At the 2016 Project & Community Workshop, it would likely be good to have a breakout session on the Deep-Drilling Fields (DDFs) and other ancillary time projects (i.e., all projects that are outside the main Wide-Fast-Deep survey). All together, these projects are expected to utilize about 10-15% of the LSST time. The breakout presentations/discussions would aim to, e.g., help the Project prioritize task and resource allocation. Some possible topics for presentation/discussion could include the following:
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Current status and future plans for implementing the DDF white-paper ideas in OpSim. Related plans to document the results and make them public for community feedback.
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Needed metrics to assess observational success for the DDFs.
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Cadence and other observational planning for the four currently selected DDFs (ELAIS-S1, XMM-LSS, E-CDF-S, COSMOS); see http://www.lsst.org/News/enews/deep-drilling-201202.html
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Additional ideas for new DDFs arising since the original 2011 white papers, and the process for incorporating these ideas.
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Ongoing efforts to obtain sensitive multiwavelength coverage of the DDFs, especially with limited-lifetime facilities (e.g., Spitzer and X-ray missions).
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Other ancillary projects including the Northern ecliptic spur, low Galactic latitudes, southern Celestial pole.
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The mechanism for making good final decisions about the DDFs and other ancillary projects.
Please share your thoughts about possibilities for making such a breakout session successful and useful!