More than one hundred of INAF scientists are interested in participating to the Rubin LSST project.
In anticipation of this wide collaboration, that will be regulated with an agreement in exchange of “in-kind” contribution, ongoing activities and plans for future participation are being organized across 8 main science themes, that are listed below.
A preliminary list of the staff interested in these areas is show here
| Science Theme | Rubin LSST Science Collaborations | INAF/Universities sites |
| The evolving Universe: the growth of structures over cosmic time | Galaxies, Dark Energy, Strong Lensing | Bologna, Milano, Napoli, Roma, Trieste |
| The cosmic distance scale and the Hubble constant | Transient and Variable Stars, Dark Energy | Bologna, Milano, Napoli, Teramo |
| The energetic Universe | Transient and Variable Stars, Active Galactic Nuclei | Bologna, Napoli, Roma, Torino |
| The exploding Universe | Transient and Variable Stars, Dark Energy | Milano, Napoli, Padova, Roma, Teramo, Trieste |
| The physics of variable stars | Transient and Variable Stars | Bologna, Napoli, Padova, Roma. |
| The early formation and evolution of the Milky Way and nearby galaxies | Stars, Milky Way & Local Volume | Bologna, Catania, Firenze, Napoli, Padova, Roma |
| The infancy of stars and their planets | Transient and Variable Stars and Stars, Milky Way & Local Volume | Napoli, Palermo, Roma |
| The Big Data challenge | Informatics and statistics | Napoli, Roma |