The science case for PILOT II: The distant universe ...
PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed 2.5-m optical/infrared telescope to be located at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. The atmospheric conditions at Dome C deliver a high sensitivity, high photometric precision, wide-field, high spatial resolution, and h...
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ftdatacite:10.25916/sut.26223248 2024-09-30T14:26:58+00:00 The science case for PILOT II: The distant universe ... Lawrence, J. S. Ashley, Michael Bunker, Andrew Bouwens, R. J. Burgarella, D. Burton, M. G. Gehrels, Neil Glazebrook, Karl Pimbble, K. Quimby, Robert M. Saunders, Will Storey, J. W V Wheeler, J. Craig 2024 https://dx.doi.org/10.25916/sut.26223248 https://figshare.swinburne.edu.au/articles/journal_contribution/The_science_case_for_PILOT_II_The_distant_universe/26223248 unknown Swinburne In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Text ScholarlyArticle article-journal Journal contribution 2024 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.25916/sut.26223248 2024-09-02T08:01:33Z PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed 2.5-m optical/infrared telescope to be located at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. The atmospheric conditions at Dome C deliver a high sensitivity, high photometric precision, wide-field, high spatial resolution, and high-cadence imaging capability to the PILOT telescope. These capabilities enable a unique scientific potential for PILOT, which is addressed in this series of papers. The current paper presents a series of projects dealing with the distant (redshift > 1) Universe, that have been identified as key science drivers for the PILOT facility. The potential for PILOT to detect the first populations of stars to form in the early Universe, via infrared projects searching for pair-instability supernovae and gamma-ray burst afterglows, is investigated. Two projects are proposed to examine the assembly and evolution of structure in the Universe: an infrared survey searching for the first evolved galaxies at high redshift, ... Text Antarc* Antarctic DataCite Antarctic The Antarctic |
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PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed 2.5-m optical/infrared telescope to be located at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. The atmospheric conditions at Dome C deliver a high sensitivity, high photometric precision, wide-field, high spatial resolution, and high-cadence imaging capability to the PILOT telescope. These capabilities enable a unique scientific potential for PILOT, which is addressed in this series of papers. The current paper presents a series of projects dealing with the distant (redshift > 1) Universe, that have been identified as key science drivers for the PILOT facility. The potential for PILOT to detect the first populations of stars to form in the early Universe, via infrared projects searching for pair-instability supernovae and gamma-ray burst afterglows, is investigated. Two projects are proposed to examine the assembly and evolution of structure in the Universe: an infrared survey searching for the first evolved galaxies at high redshift, ... |
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