Optimising the K dark filter for the Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey

• Main Authors: Li, Yushan, Zheng, Jessica, Tuthill, Peter, Freeman, Matthew, Ashley, Michael, Burton, Michael, Lawrence, Jon, Mould, Jeremy, Wang, Lifan
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2016
• Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM; FOS Physical sciences; Antarctic; Pasa; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1602.04512; https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.04512

The Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey will be the first comprehensive exploration of the time varying Universe in the infrared. A key feature in optimizing the scientific yield of this ambitious research program is the choice of the survey passband. In particular the survey aims to maximally exploit the un...