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SPACE: the SPectroscopic All-sky Cosmic Explorer

We describe the scientific motivations, the mission concept and the instrumentation of SPACE, a class-M mission proposed for concept study at the first call of the ESA Cosmic-Vision 2015-2025 planning cycle. SPACE aims to produce the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 A. Cimatti , M. Robberto , C. M. Baugh , S. V. W. Beckwith , R. Content , E. Daddi , G. De Lucia , B. Garilli , L. Guzzo , G. Kauffmann , M. Lehnert , D. Maccagni , A. Martinez-Sansigre , F. Pasian , I. N. Reid , P. Rosati , R. Salvaterra , M. Stiavelli , Y. Wang , M. Zapatero Osorio , the SPACE team

ELT Spectroscopy of Extragalactic Massive Stars

Quantitative spectroscopy of O-type stars in galaxies beyond 1 Mpc requires the unprecedented sensitivity of the so-called Extremely Large Telescopes. Visible spectroscopy with these exciting new facilities will give us the first chance to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-04 C. J. Evans , O. H. Ramirez-Agudelo , M. Garcia , M. Puech , Y. Yang

LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

A survey that can cover the sky in optical bands over wide fields to faint magnitudes with a fast cadence will enable many of the exciting science opportunities of the next decade. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will have an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 LSST Science Collaboration , Paul A. Abell , Julius Allison , Scott F. Anderson , John R. Andrew , J. Roger P. Angel , Lee Armus , David Arnett , S. J. Asztalos , Tim S. Axelrod , Stephen Bailey , D. R. Ballantyne , Justin R. Bankert , Wayne A. Barkhouse , Jeffrey D. Barr , L. Felipe Barrientos , Aaron J. Barth , James G. Bartlett , Andrew C. Becker , Jacek Becla , Timothy C. Beers , Joseph P. Bernstein , Rahul Biswas , Michael R. Blanton , Joshua S. Bloom , John J. Bochanski , Pat Boeshaar , Kirk D. Borne , Marusa Bradac , W. N. Brandt , Carrie R. Bridge , Michael E. Brown , Robert J. Brunner , James S. Bullock , Adam J. Burgasser , James H. Burge , David L. Burke , Phillip A. Cargile , Srinivasan Chandrasekharan , George Chartas , Steven R. Chesley , You-Hua Chu , David Cinabro , Mark W. Claire , Charles F. Claver , Douglas Clowe , A. J. Connolly , Kem H. Cook , Jeff Cooke , Asantha Cooray , Kevin R. Covey , Christopher S. Culliton , Roelof de Jong , Willem H. de Vries , Victor P. Debattista , Francisco Delgado , Ian P. Dell'Antonio , Saurav Dhital , Rosanne Di Stefano , Mark Dickinson , Benjamin Dilday , S. G. Djorgovski , Gregory Dobler , Ciro Donalek , Gregory Dubois-Felsmann , Josef Durech , Ardis Eliasdottir , Michael Eracleous , Laurent Eyer , Emilio E. Falco , Xiaohui Fan , Christopher D. Fassnacht , Harry C. Ferguson , Yanga R. Fernandez , Brian D. Fields , Douglas Finkbeiner , Eduardo E. Figueroa , Derek B. Fox , Harold Francke , James S. Frank , Josh Frieman , Sebastien Fromenteau , Muhammad Furqan , Gaspar Galaz , A. Gal-Yam , Peter Garnavich , Eric Gawiser , John Geary , Perry Gee , Robert R. Gibson , Kirk Gilmore , Emily A. Grace , Richard F. Green , William J. Gressler , Carl J. Grillmair , Salman Habib , J. S. Haggerty , Mario Hamuy , Alan W. Harris , Suzanne L. Hawley , Alan F. Heavens , Leslie Hebb , Todd J. Henry , Edward Hileman , Eric J. Hilton , Keri Hoadley , J. B. Holberg , Matt J. Holman , Steve B. Howell , Leopoldo Infante , Zeljko Ivezic , Suzanne H. Jacoby , Bhuvnesh Jain , R , Jedicke , M. James Jee , J. Garrett Jernigan , Saurabh W. Jha , Kathryn V. Johnston , R. Lynne Jones , Mario Juric , Mikko Kaasalainen , Styliani , Kafka , Steven M. Kahn , Nathan A. Kaib , Jason Kalirai , Jeff Kantor , Mansi M. Kasliwal , Charles R. Keeton , Richard Kessler , Zoran Knezevic , Adam Kowalski , Victor L. Krabbendam , K. Simon Krughoff , Shrinivas Kulkarni , Stephen Kuhlman , Mark Lacy , Sebastien Lepine , Ming Liang , Amy Lien , Paulina Lira , Knox S. Long , Suzanne Lorenz , Jennifer M. Lotz , R. H. Lupton , Julie Lutz , Lucas M. Macri , Ashish A. Mahabal , Rachel Mandelbaum , Phil Marshall , Morgan May , Peregrine M. McGehee , Brian T. Meadows , Alan Meert , Andrea Milani , Christopher J. Miller , Michelle Miller , David Mills , Dante Minniti , David Monet , Anjum S. Mukadam , Ehud Nakar , Douglas R. Neill , Jeffrey A. Newman , Sergei Nikolaev , Martin Nordby , Paul O'Connor , Masamune Oguri , John Oliver , Scot S. Olivier , Julia K. Olsen , Knut Olsen , Edward W. Olszewski , Hakeem Oluseyi , Nelson D. Padilla , Alex Parker , Joshua Pepper , John R. Peterson , Catherine Petry , Philip A. Pinto , James L. Pizagno , Bogdan Popescu , Andrej Prsa , Veljko Radcka , M. Jordan Raddick , Andrew Rasmussen , Arne Rau , Jeonghee Rho , James E. Rhoads , Gordon T. Richards , Stephen T. Ridgway , Brant E. Robertson , Rok Roskar , Abhijit Saha , Ata Sarajedini , Evan Scannapieco , Terry Schalk , Rafe Schindler , Samuel Schmidt , Sarah Schmidt , Donald P. Schneider , German Schumacher , Ryan Scranton , Jacques Sebag , Lynn G. Seppala , Ohad Shemmer , Joshua D. Simon , M. Sivertz , Howard A. Smith , J. Allyn Smith , Nathan Smith , Anna H. Spitz , Adam Stanford , Keivan G. Stassun , Jay Strader , Michael A. Strauss , Christopher W. Stubbs , Donald W. Sweeney , Alex Szalay , Paula Szkody , Masahiro Takada , Paul Thorman , David E. Trilling , Virginia Trimble , Anthony Tyson , Richard Van Berg , Daniel Vanden Berk , Jake VanderPlas , Licia Verde , Bojan Vrsnak , Lucianne M. Walkowicz , Benjamin D. Wandelt , Sheng Wang , Yun Wang , Michael Warner , Risa H. Wechsler , Andrew A. West , Oliver Wiecha , Benjamin F. Williams , Beth Willman , David Wittman , Sidney C. Wolff , W. Michael Wood-Vasey , Przemek Wozniak , Patrick Young , Andrew Zentner , Hu Zhan

Systems Enginnering applied to spectroscopy of the ELTs: The Conceptual Design phase of GMACS

An important tool for the development of the next generation of extremely large telescopes (ELTs) is the Systems Engineering (SE). GMACS is the first-generation multi-object spectrograph working at visible wavelengths for the Giant Magellan…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-11 D. M. Faes , A. Souza , D. R. Bortoletto , M. C. P. Almeida

Wide-field Multi-object Spectroscopy to Enhance Dark Energy Science from LSST

LSST will open new vistas for cosmology in the next decade, but it cannot reach its full potential without data from other telescopes. Cosmological constraints can be greatly enhanced using wide-field ($>20$ deg$^2$ total survey area),…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-25 Rachel Mandelbaum , Jonathan Blazek , Nora Elisa Chisari , Thomas Collett , Lluís Galbany , Eric Gawiser , Renée A. Hložek , Alex G. Kim , C. Danielle Leonard , Michelle Lochner , Jeffrey A. Newman , Daniel J. Perrefort , Samuel J. Schmidt , Sukhdeep Singh , Mark Sullivan

The Submillimeter Frontier: A Space Science Imperative

A major goal of modern astrophysics is to understand the processes by which the universe evolved from its initial simplicity, as seen in measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background, to the universe we see today, with complexity on all…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 John C. Mather , S. Harvey Moseley, , David Leisawitz , Eli Dwek , Perry Hacking , Martin Harwit , Lee G. Mundy , Richard F. Mushotzky , David Neufeld , David Spergel , Edward L. Wright

The Hyper Suprime-Cam SSP Survey: Overview and Survey Design

Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) is a wide-field imaging camera on the prime focus of the 8.2m Subaru telescope on the summit of Maunakea in Hawaii. A team of scientists from Japan, Taiwan and Princeton University is using HSC to carry out a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-16 H. Aihara , N. Arimoto , R. Armstrong , S. Arnouts , N. A. Bahcall , S. Bickerton , J. Bosch , K. Bundy , P. L. Capak , J. H. H. Chan , M. Chiba , J. Coupon , E. Egami , M. Enoki , F. Finet , H. Fujimori , S. Fujimoto , H. Furusawa , J. Furusawa , T. Goto , A. Goulding , J. P. Greco , J. E. Greene , J. E. Gunn , T. Hamana , Y. Harikane , Y. Hashimoto , T. Hattori , M. Hayashi , Y. Hayashi , K. G. Hełminiak , R. Higuchi , C. Hikage , P. T. P. Ho , B. -C. Hsieh , K. Huang , S. Huang , H. Ikeda , M. Imanishi , A. K. Inoue , K. Iwasawa , I. Iwata , A. T. Jaelani , H. -Y. Jian , Y. Kamata , H. Karoji , N. Kashikawa , N. Katayama , S. Kawanomoto , I. Kayo , J. Koda , M. Koike , T. Kojima , Y. Komiyama , A. Konno , S. Koshida , Y. Koyama , H. Kusakabe , A. Leauthaud , C. -H. Lee , L. Lin , Y. -T. Lin , R. H. Lupton , R. Mandelbaum , Y. Matsuoka , E. Medezinski , S. Mineo , S. Miyama , H. Miyatake , S. Miyazaki , R. Momose , A. More , S. More , Y. Moritani , T. J. Moriya , T. Morokuma , S. Mukae , R. Murata , H. Murayama , T. Nagao , F. Nakata , M. Niida , H. Niikura , A. J. Nishizawa , Y. Obuchi , M. Oguri , Y. Oishi , N. Okabe , Y. Okura , Y. Ono , M. Onodera , M. Onoue , K. Osato , M. Ouchi , P. A. Price , T. -S. Pyo , M. Sako , S. Okamoto , M. Sawicki , T. Shibuya , K. Shimasaku , A. Shimono , M. Shirasaki , J. D. Silverman , M. Simet , J. Speagle , D. N. Spergel , M. A. Strauss , Y. Sugahara , N. Sugiyama , Y. Suto , S. H. Suyu , N. Suzuki , P. J. Tait , T. Takata , M. Takada , N. Tamura , M. M. Tanaka , M. Tanaka , M. Tanaka , Y. Tanaka , T. Terai , Y. Terashima , Y. Toba , J. Toshikawa , E. L. Turner , T. Uchida , H. Uchiyama , K. Umetsu , F. Uraguchi , Y. Urata , T. Usuda , Y. Utsumi , S. -Y. Wang , W. -H. Wang , K. C. Wong , K. Yabe , Y. Yamada , H. Yamanoi , N. Yasuda , S. Yeh , A. Yonehara , S. Yuma

Science Requirements and Performances for EAGLE for the E-ELT

EAGLE is a Phase A study of a multi-IFU, near-IR spectrometer for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). The design employs wide-field adaptive optics to deliver excellent image quality across a large (38.5 arcmin sq.) field. When…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 C. J. Evans , M. D. Lehnert , J. -G. Cuby , S. L. Morris , M. Puech , N. Welikala , A. M. Swinbank , H. Schnetler

EMU: Evolutionary Map of the Universe

EMU is a wide-field radio continuum survey planned for the new Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope. The primary goal of EMU is to make a deep (rms ~ 10 microJy/beam) radio continuum survey of the entire Southern…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Ray P. Norris , A. M. Hopkins , J. Afonso , S. Brown , J. J. Condon , L. Dunne , I. Feain , R. Hollow , M. Jarvis , M. Johnston-Hollitt , E. Lenc , E. Middelberg , P. Padovani , I. Prandoni , L. Rudnick , N. Seymour , G. Umana , H. Andernach , D. M. Alexander , P. N. Appleton , D. Bacon , J. Banfield , W. Becker , M. J. I. Brown , P. Ciliegi , C. Jackson , S. Eales , A. C. Edge , B. M. Gaensler , G. Giovannini , C. A. Hales , P. Hancock , M. Y. Huynh , E. Ibar , R. J. Ivison , R. Kennicutt , Amy E. Kimball , A. M. Koekemoer , B. S. Koribalski , Á. R. López-Sánchez , M. Y. Mao , T. Murphy , H. Messias , K. A. Pimbblet , A. Raccanelli , K. E. Randall , T. H. Reiprich , I. G. Roseboom , H. Röttgering , D. J. Saikia , R. G. Sharp , O. B. Slee , Ian Smail , M. A. Thompson , J. S. Urquhart , J. V. Wall , G. -B. Zhao

Detector System Challenges of the Wide-field Spectroscopic Survey Telescope (WST)

The wide-field spectroscopic survey telescope (WST) is proposed to become the next large optical/near infrared facility for the European Southern Observatory (ESO) once the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) has become operational. While the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-31 Roland Bacon , Martin M. Roth , Paola Amico , Eloy Hernandez , the WST Consortium

Science with MATISSE

We present an overview of the scientific potential of MATISSE, the Multi Aperture mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer. For this purpose we outline selected case studies from various areas, such…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 S. Wolf , B. Lopez , J. -Ch. Augereau , M. Delbo , C. Dominik , Th. Henning , K. -H. Hofmann , M. Hogerheijde , J. Hron , W. Jaffe , Th. Lanz , K. Meisenheimer , F. Millour , E. Pantin , R. Petrov , D. Schertl , R. van Boekel , G. Weigelt , A. Chiavassa , A. Juhasz , A. Matter , A. Meilland , N. Nardetto , C. Paladini

Super Earth Explorer: A Coronagraphic Off-Axis Space Telescope

The Super-Earth Explorer is an Off-Axis Space Telescope (SEE-COAST) designed for high contrast imaging. Its scientific objective is to make the physico-chemical characterization of exoplanets possibly down to 2 Earth radii >. For that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 J. Schneider , A. Boccaletti , D. Mawet , P. Baudoz , J. -L. Beuzit , R. Doyon , M. Marley , D. Stam , G. Tinetti , W. Traub , J. Trauger , A. Aylward , J. Y. -K. Cho , C. -U. Keller , S. Udry

Overview of the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer Mission

The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer satellite observes light in the far-ultraviolet spectral region, 905 - 1187 A with high spectral resolution. The instrument consists of four coaligned prime-focus telescopes and Rowland…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 H. W. Moos

The MUSE second-generation VLT instrument

The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is a second-generation VLT panoramic integral-field spectrograph currently in manufacturing, assembly and integration phase. MUSE has a field of 1x1 arcmin2 sampled at 0.2x0.2 arcsec2 and is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-01 Bacon R. , Accardo M. , Adjali L. , Anwand H. , Bauer S. , Biswas I. , Blaizot J. , Boudon D. , Brau-Nogue S. , Brinchmann J. , Caillier P. , Capoani L. , Carollo C. M. , Contini T. , Couderc P. , Daguise E. , Deiries S. , Delabre B. , Dreizler S. , Dubois J. P. , Dupieux M. , Dupuy C. , Emsellem E. , Fechner T. , Fleischmann A. , Francois M. , Gallou G. , Gharsa T. , Glindemann A. , Gojak D. , Guiderdoni B. , Hansali G. , Hahn T. , Jarno A. , Kelz A. , Koehler C. , Kosmalski J. , Laurent F. , Le Floch M. , Lilly S. J. , Lizon J. -L. , Loupias M. , Manescau A. , Monstein C. , Nicklas H. , Olaya J-C , Pares L. , Pasquini L. , Pecontal-Rousset A. , Pello R. , Petit C. , Popow E. , Reiss R. , Remillieux A. , Renault E. , Roth M. , Rupprecht G. , Serre D. , Schaye J. , Soucail G. , Steinmetz M. , Streicher O. , Stuik R. , Valentin H. , Vernet J. , Weilbacher P. , Wisotzki L. , Yerle N

The Medium Energy (ME) X-ray telescope onboard the Insight-HXMT astronomy satellite

The Medium Energy X-ray telescope (ME) is one of the three main telescopes on board the Insight Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) astronomy satellite. ME contains 1728 pixels of Si-PIN detectors sensitive in 5-30 keV with a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-03 Xuelei Cao , Weichun Jiang , Bin Meng , Wanchang Zhang , Tao Luo , Sheng Yang , Chunlei Zhang , Yudong Gu , Liang Sun , Xiaojing Liu , Jiawei Yang , Xian Li , Ying Tan , Shaozhen Liu , Yuanyuan Du , Fangjun Lu , Yupeng Xu , Shuangnan Zhang , Huanyu Wang , Tipei Li , Chengmo Zhang , Xiangyang Wen , Mingyu Ge , Yupeng Zhou , Shaolin Xiong , Shu Zhang , Yongjie Zhang , Zehao Cheng , Fei Zhang , Maoshun Li , Xiaohua Liang , Min Gao , Enbo Yang , Xiaohang Liu , Hongwei Liu , Yirong Yang , Fan Zhang

Why the Northern Hemisphere Needs a 30-40 m Telescope and the Science at Stake: Resolved Stellar Populations Studies in M31 and its Satellites

A 30 m class optical/near-IR telescope in the Northern Hemisphere, equipped for diffraction-limited imaging and high-resolution, multi-object spectroscopy of faint stars, would enable a transformational investigation of the formation and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-18 C. Gallart , E. Fernández-Alvar , A. B. A. Queiroz , A. Aparicio , B. Anguiano , G. Battaglia , M. Beasley , T. Bensby , G. Bono , V. Braga , L. Carigi , L. Casamiquela , S. Cassisi , C. Chiappini , V. P. Debattista , A. del Pino , I. Escala , A. M. N. Ferguson , G. Fiorentino , K. M. Gilbert , P. Guhathakurta , R. Ibata , E. N. Kirby , K. Kuijken , S. Larsen , D. Martínez-Delgado , C. Martínez-Vázquez , D. Massari , I. Minchev , M. Monelli , J. F. Navarro , M. Ness , S. Okamoto , K. Olsen , S. Ortolani , P. A. Palicio , I. Pérez , F. Pinna , A. Prieto , J. Read , A. Recio-Blanco , M. Rejkuba , A. Renzini , R. M. Rich , T. Ruiz-Lara , M. Schultheis , M. Tantalo , G. F. Thomas , A. Vazdekis , E. Villaver , M. Zoccali

The ESO Spectroscopic facility

We present the concept of a novel facility dedicated to massively-multiplexed spectroscopy. The telescope has a very wide field Cassegrain focus optimised for fibre feeding. With a Field of View (FoV) of 2.5 degrees diameter and a 11.4m…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-22 Luca Pasquini , B. Delabre , R. S. Ellis , J. Marrero , L. Cavaller , Tim de Zeeuw

The Large-Scale Polarization Explorer (LSPE)

The LSPE is a balloon-borne mission aimed at measuring the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at large angular scales, and in particular to constrain the curl component of CMB polarization (B-modes) produced by tensor…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-02 The LSPE collaboration , S. Aiola , G. Amico , P. Battaglia , E. Battistelli , A. Baù , P. de Bernardis , M. Bersanelli , A. Boscaleri , F. Cavaliere , A. Coppolecchia , A. Cruciani , F. Cuttaia , A. D' Addabbo , G. D'Alessandro , S. De Gregori , F. Del Torto , M. De Petris , L. Fiorineschi , C. Franceschet , E. Franceschi , M. Gervasi , D. Goldie , A. Gregorio , V. Haynes , N. Krachmalnicoff , L. Lamagna , B. Maffei , D. Maino , S. Masi , A. Mennella , Ng Ming Wah , G. Morgante , F. Nati , L. Pagano , A. Passerini , O. Peverini , F. Piacentini , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , S. Ricciardi , P. Rissone , G. Romeo , M. Salatino , M. Sandri , A. Schillaci , L. Stringhetti , A. Tartari , R. Tascone , L. Terenzi , M. Tomasi , E. Tommasi , F. Villa , G. Virone , S. Withington , A. Zacchei , M. Zannoni

MeerKLASS: MeerKAT Large Area Synoptic Survey

We discuss the ground-breaking science that will be possible with a wide area survey, using the MeerKAT telescope, known as MeerKLASS (MeerKAT Large Area Synoptic Survey). The current specifications of MeerKAT make it a great fit for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-20 Mario G. Santos , Michelle Cluver , Matt Hilton , Matt Jarvis , Gyula I. G. Jozsa , Lerothodi Leeuw , Oleg Smirnov , Russ Taylor , Filipe Abdalla , Jose Afonso , David Alonso , David Bacon , Bruce A. Bassett , Gianni Bernardi , Philip Bull , Stefano Camera , H. Cynthia Chiang , Sergio Colafrancesco , Pedro G. Ferreira , Jose Fonseca , Kurt van der Heyden , Ian Heywood , Kenda Knowles , Michelle Lochner , Yin-Zhe Ma , Roy Maartens , Sphesihle Makhathini , Kavilan Moodley , Alkistis Pourtsidou , Matthew Prescott , Jonathan Sievers , Kristine Spekkens , Mattia Vaccari , Amanda Weltman , Imogen Whittam , Amadeus Witzemann , Laura Wolz , Jonathan T. L. Zwart

SPICES: Spectro-Polarimetric Imaging and Characterization of Exoplanetary Systems

SPICES (Spectro-Polarimetric Imaging and Characterization of Exoplanetary Systems) is a five-year M-class mission proposed to ESA Cosmic Vision. Its purpose is to image and characterize long-period extrasolar planets and circumstellar disks…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-05 Anthony Boccaletti , Jean Schneider , Wes Traub , Pierre-Olivier Lagage , Daphne Stam , Raffaele Gratton , John Trauger , Kerri Cahoy , Frans Snik , Pierre Baudoz , Raphael Galicher , Jean-Michel Reess , Dimitri Mawet , Jean-Charles Augereau , Jennifer Patience , Marc Kuchner , Mark Wyatt , Eric Pantin , Anne-Lise Maire , Christophe Verinaud , Samuel Ronayette , Didier Dubreuil , Michiel Min , Michiel Rodenhuis , Dino Mesa , Ruslan Belikov , Olivier Guyon , Motohide Tamura , Naoshi Murakami , Ingrid Mary Beerer , the SPICES team