Related papers: 4MOST Scientific Operations

4MOST - 4m Multi Object Spectroscopic Telescope

4MOST (4m Multi Object Spectroscopic Telescope) is a spectroscopic facility that will be installed on ESO's VISTA around 2020. The science rationale of this facility are to be found in the ASTRONET Science Vision for European Astronomy (de…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Eric Depagne , the 4MOST consortium

The 4MOST facility simulator: instrument and science optimisation

This paper describes the design and implementation of a facility simulator for the 4 metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) project, a new survey instrument proposed for the ESO VISTA telescope. The 4MOST Facility Simulator…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Th. Boller , T. Dwelly

4MOST - 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope

The 4MOST consortium is currently halfway through a Conceptual Design study for ESO with the aim to develop a wide-field (>3 square degree, goal >5 square degree), high-multiplex (>1500 fibres, goal 3000 fibres) spectroscopic survey…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Roelof S. de Jong , Olga Bellido-Tirado , Cristina Chiappini , Éric Depagne , Roger Haynes , Diane Johl , Olivier Schnurr , Axel Schwope , Jakob Walcher , Frank Dionies , Dionne Haynes , Andreas Kelz , Francisco S. Kitaura , Georg Lamer , Ivan Minchev , Volker Müller , Sebastián E. Nuza , Jean-Christophe Olaya , Tilmann Piffl , Emil Popow , Matthias Steinmetz , Uğur Ural , Mary Williams , Roland Winkler , Lutz Wisotzki , Wolfgang R. Ansorgb , Manda Banerji , Eduardo Gonzalez Solares , Mike Irwin , Robert C. Kennicutt , David King , Richard McMahon , Sergey Koposov , Ian R. Parry , Nicholas A. Walton , Gert Finger , Olaf Iwert , Mirko Krumpe , Jean-Louis Lizon , Mainieri Vincenzo , Jean-Philippe Amans , Piercarlo Bonifacio , Mathieu Cohen , Patrick Francois , Pascal Jagourel , Shan B. Mignot , Frédéric Royer , Paola Sartoretti , Ralf Bender , Frank Grupp , Hans-Joachim Hess , Florian Lang-Bardl , Bernard Muschielok , Hans Böhringer , Thomas Boller , Angela Bongiorno , Marcella Brusa , Tom Dwelly , Andrea Merloni , Kirpal Nandra , Mara Salvato , Johannes H. Pragt , Ramón Navarro , Gerrit Gerlofsma , Ronald Roelfsema , Gavin B. Dalton , Kevin F. Middleton , Ian A. Tosh , Corrado Boeche , Elisabetta Caffau , Norbert Christlieb , Eva K. Grebel , Camilla Hansen , Andreas Koch , Hans-G. Ludwig , Andreas Quirrenbach , Luca Sbordone , Walter Seifert , Guido Thimm , Trifon Trifonov , Amina Helmi , Scott C. Trager , Sofia Feltzing , Andreas Korn , Wilfried Boland

4MOST: Project overview and information for the First Call for Proposals

We introduce the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST), a new high-multiplex, wide-field spectroscopic survey facility under development for the four-metre-class Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) at…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-02 R. S. de Jong , O. Agertz , A. Agudo Berbel , J. Aird , D. A. Alexander , A. Amarsi , F. Anders , R. Andrae , B. Ansarinejad , W. Ansorge , P. Antilogus , H. Anwand-Heerwart , A. Arentsen , A. Arnadottir , M. Asplund , M. Auger , N. Azais , D. Baade , G. Baker , S. Baker , E. Balbinot , I. K. Baldry , M. Banerji , S. Barden , P. Barklem , E. Barthélémy-Mazot , C. Battistini , S. Bauer , C. P. M. Bell , O. Bellido-Tirado , S. Bellstedt , V. Belokurov , T. Bensby , M. Bergemann , J. M. Bestenlehner , R. Bielby , M. Bilicki , C. Blake , J. Bland-Hawthorn , C. Boeche , W. Boland , T. Boller , S. Bongard , A. Bongiorno , P. Bonifacio , D. Boudon , D. Brooks , M. J. I. Brown , R. Brown , M. Brüggen , J. Brynnel , J. Brzeski , T. Buchert , P. Buschkamp , E. Caffau , P. Caillier , J. Carrick , L. Casagrande , S. Case , A. Casey , I. Cesarini , G. Cescutti , D. Chapuis , C. Chiappini , M. Childress , N. Christlieb , R. Church , M. -R. L. Cioni , M. Cluver , M. Colless , T. Collett , J. Comparat , A. Cooper , W. Couch , F. Courbin , S. Croom , D. Croton , E. Daguisé , G. Dalton , L. J. M. Davies , T. Davis , P. de Laverny , A. Deason , F. Dionies , K. Disseau , P. Doel , D. Döscher , S. P. Driver , T. Dwelly , D. Eckert , A. Edge , B. Edvardsson , D. El Youssoufi , A. Elhaddad , H. Enke , G. Erfanianfar , T. Farrell , T. Fechner , C. Feiz , S. Feltzing , I. Ferreras , D. Feuerstein , D. Feuillet , A. Finoguenov , D. Ford , S. Fotopoulou , M. Fouesneau , C. Frenk , S. Frey , W. Gaessler , S. Geier , N. Gentile Fusillo , O. Gerhard , T. Giannantonio , D. Giannone , B. Gibson , P. Gillingham , C. González-Fernández , E. Gonzalez-Solares , S. Gottloeber , A. Gould , E. K. Grebel , A. Gueguen , G. Guiglion , M. Haehnelt , T. Hahn , C. J. Hansen , H. Hartman , K. Hauptner , K. Hawkins , D. Haynes , R. Haynes , U. Heiter , A. Helmi , C. Hernandez Aguayo , P. Hewett , S. Hinton , D. Hobbs , S. Hoenig , D. Hofman , I. Hook , J. Hopgood , A. Hopkins , A. Hourihane , L. Howes , C. Howlett , T. Huet , M. Irwin , O. Iwert , P. Jablonka , T. Jahn , K. Jahnke , A. Jarno , S. Jin , P. Jofre , D. Johl , D. Jones , H. Jönsson , C. Jordan , I. Karovicova , A. Khalatyan , A. Kelz , R. Kennicutt , D. King , F. Kitaura , J. Klar , U. Klauser , J. Kneib , A. Koch , S. Koposov , G. Kordopatis , A. Korn , J. Kosmalski , R. Kotak , M. Kovalev , K. Kreckel , Y. Kripak , M. Krumpe , K. Kuijken , A. Kunder , I. Kushniruk , M. I Lam , G. Lamer , F. Laurent , J. Lawrence , M. Lehmitz , B. Lemasle , J. Lewis , B. Li , C. Lidman , K. Lind , J. Liske , J. -L. Lizon , J. Loveday , H. -G. Ludwig , R. M. McDermid , K. Maguire , V. Mainieri , S. Mali , H. Mandel , K. Mandel , L. Mannering , S. Martell , D. Martinez Delgado , G. Matijevic , H. McGregor , R. McMahon , P. McMillan , O. Mena , A. Merloni , M. J. Meyer , C. Michel , G. Micheva , J. -E. Migniau , I. Minchev , G. Monari , R. Muller , D. Murphy , D. Muthukrishna , K. Nandra , R. Navarro , M. Ness , V. Nichani , R. Nichol , H. Nicklas , F. Niederhofer , P. Norberg , D. Obreschkow , S. Oliver , M. Owers , N. Pai , S. Pankratow , D. Parkinson , I. Parry , J. Paschke , R. Paterson , A. Pecontal , D. Phillips , A. Pillepich , L. Pinard , J. Pirard , N. Piskunov , V. Plank , D. Plüschke , E. Pons , P. Popesso , C. Power , J. Pragt , A. Pramskiy , D. Pryer , M. Quattri , A. B. de Andrade Queiroz , A. Quirrenbach , S. Rahurkar , A. Raichoor , S. Ramstedt , A. Rau , A. Recio-Blanco , R. Reiss , F. Renaud , Y. Revaz , P. Rhode , J. Richard , A. D. Richter , H. -W. Rix , A. S. G. Robotham , R. Roelfsema , M. Romaniello , D. Rosario , F. Rothmaier , B. Roukema , G. Ruchti , G. Rupprecht , J. Rybizki , N. Ryde , A. Saar , E. Sadler , M. Sahlén , M. Salvato , B. Sassolas , W. Saunders , A. Saviauk , L. Sbordone , T. Schmidt , O. Schnurr , R. -D. Scholz , A. Schwope , W. Seifert , T. Shanks , A. Sheinis , T. Sivov , Á. Skúladóttir , S. Smartt , S. Smedley , G. Smith , R. Smith , J. Sorce , L. Spitler , E. Starkenburg , M. Steinmetz , I. Stilz , J. Storm , M. Sullivan , W. Sutherland , E. Swann , A. Tamone , E. N. Taylor , J. Teillon , E. Tempel , R. ter Horst , W. -F. Thi , E. Tolstoy , S. Trager , G. Traven , P. -E. Tremblay , L. Tresse , M. Valentini , R. van de Weygaert , M. van den Ancker , J. Veljanoski , S. Venkatesan , L. Wagner , K. Wagner , C. J. Walcher , L. Waller , N. Walton , L. Wang , R. Winkler , L. Wisotzki , C. C. Worley , G. Worseck , M. Xiang , W. Xu , D. Yong , C. Zhao , J. Zheng , F. Zscheyge , D. Zucker

Galactic Archeology with 4MOST

4MOST is a new wide-field, high-multiplex spectroscopic survey facility for the VISTA telescope of ESO. Starting in 2022, 4MOST will deploy more than 2400 fibres in a 4.1 square degree field-of-view using a positioner based on the tilting…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-22 S. Feltzing , T. Bensby , M. Bergemann , C. Chiappini , N. Christlieb , M. R. Cioni , A. Helmi , M. Irwin , I. Minchev , E. Starkenburg , R. de Jong

ELT-MOS White Paper: Science Overview & Requirements

The workhorse instruments of the 8-10m class observatories have become their multi-object spectrographs (MOS), providing comprehensive follow-up to both ground-based and space-borne imaging. With the advent of deeper imaging surveys from,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-04 Chris Evans , Mathieu Puech , Beatriz Barbuy , Nate Bastian , Piercarlo Bonifacio , Elisabetta Caffau , Jean-Gabriel Cuby , Gavin Dalton , Ben Davies , Jim Dunlop , Hector Flores , Francois Hammer , Lex Kaper , Bertrand Lemasle , Simon Morris , Laura Pentericci , Patrick Petitjean , Daniel Schaerer , Eduardo Telles , Niraj Welikala , Bodo Ziegler

Multi-Object Spectroscopy with the European ELT: Scientific synergies between EAGLE & EVE

The EAGLE and EVE Phase A studies for instruments for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) originated from related top-level scientific questions, but employed different (yet complementary) methods to deliver the required…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 C. J. Evans , B. Barbuy , P. Bonifacio , F. Chemla , J. -G. Cuby , G. B. Dalton , B. Davies , K. Disseau , K. Dohlen , H. Flores , E. Gendron , I. Guinouard , F. Hammer , P. Hastings , D. Horville , P. Jagourel , L. Kaper , P. Laporte , D. Lee , S. L. Morris , T. Morris , R. Myers , R. Navarro , P. Parr-Burman , P. Petitjean , M. Puech , E. Rollinde , G. Rousset , H. Schnetler , N. Welikala , M. Wells , Y. Yang

4MOST Survey Strategy Plan

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-02 G. Guiglion , C. Battistini , C. P. M. Bell , T. Bensby , T. Boller , C. Chiappini , J. Comparat , N. Christlieb , R. Church , M. -R. L. Cioni , L. Davies , T. Dwelly , R. S. de Jong , S. Feltzing , A. Gueguen , L. Howes , M. Irwin , I. Kushniruk , M. I Lam , J. Liske , R. McMahon , A. Merloni , P. Norberg , A. S. G. Robotham , O. Schnurr , J. G. Sorce , E. Starkenburg , J. Storm , E. Swann , E. Tempel , W. -F. Thi , C. C. Worley , C. J. Walcher

Cosmology with ESO-SKAO Synergies

We discuss the possible synergies for cosmology between SKAO and ESO facilities, focusing on the combinations SKA-Mid with the Multi-Object Spectrograph Telescope (4MOST) instrument built for ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-07 Mario G. Santos , Stefano Camera , Zhaoting Chen , Steven Cunnington , Jose Fonseca

Stellar science from a blue wavelength range - A possible design for the blue arm of 4MOST

From stellar spectra, a variety of physical properties of stars can be derived. In particular, the chemical composition of stellar atmospheres can be inferred from absorption line analyses. These provide key information on large scales,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-30 C. J. Hansen , H. -G. Ludwig , W. Seifert , A. Koch , W. Xu , E. Caffau , N. Christlieb , A. J. Korn , K. Lind , L. Sbordone , G. Ruchti , S. Feltzing , R. S. de Jong , S. Barden , O. Schnurr

WST -- Widefield Spectroscopic Telescope: Motivation, science drivers and top-level requirements for a new dedicated facility

In this paper, we describe the wide-field spectroscopic survey telescope (WST) project. WST is a 12-metre wide-field spectroscopic survey telescope with simultaneous operation of a large field-of-view (3 sq. degree), high-multiplex (20,000)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-11 Roland Bacon , Vincenzo Maineiri , Sofia Randich , Andrea Cimatti , Jean-Paul Kneib , Jarle Brinchmann , Richard Ellis , Eline Tolstoi , Rodolfo Smiljanic , Vanessa Hill , Richard Anderson , Paula Sanchez Saez , Cyrielle Opitom , Ian Bryson , Philippe Dierickx , Bianca Garilli , Oscar Gonzalez , Roelof de Jong , David Lee , Steffen Mieske , Angel Otarola , Pietro Schipani , Tony Travouillon , Joel Vernet , Julia Bryant , Marc Casali , Matthew Colless , Warrick Couch , Simon Driver , Adriano Fontana , Matthew Lehnert , Laura Magrini , Ben Montet , Luca Pasquini , Martin Roth , Ruben Sanchez-Janssen , Matthias Steinmetz , Laurence Tresse , Christophe Yeche , Bodo Ziegler

An optimised tiling pattern for multi-object spectroscopic surveys: application to the 4MOST survey

Large multi-object spectroscopic surveys require automated algorithms to optimise their observing strategy. One of the most ambitious upcoming spectroscopic surveys is the 4MOST survey. The 4MOST survey facility is a fibre-fed spectroscopic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-12 E. Tempel , T. Tuvikene , M. M. Muru , R. S. Stoica , T. Bensby , C. Chiappini , N. Christlieb , M. -R. L. Cioni , J. Comparat , S. Feltzing , I. Hook , A. Koch , G. Kordopatis , M. Krumpe , J. Loveday , I. Minchev , P. Norberg , B. F. Roukema , J. G. Sorce , J. Storm , E. Swann , E. N. Taylor , G. Traven , C. J. Walcher , R. S. de Jong

The Science Case for Multi-Object Spectroscopy on the European ELT

This White Paper presents the scientific motivations for a multi-object spectrograph (MOS) on the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). The MOS case draws on all fields of contemporary astronomy, from extra-solar planets, to the study…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-04-01 Chris Evans , Mathieu Puech , Jose Afonso , Omar Almaini , Philippe Amram , Hervé Aussel , Beatriz Barbuy , Alistair Basden , Nate Bastian , Giuseppina Battaglia , Beth Biller , Piercarlo Bonifacio , Nicholas Bouché , Andy Bunker , Elisabetta Caffau , Stephane Charlot , Michele Cirasuolo , Yann Clenet , Francoise Combes , Chris Conselice , Thierry Contini , Jean-Gabriel Cuby , Gavin Dalton , Ben Davies , Alex de Koter , Karen Disseau , Jim Dunlop , Benoît Epinat , Fabrizio Fiore , Sofia Feltzing , Annette Ferguson , Hector Flores , Adriano Fontana , Thierry Fusco , Dimitri Gadotti , Anna Gallazzi , Jesus Gallego , Emanuele Giallongo , Thiago Gonçalves , Damien Gratadour , Eike Guenther , Francois Hammer , Vanessa Hill , Marc Huertas-Company , Roridgo Ibata , Lex Kaper , Andreas Korn , Søren Larsen , Olivier Le Fèvre , Bertrand Lemasle , Claudia Maraston , Simona Mei , Yannick Mellier , Simon Morris , Göran Östlin , Thibaut Paumard , Roser Pello , Laura Pentericci , Celine Peroux , Patrick Petitjean , Myriam Rodrigues , Lucía Rodríguez-Muñoz , Daniel Rouan , Hugues Sana , Daniel Schaerer , Eduardo Telles , Scott Trager , Laurence Tresse , Niraj Welikala , Stefano Zibetti , Bodo Ziegler

HRMOS White Paper: Science Motivation

The High-Resolution Multi-Object Spectrograph (HRMOS) is a facility instrument that we plan to propose for the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), following the initial presentation at the VLT 2030…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-14 Laura Magrini , Thomas Bensby , Anna Brucalassi , Sofia Randich , Robin Jeffries , Gayandhi de Silva , Asa Skuladottir , Rodolfo Smiljanic , Oscar Gonzalez , Vanessa Hill , Nadege Lagarde , Eline Tolstoy , Jose' Maria Arroyo-Polonio , Martina Baratella , John R. Barnes , Giuseppina Battaglia , Holger Baumgardt , Michele Bellazzini , Katia Biazzo , Angela Bragaglia , Bradley Carter , Giada Casali , Gabriele Cescutti , Camilla Danielski , Elisa Delgado Mena , Arnas Drazdauskas , Mark Gieles , Riano Giribaldi , Keith Hawkins , H. Jens Hoeijmakers , Pascale Jablonka , Devika Kamath , Tom Louth , Anna Fabiola Marino , Sarah Martell , Thibault Merle , Benjamin Montet , Michael T. Murphy , Brunella Nisini , Thomas Nordlander , Valentina D'Orazi , Lorenzo Pino , Donatella Romano , Germano Sacco , Nathan R. Sandford , Antonio Sollima , Lorenzo Spina , Grazina Tautvaivsiene , Yuan-Sen Ting , Andrea Tozzi , Mathieu Van der Swaelmen , Sophie Van Eck , Stephen Watson , C. Clare Worley , Alice Zocchi

MOONS: The New Multi-Object Spectrograph for the VLT

MOONS is the new Multi-Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph currently under construction for the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at ESO. This remarkable instrument combines, for the first time, the collecting power of an 8-m telescope,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-03 M. Cirasuolo , the MOONS consortium

The Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) Science White Paper

The Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) is proposed as a new facility dedicated to the efficient delivery of spectroscopic surveys. This white paper summarises the initial concept as well as the corresponding science cases. WST will…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-15 Vincenzo Mainieri , Richard I. Anderson , Jarle Brinchmann , Andrea Cimatti , Richard S. Ellis , Vanessa Hill , Jean-Paul Kneib , Anna F. McLeod , Cyrielle Opitom , Martin M. Roth , Paula Sanchez-Saez , Rodolfo Smiljanic , Eline Tolstoy , Roland Bacon , Sofia Randich , Angela Adamo , Francesca Annibali , Patricia Arevalo , Marc Audard , Stefania Barsanti , Giuseppina Battaglia , Amelia M. Bayo Aran , Francesco Belfiore , Michele Bellazzini , Emilio Bellini , Maria Teresa Beltran , Leda Berni , Simone Bianchi , Katia Biazzo , Sofia Bisero , Susanna Bisogni , Joss Bland-Hawthorn , Stephane Blondin , Julia Bodensteiner , Henri M. J. Boffin , Rosaria Bonito , Giuseppe Bono , Nicolas F. Bouche , Dominic Bowman , Vittorio F. Braga , Angela Bragaglia , Marica Branchesi , Anna Brucalassi , Julia J. Bryant , Ian Bryson , Innocenza Busa , Stefano Camera , Carmelita Carbone , Giada Casali , Mark Casali , Viviana Casasola , Norberto Castro , Marcio Catelan , Lorenzo Cavallo , Cristina Chiappini , Maria-Rosa Cioni , Matthew Colless , Laura Colzi , Sofia Contarini , Warrick Couch , Filippo D'Ammando , William d'Assignies D. , Valentina D'Orazi , Ronaldo da Silva , Maria Giovanna Dainotti , Francesco Damiani , Camilla Danielski , Annalisa De Cia , Roelof S. de Jong , Suhail Dhawan , Philippe Dierickx , Simon P. Driver , Ulyana Dupletsa , Stephanie Escoffier , Ana Escorza , Michele Fabrizio , Giuliana Fiorentino , Adriano Fontana , Francesco Fontani , Daniel Forero Sanchez , Patrick Franois , Francisco Jose Galindo-Guil , Anna Rita Gallazzi , Daniele Galli , Miriam Garcia , Jorge Garcia-Rojas , Bianca Garilli , Robert Grand , Mario Giuseppe Guarcello , Nandini Hazra , Amina Helmi , Artemio Herrero , Daniela Iglesias , Dragana Ilic , Vid Irsic , Valentin D. Ivanov , Luca Izzo , Pascale Jablonka , Benjamin Joachimi , Darshan Kakkad , Sebastian Kamann , Sergey Koposov , Georges Kordopatis , Andjelka B. Kovacevic , Katarina Kraljic , Hanindyo Kuncarayakti , Yuna Kwon , Fiorangela La Forgia , Ofer Lahav , Clotilde Laigle , Monica Lazzarin , Ryan Leaman , Floriane Leclercq , Khee-Gan Lee , David Lee , Matt D. Lehnert , Paulina Lira , Eleonora Loffredo , Sara Lucatello , Laura Magrini , Kate Maguire , Guillaume Mahler , Fatemeh Zahra Majidi , Nicola Malavasi , Filippo Mannucci , Marcella Marconi , Nicolas Martin , Federico Marulli , Davide Massari , Tadafumi Matsuno , Jorryt Mattheee , Sean McGee , Jaroslav Merc , Thibault Merle , Andrea Miglio , Alessandra Migliorini , Ivan Minchev , Dante Minniti , Nuria Miret-Roig , Ana Monreal Ibero , Federico Montano , Ben T. Montet , Michele Moresco , Chiara Moretti , Lauro Moscardini , Andres Moya , Oliver Mueller , Themiya Nanayakkara , Matt Nicholl , Thomas Nordlander , Francesca Onori , Marco Padovani , Anna Francesca Pala , Swayamtrupta Panda , Mamta Pandey-Pommier , Luca Pasquini , Michal Pawlak , Priscila J. Pessi , Alice Pisani , Lukav C. Popovic , Loredana Prisinzano , Roberto Raddi , Monica Rainer , Alberto Rebassa-Mansergas , Johan Richard , Mickael Rigault , Antoine Rocher , Donatella Romano , Piero Rosati , Germano Sacco , Ruben Sanchez-Janssen , Andreas A. C. Sander , Jason L. Sanders , Mark Sargent , Elena Sarpa , Carlo Schimd , Pietro Schipani , Emiliano Sefusatti , Graham P. Smith , Lorenzo Spina , Matthias Steinmetz , Sandro Tacchella , Grazina Tautvaisiene , Christopher Theissen , Guillaume Thomas , Yuan-Sen Ting , Tony Travouillon , Laurence Tresse , Oem Trivedi , Maria Tsantaki , Maria Tsedrik , Tanya Urrutia , Elena Valenti , Mathieu Van der Swaelmen , Sophie Van Eck , Francesco Verdiani , Aurelien Verdier , Susanna Diana Vergani , Anne Verhamme , Joel Vernet , Giovanni Verza , Matteo Viel , Pauline Vielzeuf , Giustina Vietri , Jorick S. Vink , Carlos Viscasillas Vazquez , Hai-Feng Wang , Peter M. Weilbacher , Martin Wendt , Nicholas Wright , Quanzhi Ye , Christophe Yeche , Jiaxi Yu , Tayyaba Zafar , Stefano Zibetti , Bodo Ziegler , Igor Zinchenko

Multi-Object Spectroscopy with MUSE

Since 2014, MUSE, the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer, is in operation at the ESO-VLT. It combines a superb spatial sampling with a large wavelength coverage. By design, MUSE is an integral-field instrument, but its field-of-view and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-23 Andreas Kelz , Sebastian Kamann , Tanya Urrutia , Peter Weilbacher , Lutz Wisotzki , Roland Bacon

Science Case and Requirements for the MOSAIC Concept for a Multi-Object Spectrograph for the European Extremely Large Telescope

Over the past 18 months we have revisited the science requirements for a multi-object spectrograph (MOS) for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). These efforts span the full range of E-ELT science and include input from a broad…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 C. J. Evans , M. Puech , B. Barbuy , P. Bonifacio , J. -G. Cuby , E. Guenther , F. Hammer , P. Jagourel , L. Kaper , S. L. Morris , J. Afonso , P. Amram , H. Aussel , A. Basden , N. Bastian , G. Battaglia , B. Biller , N. Bouché , E. Caffau , S. Charlot , Y. Clenet , F. Combes , C. Conselice , T. Contini , G. Dalton , B. Davies , K. Disseau , J. Dunlop , F. Fiore , H. Flores , T. Fusco , D. Gadotti , A. Gallazzi , E. Giallongo , T. Gonçalves , D. Gratadour , V. Hill , M. Huertas-Company , R. Ibata , S. Larsen , O. Le Fèvre , B. Lemasle , C. Maraston , S. Mei , Y. Mellier , G. Östlin , T. Paumard , R. Pello , L. Pentericci , P. Petitjean , M. Roth , D. Rouan , D. Schaerer , E. Telles , S. Trager , N. Welikala , S. Zibetti , B. Ziegler

MOSAIC: a Multi-Object Spectrograph for the E-ELT

The instrumentation plan for the European-Extremely Large Telescope foresees a Multi-Object Spectrograph (E-ELT MOS). The MOSAIC project is proposed by a European-Brazilian consortium, to provide a unique MOS facility for astrophysics,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-03 Andreas Kelz , Francois Hammer , Pascal Jagourel , the MOSAIC consortium

4MOST Consortium Survey 8: Cosmology Redshift Survey (CRS)

The 4MOST Cosmology Redshift Survey (CRS) will perform stringent cosmological tests via spectroscopic clustering measurements that will complement the best lensing, cosmic microwave background and other surveys in the southern hemisphere.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-02 J. Richard , J. -P. Kneib , C. Blake , A. Raichoor , J. Comparat , T. Shanks , J. Sorce , M. Sahlén , C. Howlett , E. Tempel , R. McMahon , M. Bilicki , B. Roukema , J. Loveday , D. Pryer , T. Buchert , C. Zhao