Mapping dark matter and the emergence of large-scale structure
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2026-01-23 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract
We discuss a potential survey to map dark matter and the emergence of large-scale structure to redshift z ~ 1.5 (baseline) or z~3.5 (with near-IR extension) using a massively multiplexed spectrograph on a 10m-class telescope, such as the proposed Widefield Spectroscopic Telescope.
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@article{arxiv.2601.15583,
title = {Mapping dark matter and the emergence of large-scale structure},
author = {Jon Loveday and Jochen Liske and Ivan K. Baldry and Simon P. Driver and Aaron Robotham and Sabine Bellstedt and Luke Davies and Trystan Lambert},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.15583},
year = {2026}
}
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White paper submitted to ESO Expanding Horizons initiative 2025