Resumen
The VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) ESO Public Survey is providing deep, long-baseline time-series photometry in the near-infrared for hundreds of millions of objects in the bulge and the southern disk. The scientific potential of these data is manifold, and its global exploration requires homogeneous and high-level data products. In my talk, I will expound on the details of a massive computational effort to produce a general variability database and a catalog of periodic and transient variables in the bulge, using photometry provided by the VISTA Data Flow System. The goal of this project is to duly provide science-ready data products in the form of a simple on-line database which may serve as the basis for various specific studies from stellar pulsation to microlensing, conducted by the VVV community. I will discuss the main steps of the procedure, the characteristics and possible uses of the database, the current status of the project, and will conclude by highlighting selected results.
