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A concise overview of the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer by McConnachie, Alan W.; Babusiaux, Carine; Balogh, Michael; Caffau, Elisabetta; Côté, Pat; Driver, Simon; Robotham, Aaron; Starkenburg, Else; Venn, Kim; Walker, Matthew; Bauman, Steven E.; Flagey, Nicolas; Ho, Kevin; Isani, Sidik; Laychak, Mary Beth; Mignot, Shan; Murowinski, Rick; Salmon, Derrick; Simons, Doug; Szeto, Kei; Vermeulen, Tom; Withington, Kanoa is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

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This short document is intended as a companion and introduction to the Detailed Science Case (DSC) for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer. It provides a concise summary of the essential characteristics of MSE from the perspective of the international astronomical community. MSE is a wide field telescope (1.5 square degree field of view) with an aperture of 11.25m. It is dedicated to multi-object spectroscopy at several different spectral resolutions in the range R ~ 2500 - 40000 over a broad wavelength range (0.36 - 1.8{\mu}m). MSE will enable transformational science in areas as diverse as exoplanetary host characterization; stellar monitoring campaigns; tomographic mapping of the interstellar and intergalactic media; the in-situ chemical tagging of the distant Galaxy; connecting galaxies to the large scale structure of the Universe; measuring the mass functions of cold dark matter sub-halos in galaxy and cluster-scale hosts; reverberation mapping of supermassive black holes in quasars. MSE is the largest ground based optical and near infrared telescope in its class, and it will occupy a unique and critical role in the emerging network of astronomical facilities active in the 202

Author

McConnachie, Alan W.; Babusiaux, Carine; Balogh, Michael; Caffau, Elisabetta; Côté, Pat; Driver, Simon; Robotham, Aaron; Starkenburg, Else; Venn, Kim; Walker, Matthew; Bauman, Steven E.; Flagey, Nicolas; Ho, Kevin; Isani, Sidik; Laychak, Mary Beth; Mignot, Shan; Murowinski, Rick; Salmon, Derrick; Simons, Doug; Szeto, Kei; Vermeulen, Tom; Withington, Kanoa

Published

2016

Language

EN