The "Rubin 2036: Opportunities for Discovery" Workshop: A Community Roadmap for the Future of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory After the LSST

@misc{malagon2026rubin,
  title = {{The "Rubin 2036: Opportunities for Discovery" Workshop: A Community Roadmap for the Future of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory After the LSST}},
  author = {Andrés Alejandro Plazas Malagón and Steve Allen and Shreya Anand and Timo Anguita and Muhammad Awais and Henry Best and Simon Birrer and Lindsey Bleem and Robert Blum and Adam S. Bolton and Rosaria Bonito and Alex Broughton and Jeffrey L. Carlin and Francisco Castander and Eric Charles and Rebecca C. Chen and Anirudh Chiti and Lyla Choi and Chuck Claver and Suber Corley and John Franklin Crenshaw and Arjun Dey and Seth Digel and Holger Drass and Alex Drlica-Wagner and Haruki Ebina and Lukas Eisert and Anthony Englert and Sydney Erickson and Kevin Fanning and Josh Frieman and Shenming Fu and Nandini Hazra and Carrie E. Holt and Minhee Hyun and Hafiz Inam Ullah and Saurabh Jha and J. Bryce Kalmbach and Yijung Kang and Kshitija Kelkar and Sthabile Kolwa and Andjelka Kovačević and Kenneth W. Lin and Meng-Xiang Lin and Becky Long and Sean MacBride and Alex I. Malz and Steve Margheim and Philip J. Marshall and Nigel J. Mason and Guillem Megias Homar and Simona Mei and Hironao Miyatake and Maia Moore and Ver'onica Motta and Justin Myles and Jeffrey A. Newman and Anh Nguyen and Yasna Ordenes-Briceño and Antonella Palmese},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.28482},
  eprint = {2610.28482},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.28482},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}

TY  - UNPB
TI  - The "Rubin 2036: Opportunities for Discovery" Workshop: A Community Roadmap for the Future of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory After the LSST
AU  - Andrés Alejandro Plazas Malagón
AU  - Steve Allen
AU  - Shreya Anand
AU  - Timo Anguita
AU  - Muhammad Awais
AU  - Henry Best
AU  - Simon Birrer
AU  - Lindsey Bleem
AU  - Robert Blum
AU  - Adam S. Bolton
AU  - Rosaria Bonito
AU  - Alex Broughton
AU  - Jeffrey L. Carlin
AU  - Francisco Castander
AU  - Eric Charles
AU  - Rebecca C. Chen
AU  - Anirudh Chiti
AU  - Lyla Choi
AU  - Chuck Claver
AU  - Suber Corley
AU  - John Franklin Crenshaw
AU  - Arjun Dey
AU  - Seth Digel
AU  - Holger Drass
AU  - Alex Drlica-Wagner
AU  - Haruki Ebina
AU  - Lukas Eisert
AU  - Anthony Englert
AU  - Sydney Erickson
AU  - Kevin Fanning
AU  - Josh Frieman
AU  - Shenming Fu
AU  - Nandini Hazra
AU  - Carrie E. Holt
AU  - Minhee Hyun
AU  - Hafiz Inam Ullah
AU  - Saurabh Jha
AU  - J. Bryce Kalmbach
AU  - Yijung Kang
AU  - Kshitija Kelkar
AU  - Sthabile Kolwa
AU  - Andjelka Kovačević
AU  - Kenneth W. Lin
AU  - Meng-Xiang Lin
AU  - Becky Long
AU  - Sean MacBride
AU  - Alex I. Malz
AU  - Steve Margheim
AU  - Philip J. Marshall
AU  - Nigel J. Mason
AU  - Guillem Megias Homar
AU  - Simona Mei
AU  - Hironao Miyatake
AU  - Maia Moore
AU  - Ver'onica Motta
AU  - Justin Myles
AU  - Jeffrey A. Newman
AU  - Anh Nguyen
AU  - Yasna Ordenes-Briceño
AU  - Antonella Palmese
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/27
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.28482
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.28482
AB  - 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. White papers and workshop talks are available through https://zenodo.org/communities/rubin2036workshop/ and https://rubin-observatory.github.io/Rubin-Beyond-LSST/pages/Rubin2036proceedings/.
ER  -