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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time and the Italian participation to the project.
Raiteri C.M., Brescia M.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (Rubin-LSST) is expected to revolutionize many fields of Astrophysics. The project will be accomplished with a 8.4 m telescope with a field of view of 9.6 square degrees located in Cerro Pachón (Chile). The main survey will scan about 20000 square degrees of the southern sky for ten years in six optical bands (u, g, r, i, y, z) with a cadence of a few days. The main objectives are: i) probing the distribution of dark matter and measuring the effects of dark energy; ii) exploring the transient and variable universe; iii) studying the structure of the Milky Way galaxy and its neighbors; iv) making an inventory of the Solar System. The preparatory work to maximize the scientific return of the Rubin-LSST data is carried out within eight Science Collaborations. There is a wide interest of the Italian research community in Rubin-LSST. More than 100 Italian scientists have acquired data rights through the Italian in-kind contribution program led by INAF, which includes support to the commissioning activities, software development, provision of external data, and the use of the 2.61 m VLT Survey Telescope (VST).