Welcome!CLASH Science Team Meeting

Heidelberg, GermanyOct 17 – 19, 2011

Project Status•3 CLASH team science papers submitted (1 published, 2 in final review)•4 CLASH team science papers in preparation (and probably more…)•6 CLASH cluster data releases to public (via MAST)•7 months since completion of first cluster, A383 (catalog release due!)•Cycle 8 Spitzer program (I-CLASH) observations underway•11 clusters observed … 6 completely, all 11 done by end of 2011. We’re

approaching our survey’s 50% milestone.•11 months since start of CLASH survey•~2 Terabytes of data on-line

•Some new CLASH colleagues since Granada (apologies if I missed anyone):•Begoña Ascaso, Andrea Biviano, Justice Bruursema, Nicole Czakon,

James Davies, Sunil Golwala, Claudio Grillo, Aaron Hoffer, Ulrike Kuchner, Amata Mercurio, Anna Monna, John Moustakas, Sara Ogaz, Jack Sayers, Edward Villanueva•SN team: Saurabh Jha, Brandon Patel, Curtis McCully

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Some Other Minor News

CLASH Science & Related Papers• Richard et al., Discovery of a possibly old galaxy at z=6.027, multiply imaged by the

massive cluster Abell 383, 2011, MNRAS, 414, L31• Umetsu et al., A Precise Cluster Mass Profile Averaged from the Highest-quality Lensing

Data, 2011, ApJ, 738, 41• Meneghetti et al., Comparison of an X-ray-selected sample of massive lensing clusters

with the MareNostrum Universe ΛCDM simulation, 2011, A&A, 530, 17.• Zitrin et al., The Cluster Lensing and Supernova Survey with Hubble (CLASH): Strong

Lensing Analysis of Abell 383 from 16-Band HST WFC3/ACS Imaging, 2011, ApJ, accepted.

• Postman et al., The Cluster Lensing and Supernova Survey with Hubble (CLASH): An Overview, 2011, ApJS, submitted (revised).

• Zitrin et al., CLASH: New Multiple-Images Constraining the Inner Mass Profile of MACS J1206.2-0847, 2011, ApJ Letters, submitted (revised).

• Schenker et al., Keck Spectroscopy of Faint 3<z<8 Lyman Break Galaxies:- Evidence for a Declining Fraction of Emission Line Sources In the Redshift Range 6<z<8, 2011, ApJ, submitted.

• Morandi, A. & Limousin, M., Triaxiality, principal axis orientation and non-thermal pressure in Abell 383, 2011, MNRAS, submitted.

• Bradley et al., Through the Looking Glass: Bright, Highly Magnified Galaxies at z~7 Behind Abell 1703, 2011, ApJ, submitted.

CLASH Science Under Construction:• Bradley et al., High-Redshift Candidates in CLASH Clusters … ready in Nov/Dec• Coe et al., Mass Model for Abell 2261 … ready in Nov/Dec• Jouvel et al., CLASH Photometric Redshift Estimation … TBD• Postman et al., The BCG in Abell 2261 … TBD but soon• More to be discussed this week!

Current Observation Plan

2012

Meeting Objectives• Establish science milestones for next 12 – 18 months

(papers + authors, new methods, etc.)– Enhance science paper output science push– Essential for NASA funding and demo power of MCTs

• Develop plans to solve outstanding issues:– Requirements for photo-z accuracy– Achievement of required photo-z accuracy– Robust photometric measurements (variable PSF)– Replace A963?? Guide star issues.

• (More) automated pipelines.• Establish milestones for delivery of data and science

analysis tools to public.– Part of the expectations of a large MCT

• Generate new ideas…What are we missing?• Meet your new colleagues. Have fun in Heidelberg.