Year: 2024
Type: other
Abstract: 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 feature simultaneous operation of a large field-of-view (3 sq. degree), a high multiplex (20,000) multi-object spectrograph (MOS) and a giant 3x3 sq. arcmin integral field spectrograph (IFS). In scientific capability these requirements place WST far ahead of existing and planned facilities. Given the current investment in deep imaging surveys and noting the diagnostic power of spectroscopy, WST will fill a crucial gap in astronomical capability and work synergistically with future ground and space-based facilities. This white paper shows that WST can address outstanding scientific questions in the areas of cosmology; galaxy assembly, evolution, and enrichment, including our own Milky Way; origin of stars and planets; time domain and multi-messenger astrophysics. WST's uniquely rich dataset will deliver unforeseen discoveries in many of these areas. The WST Science Team (already including more than 500 scientists worldwide) is open to the all astronomical community. To register in the WST Science Team please visit https://www.wstelescope.com/for-scientists/participate
Source: Liverpool John Moores University
Authors: Mainieri, Vincenzo, Anderson, Richard I., Brinchmann, Jarle, Cimatti, Andrea, Ellis, Richard S., Hill, Vanessa, Kneib, Jean-Paul, McLeod, Anna F., Opitom, Cyrielle, Roth, Martin M., Sanchez-Saez, Paula, Smiljanic, Rodolfo, Tolstoy, Eline, Bacon, Roland, Randich, Sofia, Adamo, Angela, Annibali, Francesca, Arevalo, Patricia, Audard, Marc, Barsanti, Stefania, Battaglia, Giuseppina, Aran, Amelia M. Bayo, Belfiore, Francesco, Bellazzini, Michele, Bellini, Emilio, Beltran, Maria Teresa, Berni, Leda, Bianchi, Simone, Biazzo, Katia, Bisero, Sofia, Bisogni, Susanna, Bland-Hawthorn, Joss, Blondin, Stephane, Bodensteiner, Julia, Boffin, Henri M. J., Bonito, Rosaria, Bono, Giuseppe, Bouche, Nicolas F., Bowman, Dominic, Braga, Vittorio F., Bragaglia, Angela, Branchesi, Marica, Brucalassi, Anna, Bryant, Julia J., Bryson, Ian, Busa, Innocenza, Camera, Stefano, Carbone, Carmelita, Casali, Giada, Casali, Mark, Casasola, Viviana, Castro, Norberto, Catelan, Marcio, Cavallo, Lorenzo, Chiappini, Cristina, Cioni, Maria-Rosa, Colless, Matthew, Colzi, Laura, Contarini, Sofia, Couch, Warrick, D'Ammando, Filippo, D., William d'Assignies, D'Orazi, Valentina, da Silva, Ronaldo, Dainotti, Maria Giovanna, Damiani, Francesco, Danielski, Camilla, De Cia, Annalisa, de Jong, Roelof S., Dhawan, Suhail, Dierickx, Philippe, Driver, Simon P., Dupletsa, Ulyana, Escoffier, Stephanie, Escorza, Ana, Fabrizio, Michele, Fiorentino, Giuliana, Fontana, Adriano, Fontani, Francesco, Sanchez, Daniel Forero, Franois, Patrick, Galindo-Guil, Francisco Jose, Gallazzi, Anna Rita, Galli, Daniele, Garcia, Miriam, Garcia-Rojas, Jorge, Garilli, Bianca, Grand, Robert, Guarcello, Mario Giuseppe, Hazra, Nandini, Helmi, Amina, Herrero, Artemio, Iglesias, Daniela, Ilic, Dragana, Irsic, Vid, Ivanov, Valentin D., Izzo, Luca, Jablonka, Pascale, Joachimi, Benjamin, Kakkad, Darshan, Kamann, Sebastian, Koposov, Sergey, Kordopatis, Georges, Kovacevic, Andjelka B., Kraljic, Katarina, Kuncarayakti, Hanindyo, Kwon, Yuna, La Forgia, Fiorangela, Lahav, Ofer, Laigle, Clotilde, Lazzarin, Monica, Leaman, Ryan, Leclercq, Floriane, Lee, Khee-Gan, Lee, David, Lehnert, Matt D., Lira, Paulina, Loffredo, Eleonora, Lucatello, Sara, Magrini, Laura, Maguire, Kate, Mahler, Guillaume, Majidi, Fatemeh Zahra, Malavasi, Nicola, Mannucci, Filippo, Marconi, Marcella, Martin, Nicolas, Marulli, Federico, Massari, Davide, Matsuno, Tadafumi, Mattheee, Jorryt, McGee, Sean, Merc, Jaroslav, Merle, Thibault, Miglio, Andrea, Migliorini, Alessandra, Minchev, Ivan, Minniti, Dante, Miret-Roig, Nuria, Ibero, Ana Monreal, Montano, Federico, Montet, Ben T., Moresco, Michele, Moretti, Chiara, Moscardini, Lauro, Moya, Andres, Mueller, Oliver, Nanayakkara, Themiya, Nicholl, Matt, Nordlander, Thomas, Onori, Francesca, Padovani, Marco, Pala, Anna Francesca, Panda, Swayamtrupta, Pandey-Pommier, Mamta, Pasquini, Luca, Pawlak, Michal, Pessi, Priscila J., Pisani, Alice, Popovic, Lukav C., Prisinzano, Loredana, Raddi, Roberto, Rainer, Monica, Rebassa-Mansergas, Alberto, Richard, Johan, Rigault, Mickael, Rocher, Antoine, Romano, Donatella, Rosati, Piero, Sacco, Germano, Sanchez-Janssen, Ruben, Sander, Andreas A. C., Sanders, Jason L., Sargent, Mark, Sarpa, Elena, Schimd, Carlo, Schipani, Pietro, Sefusatti, Emiliano, Smith, Graham P., Spina, Lorenzo, Steinmetz, Matthias, Tacchella, Sandro, Tautvaisiene, Grazina, Theissen, Christopher, Thomas, Guillaume, Ting, Yuan-Sen, Travouillon, Tony, Tresse, Laurence, Trivedi, Oem, Tsantaki, Maria, Tsedrik, Maria, Urrutia, Tanya, Valenti, Elena, Van der Swaelmen, Mathieu, Van Eck, Sophie, Verdiani, Francesco, Verdier, Aurelien, Vergani, Susanna Diana, Verhamme, Anne, Vernet, Joel, Verza, Giovanni, Viel, Matteo, Vielzeuf, Pauline, Vietri, Giustina, Vink, Jorick S., Vazquez, Carlos Viscasillas, Wang, Hai-Feng, Weilbacher, Peter M., Wendt, Martin, Wright, Nicholas, Ye, Quanzhi, Yeche, Christophe, Yu, Jiaxi, Zafar, Tayyaba, Zibetti, Stefano, Ziegler, Bodo, Zinchenko, Igor
Institutions: Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon, Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique et Instrumentation, European Southern Observatory, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Centre de physique des particules de Marseille, Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Université catholique de lyon, Princeton University, Flatiron Institute, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, CEA Paris-Saclay - Etablissement de Saclay, CEA Paris-Saclay, Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
Language: English
Subfield: Instrumentation
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Award: G4460199004
OpenAlex ID: W4392686419