroscopic survey.
Abstract
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Identifiers
- URL
- https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02908412
- URN
- urn:oai:HAL:hal-02908412v1
Origin repository
- Origin repository
- UNICA