Scientific Goals of the Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey (KISS)

• Main Authors: Burton, Michael, Zheng, Jessica, Mould, Jeremy, Cooke, Jeff, Ireland, Michael, Uddin, Syed Ashraf, Zhang, Hui, Yuan, Xiangyan, Lawrence, Jon, Ashley, Michael, Wu, Xuefend, Curtin, Chris, Wang, Lifan
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2016
• Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM; Astrophysics of Galaxies astro-ph.GA; FOS Physical sciences; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Pasa; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1608.02345; https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.02345

The high Antarctic plateau provides exceptional conditions for conducting infrared observations of the cosmos 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 infrar...