Science goals for an Antarctic Large Infrared Telescope

Over the past few years, site-testing at the South Pole has revealed conditions that are uniquely favorable for infrared astronomy. In particular, the exceptionally low sky brightness throughout the near- and mid-infrared leads to the possibility of a modest-sized telescope achieving comparable sens...

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Main Authors: Mg. Burton, J. Wv. Storey, M. C. B. Ashley
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spelling ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.148.3217 2023-05-15T13:53:41+02:00 Science goals for an Antarctic Large Infrared Telescope Mg. Burton J. Wv. Storey M. C. B. Ashley The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.148.3217 http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mcba/pubs/burton00a.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.148.3217 http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mcba/pubs/burton00a.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mcba/pubs/burton00a.pdf Antarctica Site Testing Astronomy Infrared Star Formation Interstellar Medium Disks text ftciteseerx 2016-01-07T15:12:10Z Over the past few years, site-testing at the South Pole has revealed conditions that are uniquely favorable for infrared astronomy. In particular, the exceptionally low sky brightness throughout the near- and mid-infrared leads to the possibility of a modest-sized telescope achieving comparable sensitivity to that of existing 8—10 metre class telescopes. An 8 m Antarctic telescope, if constructed, would yield performance that would be unrivaled until the advent of the NGST. In this paper we review the scientific potential of infrared telescopes in Antarctica, and discuss their complementarity with existing 8—10 m class telescopes. Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica South pole South pole Unknown Antarctic South Pole
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