TY - UNPB
T1 - The Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) Science White Paper
AU - WST Science Team
AU - Mainieri, Vincenzo
AU - Anderson, Richard I.
AU - Brinchmann, Jarle
AU - Cimatti, Andrea
AU - Ellis, Richard S.
AU - Hill, Vanessa
AU - Kneib, Jean-Paul
AU - McLeod, Anna F.
AU - Opitom, Cyrielle
AU - Roth, Martin M.
AU - Sanchez-Saez, Paula
AU - Smilljanic, Rodolfo
AU - Tolstoy, Eline
AU - Bacon, Roland
AU - Randich, Sofia
AU - Adamo, Angela
AU - Annibali, Francesca
AU - Arevalo, Patricia
AU - Audard, Marc
AU - Barsanti, Stefania
AU - Battaglia, Giuseppina
AU - Aran, Amelia M. Bayo
AU - Belfiore, Francesco
AU - Bellazzini, Michele
AU - Bellini, Emilio
AU - Beltran, Maria Teresa
AU - Berni, Leda
AU - Bianchi, Simone
AU - Biazzo, Katia
AU - Bisero, Sofia
AU - Bisogni, Susanna
AU - Bland-Hawthorn, Joss
AU - Blondin, Stephane
AU - Bodensteiner, Julia
AU - Boffin, Henri M. J.
AU - Bonito, Rosaria
AU - Bono, Giuseppe
AU - Bouche, Nicolas F.
AU - Bowman, Dominic
AU - Braga, Vittorio F.
AU - Bragaglia, Angela
AU - Branchesi, Marica
AU - Brucalassi, Anna
AU - Bryant, Julia J.
AU - Bryson, Ian
AU - Busa, Innocenza
AU - Camera, Stefano
AU - Leaman, Ryan
AU - Miret-Roig, Nuria
AU - Ziegler, Bodo
N1 - 194 pages, 66 figures. Comments are welcome ([email protected])
PY - 2024/3/8
Y1 - 2024/3/8
N2 - The Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) is proposed as a new facility dedicated to the efficient delivery of spectroscopic surveys. This white paper summarises the initial concept as well as the corresponding science cases. WST will feature simultaneous operation of a large field-of-view (3 sq. degree), a high multiplex (20,000) multi-object spectrograph (MOS) and a giant 3x3 sq. arcmin integral field spectrograph (IFS). In scientific capability these requirements place WST far ahead of existing and planned facilities. Given the current investment in deep imaging surveys and noting the diagnostic power of spectroscopy, WST will fill a crucial gap in astronomical capability and work synergistically with future ground and space-based facilities. This white paper shows that WST can address outstanding scientific questions in the areas of cosmology; galaxy assembly, evolution, and enrichment, including our own Milky Way; origin of stars and planets; time domain and multi-messenger astrophysics. WST's uniquely rich dataset will deliver unforeseen discoveries in many of these areas. The WST Science Team (already including more than 500 scientists worldwide) is open to the all astronomical community. To register in the WST Science Team please visit https://www.wstelescope.com/for-scientists/participate
AB - The Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) is proposed as a new facility dedicated to the efficient delivery of spectroscopic surveys. This white paper summarises the initial concept as well as the corresponding science cases. WST will feature simultaneous operation of a large field-of-view (3 sq. degree), a high multiplex (20,000) multi-object spectrograph (MOS) and a giant 3x3 sq. arcmin integral field spectrograph (IFS). In scientific capability these requirements place WST far ahead of existing and planned facilities. Given the current investment in deep imaging surveys and noting the diagnostic power of spectroscopy, WST will fill a crucial gap in astronomical capability and work synergistically with future ground and space-based facilities. This white paper shows that WST can address outstanding scientific questions in the areas of cosmology; galaxy assembly, evolution, and enrichment, including our own Milky Way; origin of stars and planets; time domain and multi-messenger astrophysics. WST's uniquely rich dataset will deliver unforeseen discoveries in many of these areas. The WST Science Team (already including more than 500 scientists worldwide) is open to the all astronomical community. To register in the WST Science Team please visit https://www.wstelescope.com/for-scientists/participate
KW - astro-ph.IM
KW - astro-ph.CO
KW - astro-ph.EP
KW - astro-ph.GA
KW - astro-ph.SR
U2 - 10.48550/arXiv.2403.05398
DO - 10.48550/arXiv.2403.05398
M3 - Preprint
BT - The Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) Science White Paper
ER -