Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory Detailed Science Case 2024
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2024-11-01 v3 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) International Observatory (TIO) will be a revolutionary leap forward in astronomical observing capabilities, enabling us to address some of the most profound questions about the universe. From unraveling the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy to exploring the origins of stars and planets, TMT will transform our understanding of the cosmos. The TIO Detailed Science Case (DSC) presents science goals that inform the top-level requirements for the observatory's design and operations, including the telescope, enclosure, instruments, and adaptive optics system.
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@article{arxiv.1505.01195,
title = {Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory Detailed Science Case 2024},
author = {Warren Skidmore and Bob Kirshner and David Andersen and Gelys Trancho and Scot Kleinman and Ian Dell'Antonio and Marie Lemoine-Busserolle and Michael Rich and Matthew Taylor and Chikako Yasui and Guy Stringfellow and Masaomi Tanaka and Ian Crossfield and Paul Wiegert and Roberto Abraham and Masayuki Akiyama and Len Cowie and Christophe Dumas and Mitsuhiko Honda and Bruce Macintosh and Karen Meech and Stan Metchev and Surhud More and Norio Narita and Amitesh Omar and Eric Peng and Manoj Puravankara and C. S. Steidel and Sivarani Thirupathi and Tommaso Treu and Marusa Bradac and James Bullock and Masashi Chiba and Jarah Evslin and Christopher Fassnacht and Philip Lubin and Surhud More and Julio Navarro and Masamune Oguri and Joel Primack and Anjan Ananda Sen and Tommaso Treu and David Tytler and Gillian Wilson and Renxin Xu and Hongsheng Zhao and Gongbo Zhao and Scott Chapman and Ranga-Ram Chary and Asantha Cooray and Mark Dickinson and Masanori Iye and Nobunari Kashikawa and Crystal Martin and Kimihiko Nakajima and Masami Ouchi and Sonali Sachdeva and Toru Yamada and Michael Cooper and Taotao Fang and Roy Gal and Mauro Giavalisco and Tadayuki Kodama and Mariko Kubo and Marie Lemoine-Busserolle and Jennifer Lotz and Michael Pierce and Jason X. Prochaska and Naveen Reddy and Kartik Sheth and R. Srianand and Masayuki Tanaka and Vivian U and Shelley Wright and Aaron Barth and G. C. Dewangan and Tuan Do and Lindsay Fuller and Andrea Ghez and Lei Hao and Fiona Harrison and Luis Ho and Masa Imanishi and Mason Leist and Matt Malkan and Claire Max and Leo Meyer and Tohru Nagao and Chris Packham and Yue Shen and Yiping Wang and Mansi Kasliwal and Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez and Lulu Zhang and Wako Aoki and Mousumi Das and Xuan Fang and Rupjyoti Gogoi and Aruna Goswami and Puragra Guhathakurta and Hanae Inami and K. Indulekha and Jason Kalirai and Lucas Macri and Shude Mao and Alan McConnachie and Stacy McGough and Shalima Puthiyaveettil and Catherine Pilachowski and James Schombert and Sebastien Lepine and Jianrong Shi and Annapurni Subramaniam and Judy Cohen and Evan Kirby and Babar Ali and Adam J. Burgasser and Richard de Grijs and Ruobing Dong and Misato Fukagawa and Carol A. Grady and Priya Hasan and Gregory J. Herczeg and Mitsuhiko Honda and Quinn M. Konopacky and Di Li and Jessica R. Lu and Takayuki Muto and Joan R. Najita and Devendra K. Ojha and Deborah L. Padgett and Klaus M. Pontoppidan and Matthew J. Richter and Jonathan C. Tan and G. C. Anupama and Manjari Bagchi and Varun Bhalerao and Sarah Gallagher and U. S. Kamath and Shigeo Kimura and Keiichi Maeda and Ashish Mahabal and Shashi Bhushan Pandey and Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz and Nozomu Tominaga and Lingzhi Wang and Xiaofeng Wang and Chao Wu and Xufeng Wu and Alan Marscher and Vishal Kasliwal and Thayne Currie and Christian Marois and Carl Melis and William Welsh and Michael C. Liu and Norio Narita and Angelle Tanner and Subo Dong and Eric Gaidos and Taro Matsuo and Stephen Kane and Michael AHearn and Leigh Fletcher and Thomas Greathouse and David Jewitt and Jianyang Li and Junjun Liu and Franck Marchis and Karen Meech and Michael Mumma and Glenn Orton and Angel Otarola and Shalima Puthiyaveettil and Tomohiko Sekiguchi and Feng Tian and Bin Yang and Nancy Han},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.01195},
year = {2024}
}
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275 pages. 2024 version. Updated from 2015 and 2022