Topics for Investigation

The LSST Simulator is an evolving tool which grows in sophistication with experience, research, and available computer power. At present the Simulator Team is using the Simulator to support evaluation of LSST performance for Science Programs, to support LSST engineers in accurately specifying telescope technical requirements, continuing to develop the Simulator itself, and improving the analysis capabilities for studying Simulator output. Topics under study include the following:

Science Applications
- Optimization of scheduling to meet key science requirements most efficiently.
  - Survey depth and uniformity
  - Detection of moving sources
- Evaluation of survey performance for other science programs
Telescope design

Impact of technical performance on science productivity.
- Acceleration
- Slew speed
- Settling time
- Readout time

Simulator development
- Usefulness enhancements: speed, data structures, extensibility, etc.
- Improved modeling: sky brightness near twilight, weather and downtime, etc.
  Scheduling algorithms
Analysis
- Visualization tools: Parameters and normalization for sky plots
- Metrics: high level characterization of science performance

Survey Design
	Science Drivers
	Baseline Specs
	Constraints
	Sky Coverage
	Image Quality
Simulator Design
	Modeling Telescope & Sky
	Analysis & Reporting
	Next Steps
Cadence Design
	Cadence
	Proposals
Simulated Surveys
	A Reference Survey
	SSTAR
	Investigations
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