Rubin 2036 Workshop
Published August 31, 2026 | Version v1
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Multi-Messenger Cosmology and Astrophysics after the LSST

Authors/Creators

  • 1. ROR icon University of Zurich
  • 2. SLAC
  • 3. ROR icon NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory
  • 4. ROR icon SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  • 5. ROR icon Stanford University
  • 6. ROR icon National Centre for Nuclear Research
  • 7. ROR icon Raman Research Institute
  • 8. International Gemini Observatory, NSF/NOIRLab

Description

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's LSST will conclude its decade-long survey in the mid-2030s. Rubin's rapid-cadence ToO infrastructure, wide field of view, and depth will remain uniquely valuable to the astronomy and physics community beyond the post-LSST era. This white paper, prepared for the Rubin 2036 Workshop, lays out the multi-messenger science case for continued Rubin operations after LSST, set against the arrival of third-generation gravitational-wave detectors (Cosmic Explorer, Einstein Telescope), the LISA mission, next-generation neutrino observatories (IceCube-Gen2, KM3NeT, DUNE, Hyper-Kamiokande), and maturing pulsar timing arrays  (SKAO, IPTA).

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