The Keck Wide-Field Imager (KWFI) is a proposed 1-degree diameter field of view UV-sensitive optical camera for Keck prime focus. KWFI will be the most powerful optical wide-field camera in the world and the only such 8m-class camera sensitive down to ~3000 A for the foreseeable future. Twenty science cases are described for KWFI compiled largely during 2019-2021, preceded by a brief discussion of the instrument, components, and capabilities for context.
@article{arxiv.2207.11698,
title = {Science Cases for the Keck Wide-Field Imager},
author = {J. Cooke and C. Angus and K. Auchettl and J. Bally and B. Bolin and S. Brough and J. N. Burchett and R. Foley and G. Foran and D. Forbes and J. Gannon and R. Hirai and G. G. Kacprzak and R. Margutti and C. Martinez-Lombilla and U. Mestric and A. Moller and A. Rest and J. Rhodes and R. M. Rich and F. Schussler and R. Wainscoat and J. Walawender and I. Wold and J. Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.11698},
year = {2022}
}