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The Detailed Science Case for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer: the Composition and Dynamics of the Faint Universe
ArXiv.org
Cornell University
05/31/2016
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1606.00043
Abstract
MSE is an 11.25m aperture observatory with a 1.5 square degree field of view that will be fully dedicated to multi-object spectroscopy. More than 3200 fibres will feed spectrographs operating at low (R ~ 2000 - 3500) and moderate (R ~ 6000) spectral resolution, and approximately 1000 fibers will feed spectrographs operating at high (R ~ 40000) resolution. MSE is designed to enable transformational science in areas as diverse as tomographic mapping of the interstellar and intergalactic media; the in-situ chemical tagging of thick disk and halo stars; connecting galaxies to their large scale structure; measuring the mass functions of cold dark matter sub-halos in galaxy and cluster-scale hosts; reverberation mapping of supermassive black holes in quasars; next generation cosmological surveys using redshift space distortions and peculiar velocities. MSE is an essential follow-up facility to current and next generations of multi-wavelength imaging surveys, including LSST, Gaia, Euclid, WFIRST, PLATO, and the SKA, and is designed to complement and go beyond the science goals of other planned and current spectroscopic capabilities like VISTA/4MOST, WHT/WEAVE, AAT/HERMES and Subaru/PFS. It is an ideal feeder facility for E-ELT, TMT and GMT, and provides the missing link between wide field imaging and small field precision astronomy. MSE is optimized for high throughput, high signal-to-noise observations of the faintest sources in the Universe with high quality calibration and stability being ensured through the dedicated operational mode of the observatory. (abridged)
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- Title: Subtitle
- The Detailed Science Case for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer: the Composition and Dynamics of the Faint Universe
- Creators
- Alan McConnachieCarine BabusiauxMichael BaloghSimon DriverPat CôtéHelene Courtois - Institute of Nuclear Physics of LyonLuke DaviesLaura FerrareseSarah GallagherRodrigo Ibata - Observatoire astronomique de StrasbourgNicolas Martin - Herzberg Institute of AstrophysicsAaron RobothamKim VennEva VillaverJo BovyAlessandro Boselli - Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de MarseilleMatthew CollessJohan ComparatKelly DennyPierre-Alain DucSara EllisonRichard de GrijsMirian Fernandez-LorenzoKen FreemanRaja GuhathakurtaPatrick HallAndrew HopkinsMike HudsonAndrew Johnson - Cornell UniversityNick KaiserJun KodaIraklis KonstantopoulosGeorge KoshyKhee-Gan LeeAdi NusserAnna PancoastEric PengCeline Peroux - Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de MarseillePatrick Petitjean - Laboratoire de Recherche ScientifiqueChristophe Pichon - Institut d'Astrophysique de ParisBianca PoggiantiCarlo SchmidPrajval Shastri - Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de MarseilleYue Shen - University of EdinburghChris WillotScott CroomRosine Lallement - Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique et InstrumentationCarlo Schimd - Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de MarseilleDan Smith - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationMatthew Walker - Public Health Agency of CanadaJon WillisAlessandro Bosselli Matthew CollessAruna GoswamiMatt JarvisEric Jullo - Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de MarseilleJean-Paul KneibIraklis KonstantopoloulousJeff NewmanJohan Richard - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de BordeauxFiroza SutariaEdwar TaylorLudovic van Waerbeke - Institut d'Astrophysique de ParisGiuseppina BattagliaPat HallMisha HaywoodCharli SakariArnaud SeibertSivarani ThirupathiYuting WangYiping WangFerdinand BabasSteve BaumanElisabetta Caffau - Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique et InstrumentationMary Beth LaychakDavid Crampton - Herzberg Institute of AstrophysicsDaniel DevostNicolas Flagey - Institut d'Astrophysique SpatialeZhanwen HanClare HiggsVanessa HillKevin HoSidik IsaniShan Mignot - Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique et InstrumentationRick MurowinskiGajendra PandeyDerrick Salmon - Canada–France–Hawaii TelescopeArnaud SiebertDoug SimonsElse StarkenburgKei SzetoBrent TullyTom VermeulenKanoa WithingtonNobuo ArimotoMartin AsplundHerve AusselMichele BannisterHarish BhattS S BhargaviJohn BlakesleeJoss Bland-HawthornJames BullockDenis Burgarella - Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de MarseilleTzu-Ching ChangAndrew ColeJeff CookeAndrew CooperPaola Di MatteoGinevra FavoleHector Flores - Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique et InstrumentationBryan GaenslerPeter GarnavichKaroline GilbertRosa Gonzalez-DelgadoPuragra GuhathakurtaGuenther HasingerFalk HerwigNarae HwangPascale Jablonka - Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique et InstrumentationUmanath KamathLisa KewleyDamien Le BorgneGeraint LewisRobert LuptonSarah MartellMario MateoOlga Mena - Instituto de Física CorpuscularDavid NatafJeffrey NewmanEnrique Pérez - Instituto de Astrofísica de AndalucíaFrancisco PradaMathieu Puech - Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique et InstrumentationAlejandra Recio-BlancoAnnie Robin - Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de MarseilleWill SaundersDaniel Smith - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationC. S StalinCharling Tao - Centre de physique des particules de MarseilleKarun ThanjuvurLaurence Tresse - Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de MarseilleLudo van WaerbekeJian-Min WangDavid YongGongbo ZhaoPatrick Boisse - Institut d'Astrophysique de ParisJames BoltonPiercarlo BonifacioFrancois Bouchy - Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de MarseilleLen CowieKatia CunhaMagali Deleuil - Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de MarseilleErnst de MooijPatrick DufourSebastien FoucaudKarl Glazebrook - Swinburne University of TechnologyJohn HutchingsChiaki KobayashiRolf-Peter KudritzkiYang-Shyang LiLihwai LinYen-Ting LinMartin MaklerNorio NaritaChangbom ParkRyan RansomSwara RavindranathBacham Eswar ReddyMarcin SawickiLuc Simard - Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'UniversRaghunathan SrianandThaisa Storchi-BergmannKeiichi UmetsuTing-Gui WangJong-Hak WooXue-Bing Wu
- Resource Type
- Preprint
- Publication Details
- ArXiv.org
- DOI
- 10.48550/arxiv.1606.00043
- ISSN
- 2331-8422
- Publisher
- Cornell University
- Language
- English
- Date posted
- 05/31/2016
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984702717802771
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