The Jansky VLA Sky Survey (VLASS) Public Wiki

This is the public wiki for the VLA Sky Survey. It is used for the exchange of information and documents relating to the VLASS. Additional discussions take place on the VLASS Discussion Forums.

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VLASS Memo Series

• VLASS Memo #1: VLASS Survey Science Group Terms of Reference (rev1: updated SSG Board membership)
• VLASS Memo #2: Requirements for a VLASS pilot survey and a proposal for the pilot survey definition
• VLASS Memo #3: The Jansky-Very Large Array Sky Survey (VLASS) Survey Description and Science Case
• VLASS Memo #4: VLASS Pilot Scheduling Block Creation
• VLASS Memo #5: The Impact of the Ionosphere on VLASS observations
• VLASS Memo #6: Compactness of 3C48, 3C138, and 3C286 at 2-4 GHz
• VLASS Memo #7: VLASS Tiling and Sky Coverage (ver2: updated tiling to avoid Sun/Moon/Jupiter in hybrid)
• VLASS Memo #8: Scheduling Block Overheads
• VLASS Memo #9: Recent Observational Values of Polarization Calibrators at S-band
• VLASS Memo #10: Phase Stability and Ionospheric Variations in VLASS1.1
• VLASS Memo #11: Evaluation of primary beam correction, beam polarization, & TEC correction
• VLASS Memo #12: Wideband Stokes I Single Epoch Mosaic Imaging Test and Implementation Plan
• VLASS Memo #13: Pilot and Epoch 1 Quick Look Data Release

Presentations

Presentations given on the VLASS

• 7 Jan 2016 AAS Meeting 227.324.08 - S. Myers "The VLA Sky Survey (VLASS): Technical Implementation Plans and Progress" ( Myers_AAS227_20160108_VLASS.pdf, Myers_AAS227_20160108_VLASS.pptx)
• 7 Jan 2016 AAS Meeting 227.324.09 - M. Lacy "The VLA Sky Survey (VLASS): Description and Science Goals" ( AAS_Jan2016_VLASS_Lacy.pdf, AAS_Jan2016_VLASS_Lacy.pptx)

Community Review Materials (March 2015)

Community Review Report: VLASSCommunityReviewReport

Presentations from the Community Review of the VLASS proposal, held March 4-6, 2015, in Socorro:

• Introduction (Stefi Baum)
• Science Summary (Eric Murphy)
• Survey Design and Technical Summary (Steve Myers)
• Survey Science: Galaxies through Cosmic Time (Mark Lacy)
• Survey Science: Cosmology with the VLASS (Matt Jarvis)
• Survey Science: Hidden Explosions (Gregg Hallinan)
• Survey Science: Faraday Tomography (Larry Rudnick)
• Survey Science: Peering Through the Dusty Galaxy (Shami Chatterjee)
• Survey Science: Missing Physics (Rick White)
• Communication, Education, and Outreach (Susana Deustua)
• Technical Implementation and Test Plan (Casey Law)
• Observing, Data Products, Data Management, Resource Requirements (Steve Myers)
• Impact on PI Science, Scheduling, Operations (Claire Chandler)
• What NVSS sources does FIRST miss due to resolution effects? (Rick White)

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Documents submitted during the period of open community comment (please see the relevant thread on the VLASS Discussion Forum for other comments):

• An Analysis of the VLASS Proposal (J. Condon)
• VLASS: Thoughts and Feedback (M. Mao et al.)
• VLASS commentary (D. Helfand & R. Becker)

Other documents received outside the period of open community comment

• Citation Light Curve for the Very Large Array (S. Kulkarni)

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Final Documents for Community Comment and Review:

• Final VLASS proposal 20150116: VLASS_final.pdf
• VLASS Technical Implementation Plan for the VLASS Community Review (2015-02-02)

NRAO Internal Review and Response:

• NRAO internal scientific review: summary comments from internal NRAO scientific review and discussion, December 3, 2014 (2014-12-05)
• NRAO internal technical review: summary comments from internal NRAO technical review and discussion, December 3, 2014 (2014-12-08)
• SSG response to NRAO scientific review
• SSG response to NRAO technical review

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Older Documents:

• The first public draft of the VLASS.v11.pdf (v11, Draft 2014-08-10)
• The second public draft, VLASS_subm1.pdf, submitted to NRAO for internal review (2014-10-15)
• The first Public Draft of VLASS TIP (Technical Implementation Plan), submitted to NRAO for internal review (2014-11-03)

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Working Group Areas:

• TechnicalWorkingGroup materials, issues and results
• ExtragalacticWorkingGroup materials, issues, and results
• GalacticWorkingGroup materials, issues, and results
• TransientsVariabilityWorkingGroup materials, issues, and results
• VLASSMeetingSSG20140502 materials and minutes from SSG meeting on 2014-05-02

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• VLASS Epoch 1 Quick Look Data Release: VLASS_Memo_013_Epoch_1_Quicklook_Data_Release.pdf