Scientific Goals of the Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey (KISS)
Abstract The high Antarctic plateau provides exceptional conditions for infrared observations on account of the cold, dry and stable atmosphere above the ice surface. This paper describes the scientific goals behind the first program to examine the time-varying universe in the infrared from Antarcti...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/pasa.2016.38 2024-09-15T17:45:48+00:00 Scientific Goals of the Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey (KISS) Burton, Michael G. Zheng, Jessica Mould, Jeremy Cooke, Jeff Ireland, Michael Uddin, Syed Ashraf Zhang, Hui Yuan, Xiangyan Lawrence, Jon Ashley, Michael C. B. Wu, Xuefeng Curtin, Chris Wang, Lifan 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2016.38 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1323358016000382 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia volume 33 ISSN 1323-3580 1448-6083 journal-article 2016 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2016.38 2024-08-28T04:03:36Z Abstract The high Antarctic plateau provides exceptional conditions for infrared observations on account of the cold, dry and stable atmosphere above the ice surface. This paper describes the scientific goals behind the first program to examine the time-varying universe in the infrared from Antarctica — the Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey (KISS). This will employ a 50cm telescope to monitor the southern skies in the 2.4μm K dark window from China's Kunlun station at Dome A, on the summit of the Antarctic plateau, through the uninterrupted 4-month period of winter darkness. An earlier paper discussed optimisation of the K dark filter for sensitivity (Li et al. 2016). This paper examines the scientific program for KISS. We calculate the sensitivity of the camera for the extrema of observing conditions that will be encountered. We present the parameters for sample surveys that could then be carried out for a range of cadences and sensitivities. We then discuss several science programs that could be conducted with these capabilities, involving star formation, brown dwarfs and hot Jupiters, exoplanets around M dwarfs, the terminal phases of stellar evolution, fast transients, embedded supernova searches, reverberation mapping of AGN, gamma ray bursts and the detection of the cosmic infrared background. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Cambridge University Press Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 33 |
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Abstract The high Antarctic plateau provides exceptional conditions for infrared observations on account of the cold, dry and stable atmosphere above the ice surface. This paper describes the scientific goals behind the first program to examine the time-varying universe in the infrared from Antarctica — the Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey (KISS). This will employ a 50cm telescope to monitor the southern skies in the 2.4μm K dark window from China's Kunlun station at Dome A, on the summit of the Antarctic plateau, through the uninterrupted 4-month period of winter darkness. An earlier paper discussed optimisation of the K dark filter for sensitivity (Li et al. 2016). This paper examines the scientific program for KISS. We calculate the sensitivity of the camera for the extrema of observing conditions that will be encountered. We present the parameters for sample surveys that could then be carried out for a range of cadences and sensitivities. We then discuss several science programs that could be conducted with these capabilities, involving star formation, brown dwarfs and hot Jupiters, exoplanets around M dwarfs, the terminal phases of stellar evolution, fast transients, embedded supernova searches, reverberation mapping of AGN, gamma ray bursts and the detection of the cosmic infrared background. |
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Burton, Michael G. Zheng, Jessica Mould, Jeremy Cooke, Jeff Ireland, Michael Uddin, Syed Ashraf Zhang, Hui Yuan, Xiangyan Lawrence, Jon Ashley, Michael C. B. Wu, Xuefeng Curtin, Chris Wang, Lifan |
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Burton, Michael G. Zheng, Jessica Mould, Jeremy Cooke, Jeff Ireland, Michael Uddin, Syed Ashraf Zhang, Hui Yuan, Xiangyan Lawrence, Jon Ashley, Michael C. B. Wu, Xuefeng Curtin, Chris Wang, Lifan Scientific Goals of the Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey (KISS) |
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Burton, Michael G. Zheng, Jessica Mould, Jeremy Cooke, Jeff Ireland, Michael Uddin, Syed Ashraf Zhang, Hui Yuan, Xiangyan Lawrence, Jon Ashley, Michael C. B. Wu, Xuefeng Curtin, Chris Wang, Lifan |
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Scientific Goals of the Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey (KISS) |
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