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SUMMARY:Synergistic Science with Rubin and MeerKAT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261020T095500Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261020T101500Z
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Unnikrishnan Sureshkumar (NCBJ)\nPanchromatic data\,
  by combining observations across multiple wavelengths\, offer an unparall
 eled\, comprehensive view of galaxies. This enables the determination of k
 ey physical properties and leads to discoveries not possible with single-w
 avelength data alone. While Rubin is preparing to make enormous discoverie
 s in the optical wavebands\, the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa i
 s providing wide-field radio continuum imaging of the same sky observed by
  Rubin. These radio continuum observations are crucial as they provide dus
 t extinction-free star formation rates (SFR) of galaxies\, as well as the 
 properties of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). In this talk\, I will present 
 a semi-automated pipeline\, developed as a part of the South African in-ki
 nd contribution towards the LSST Galaxy Science Collaboration. This pipeli
 ne is designed for MeerKAT data reduction\, source extraction and cross-ma
 tching them with the optical data from Rubin and hence creating a powerful
  synergistic dataset. The resulting multi-wavelength catalog will be highl
 y beneficial for diverse science cases\, including accurate SFR estimation
 \, precise source counts\, and detailed radio source clustering analyses. 
 I will also present preliminary results using existing sources extracted f
 rom MeerKAT images\, cross-matched with the DECaLS optical survey\, demons
 trating the immediate utility of this approach.\n\nhttps://events.ncbj.gov
 .pl/event/502/contributions/2262/
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URL:https://events.ncbj.gov.pl/event/502/contributions/2262/
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