4MOST Survey Strategy Plan
Abstract
The current status of and motivation for the 4MOST Survey Strategy, as developed by the Consortium science team, are presented here. Key elements of the strategy are described, such as sky coverage, number of visits and total exposure times in different parts of the sky, and how to deal with different observing conditions. The task of organising the strategy is not simple, with many different surveys that have vastly different target brightnesses and densities, sample completeness levels, and signal-to-noise requirements. We introduce here a number of concepts that we will use to ensure all surveys are optimised. Astronomers who are planning to submit a Participating Survey proposal are strongly encouraged to read this article and any relevant 4MOST Survey articles in this issue of The Messenger such that they can optimally complement and benefit from the planned surveys of the 4MOST Consortium.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1903.02466,
title = {4MOST Survey Strategy Plan},
author = {G. Guiglion and C. Battistini and C. P. M. Bell and T. Bensby and T. Boller and C. Chiappini and J. Comparat and N. Christlieb and R. Church and M. -R. L. Cioni and L. Davies and T. Dwelly and R. S. de Jong and S. Feltzing and A. Gueguen and L. Howes and M. Irwin and I. Kushniruk and M. I Lam and J. Liske and R. McMahon and A. Merloni and P. Norberg and A. S. G. Robotham and O. Schnurr and J. G. Sorce and E. Starkenburg and J. Storm and E. Swann and E. Tempel and W. -F. Thi and C. C. Worley and C. J. Walcher},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.02466},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
Part of the 4MOST issue of The Messenger, published in preparation of 4MOST Community Workshop, see http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2019/4MOST.html