The "Rubin 2036: Opportunities for Discovery" workshop: A community roadmap for the future of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory after the LSST

Malagón, Andrés Alejandro Plazas and Allen, Steve and Anand, Shreya and Anguita, Timo and Awais, Muhammad and Best, Henry and Birrer, Simon and Bleem, Lindsey and Blum, Robert and Bolton, Adam S. and Bonito, Rosaria and Broughton, Alex and Carlin, Jeffrey L. and Castander, Francisco and Charles, Eric and Chen, Rebecca C. and Chiti, Anirudh and Choi, Lyla and Claver, Chuck and Corley, Suber and Crenshaw, John Franklin and Dey, Arjun and Digel, Seth and Drass, Holger and Drlica-Wagner, Alex and Ebina, Haruki and Eisert, Lukas and Englert, Anthony and Erickson, Sydney and Fanning, Kevin and Frieman, Josh and Fu, Shenming and Hazra, Nandini and Holt, Carrie E. and Hyun, Minhee and Ullah, Hafiz Inam and Jha, Saurabh and Kalmbach, J. Bryce and Kang, Yijung and Kelkar, Kshitija and Kolwa, Sthabile and Kovačević, Andjelka and Lin, Kenneth W. and Lin, Meng-Xiang and Long, Becky and MacBride, Sean and Malz, Alex I. and Margheim, Steve and Marshall, Philip J. and Mason, Nigel J. and Homar, Guillem Megias and Mei, Simona and Miyatake, Hironao and Moore, Maia and Motta, Ver'onica and Myles, Justin and Newman, Jeffrey A. and Nguyen, Anh and Ordenes-Briceño, Yasna and Palmese, Antonella and Panda, Swayamtrupta and Poppett, Claire and Nuñez, Francisco Pozo and Raichoor, Anand and Rasmussen, Andrew and Redden, Maya and Guachalla, Bernardita Ried and Ritz, Steve and Roodman, Aaron and Rubio, M'onica and Sajkov, Leonid and Sharma, Paras and Sherwin, Ben and Stalder, Brian and Stubbs, Chris and Suárez-Pérez, John and Thomas, Sandrine and To, Chun-Hao and Tramuto, Alessandro S. and Utsumi, Yousuke and Venuti, Laura and Wang, Hai-Feng and Wechsler, Risa and Williams, Christina C. and Wood-Vasey, W. Michael and Yadav, Prince and Yamamoto, Masaya (2026) The "Rubin 2036: Opportunities for Discovery" workshop: A community roadmap for the future of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory after the LSST. [Preprint] (doi:10.48550/arXiv.2610.28482) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:117356)

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2610.28482

Abstract

The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory will complete its ten-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) in the mid-2030s. Its 8.4 m aperture and 9.6 square degree field of view give it an étendue unmatched by any facility planned for that era. The Rubin 2036: Opportunities for Discovery workshop (KIPAC/SLAC, 3-5 August 2026) brought together approximately 100 participants to discuss Rubin's future after LSST. This paper summarizes the workshop's structure and discussions across five working groups. The continued-surveying group explored a machine-learning foundation model pretrained on Rubin imaging for detection, deblending, and classification. The cadence group considered allocating post-LSST observing time and strategies for transiting exoplanets, Type Ia supernova cosmology, time-delay cosmography, and second-scale transients. The filter group explored broadband, medium-band, and narrowband filters for photometric redshifts, high-redshift large-scale structure, AGN reverberation mapping, Galactic archaeology, and emission-line imaging. The multi-messenger group explored follow-up of next-generation gravitational-wave and neutrino sources, including standard sirens, kilonovae, and Galactic supernovae. The technology group organized options by cost and lead time, including fast readout, new filters, a faster shutter, and summit edge computing. Cross-cutting topics included AI/ML, Chilean and Latin-American co-leadership, satellite megaconstellations, and weather and climate trends at Cerro Pachón.

Item Type:	Preprint
DOI/Identification number:	10.48550/arXiv.2610.28482
Refereed:	No
Other identifier:	https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.28482
Name of pre-print platform:	arXiv
Subjects:	Q Science
Institutional Unit:	Schools > School of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics > Physics and Astronomy
Former Institutional Unit:	There are no former institutional units.
Funders:	University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56)
Depositing User:	Nigel Mason
Date Deposited:	29 Oct 2026 15:53 UTC
Last Modified:	30 Oct 2026 09:26 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/117356 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Long, Becky.

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