Mapping the Milky Way with SDSS and LSST
Zeljko Ivezic (University of Washington)
The formation of galaxies like the Milky Way was long thought to be a steady
process that created a smooth distribution of stars. Instead, recent
discoveries of complex substructure in the distribution of the Milky Way's
stars have deeply shaken this standard view. I will discuss how the
unprecedently accurate and robust data from modern surveys, such as Sloan
Digital Sky Survey, have enabled some of these discoveries, and will speculate
what further progress can be expected from the upcoming next-generation
surveys, such as Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.
