1 BDRv3 - November 26, 2008 - Markus Kissler-Patig E-ELT Programme 1 E-ELT Science Case Markus Kissler-Patig
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1BDRv3 - November 26, 2008 - Markus Kissler-Patig
E-ELT Programme
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E-ELT Science CaseMarkus Kissler-Patig
2BDRv3 - November 26, 2008 - Markus Kissler-Patig
E-ELT Programme
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The Science Case against which we evaluate the project resides on three pillars:
- contemporary science cases (DRM, instrument teams, DRSP, ...)
- synergy with other facilities (8m-class telescopes, interferometry, ALMA, JWST, LSST/surveys, SKA, ...)
- discovery potential (open unique parameter space, be prepared for the unexpected, ...)
Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case
Young clusters and the Initial Mass Function
Circumstellar disks
From giant to terrestrial exo-planets: detection, characterisation and evolution
Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case
Imaging and spectroscopy of resolved stellar populations in galaxies
Black holes and AGN
Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case
V σ
~ 4 50 z maspixels
z=0 rotating disk simulations (M. Puech)42-m, 10-hr integration, MOAO (MCAO)
First light: the physics of highest-redshift galaxies
IGM, metal enrichment
A dynamical measurement of the expansion history of the universe
Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case
The main synergy is expected with:
•The 8-10m class Telescopes (VLT/I, ...)•The JWST•ALMA•LSST•SKA / SKA Pathfinders•...
Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case
JWST key science
•The End of the Dark Ages: First Light and Reionization •Assembly of Galaxies➱ optical/NIR sensitive multi-object spectrographs
The Birth of Stars and Protoplanetary SystemsPlanetary Systems and the Origins of Life
➱mid-IR instrument (high spatial/spectral resolution at 3-15 μm)➱ planet-finder (incl. low-resolution spectroscopy and polarimetry)
Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case
ALMA key science
•Detect spectral line emission from CO or CII in a normal galaxy like the Milky Way at a redshift of z = 3, in less than 24 hours of observation. ➱ NIR sensitive integral spectrograph and imager
•Image the gas kinematics in protostars and in protoplanetary disks around young Sun-like stars at a distance of the nearest star-forming clouds.➱ NIR and mid-IR high-spectral resolution instruments
•Provide precise images at an angular resolution of 0.1 arcsec.
Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case
Enabling discovery is achieved by opening parameter space (see Martin Harwit: “Cosmic Discovery”)
The E-ELT excels - in collecting power and - in spatial resolution.
These should not be compromised and pushed into a range unattained previously.