ADASSX

Light curve simulations are essential for the time-domain astronomy community to prepare for and to conduct at-scale analyses of LSST data, enabling exploration of the detectability of novel transient and variable classes, validation of data processing pipelines, and both implementing and executing advanced analysis techniques such as likelihood-free inference. While a common light curve simulation software framework could enable more sophisticated and efficient modeling across all science foci, development of modeling tools has historically been performed piecemeal on a per-research-group basis, with attempts to establish common tooling limited to specific analysis goals, posing a challenge to for both developers and users when it comes to adapting such codes to applications beyond their original scope. The LSST Interdisciplinary Network for Collaboration and Computing (LINCC) Frameworks team is developing a new software package, TDAstro, to address the need for an accessible, scalable, and extensible light curve simulation infrastructure to meet the needs of the time-domain astronomy community in fully exploiting LSST data for discovery and physical insight. This presentation showcases the capabilities of the TDAstro codebase and invites community contributions.