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| author | Mainieri, Vincenzo Anderson, Richard I. Brinchmann, Jarle Cimatti, Andrea Ellis, Richard S. Hill, Vanessa Kneib, Jean-Paul McLeod, Anna F. Opitom, Cyrielle Roth, Martin M. Sanchez-Saez, Paula Smiljanic, Rodolfo Tolstoy, Eline Bacon, Roland Randich, Sofia Adamo, Angela Annibali, Francesca Arevalo, Patricia Audard, Marc Barsanti, Stefania Battaglia, Giuseppina Aran, Amelia M. Bayo Belfiore, Francesco Bellazzini, Michele Bellini, Emilio Beltran, Maria Teresa Berni, Leda Bianchi, Simone Biazzo, Katia Bisero, Sofia Bisogni, Susanna Bland-Hawthorn, Joss Blondin, Stephane Bodensteiner, Julia Boffin, Henri M. J. Bonito, Rosaria Bono, Giuseppe Bouche, Nicolas F. Bowman, Dominic Braga, Vittorio F. Bragaglia, Angela Branchesi, Marica Brucalassi, Anna Bryant, Julia J. Bryson, Ian Busa, Innocenza Camera, Stefano Carbone, Carmelita Casali, Giada Casali, Mark Casasola, Viviana Castro, Norberto Catelan, Marcio Cavallo, Lorenzo Chiappini, Cristina Cioni, Maria-Rosa Colless, Matthew Colzi, Laura Contarini, Sofia Couch, Warrick D'Ammando, Filippo D., William d'Assignies D'Orazi, Valentina da Silva, Ronaldo Dainotti, Maria Giovanna Damiani, Francesco Danielski, Camilla De Cia, Annalisa de Jong, Roelof S. Dhawan, Suhail Dierickx, Philippe Driver, Simon P. Dupletsa, Ulyana Escoffier, Stephanie Escorza, Ana Fabrizio, Michele Fiorentino, Giuliana Fontana, Adriano Fontani, Francesco Sanchez, Daniel Forero Franois, Patrick Galindo-Guil, Francisco Jose Gallazzi, Anna Rita Galli, Daniele Garcia, Miriam Garcia-Rojas, Jorge Garilli, Bianca Grand, Robert Guarcello, Mario Giuseppe Hazra, Nandini Helmi, Amina Herrero, Artemio Iglesias, Daniela Ilic, Dragana Irsic, Vid Ivanov, Valentin D. Izzo, Luca Jablonka, Pascale Joachimi, Benjamin Kakkad, Darshan Kamann, Sebastian Koposov, Sergey Kordopatis, Georges Kovacevic, Andjelka B. Kraljic, Katarina Kuncarayakti, Hanindyo Kwon, Yuna La Forgia, Fiorangela Lahav, Ofer Laigle, Clotilde Lazzarin, Monica Leaman, Ryan Leclercq, Floriane Lee, Khee-Gan Lee, David Lehnert, Matt D. Lira, Paulina Loffredo, Eleonora Lucatello, Sara Magrini, Laura Maguire, Kate Mahler, Guillaume Majidi, Fatemeh Zahra Malavasi, Nicola Mannucci, Filippo Marconi, Marcella Martin, Nicolas Marulli, Federico Massari, Davide Matsuno, Tadafumi Mattheee, Jorryt McGee, Sean Merc, Jaroslav Merle, Thibault Miglio, Andrea Migliorini, Alessandra Minchev, Ivan Minniti, Dante Miret-Roig, Nuria Ibero, Ana Monreal Montano, Federico Montet, Ben T. Moresco, Michele Moretti, Chiara Moscardini, Lauro Moya, Andres Mueller, Oliver Nanayakkara, Themiya Nicholl, Matt Nordlander, Thomas Onori, Francesca Padovani, Marco Pala, Anna Francesca Panda, Swayamtrupta Pandey-Pommier, Mamta Pasquini, Luca Pawlak, Michal Pessi, Priscila J. Pisani, Alice Popovic, Lukav C. Prisinzano, Loredana Raddi, Roberto Rainer, Monica Rebassa-Mansergas, Alberto Richard, Johan Rigault, Mickael Rocher, Antoine Romano, Donatella Rosati, Piero Sacco, Germano Sanchez-Janssen, Ruben Sander, Andreas A. C. Sanders, Jason L. Sargent, Mark Sarpa, Elena Schimd, Carlo Schipani, Pietro Sefusatti, Emiliano Smith, Graham P. Spina, Lorenzo Steinmetz, Matthias Tacchella, Sandro Tautvaisiene, Grazina Theissen, Christopher Thomas, Guillaume Ting, Yuan-Sen Travouillon, Tony Tresse, Laurence Trivedi, Oem Tsantaki, Maria Tsedrik, Maria Urrutia, Tanya Valenti, Elena Van der Swaelmen, Mathieu Van Eck, Sophie Verdiani, Francesco Verdier, Aurelien Vergani, Susanna Diana Verhamme, Anne Vernet, Joel Verza, Giovanni Viel, Matteo Vielzeuf, Pauline Vietri, Giustina Vink, Jorick S. Vazquez, Carlos Viscasillas Wang, Hai-Feng Weilbacher, Peter M. Wendt, Martin Wright, Nicholas Ye, Quanzhi Yeche, Christophe Yu, Jiaxi Zafar, Tayyaba Zibetti, Stefano Ziegler, Bodo Zinchenko, Igor |
| author_facet | Mainieri, Vincenzo Anderson, Richard I. Brinchmann, Jarle Cimatti, Andrea Ellis, Richard S. Hill, Vanessa Kneib, Jean-Paul McLeod, Anna F. Opitom, Cyrielle Roth, Martin M. Sanchez-Saez, Paula Smiljanic, Rodolfo Tolstoy, Eline Bacon, Roland Randich, Sofia Adamo, Angela Annibali, Francesca Arevalo, Patricia Audard, Marc Barsanti, Stefania Battaglia, Giuseppina Aran, Amelia M. Bayo Belfiore, Francesco Bellazzini, Michele Bellini, Emilio Beltran, Maria Teresa Berni, Leda Bianchi, Simone Biazzo, Katia Bisero, Sofia Bisogni, Susanna Bland-Hawthorn, Joss Blondin, Stephane Bodensteiner, Julia Boffin, Henri M. J. Bonito, Rosaria Bono, Giuseppe Bouche, Nicolas F. Bowman, Dominic Braga, Vittorio F. Bragaglia, Angela Branchesi, Marica Brucalassi, Anna Bryant, Julia J. Bryson, Ian Busa, Innocenza Camera, Stefano Carbone, Carmelita Casali, Giada Casali, Mark Casasola, Viviana Castro, Norberto Catelan, Marcio Cavallo, Lorenzo Chiappini, Cristina Cioni, Maria-Rosa Colless, Matthew Colzi, Laura Contarini, Sofia Couch, Warrick D'Ammando, Filippo D., William d'Assignies D'Orazi, Valentina da Silva, Ronaldo Dainotti, Maria Giovanna Damiani, Francesco Danielski, Camilla De Cia, Annalisa de Jong, Roelof S. Dhawan, Suhail Dierickx, Philippe Driver, Simon P. Dupletsa, Ulyana Escoffier, Stephanie Escorza, Ana Fabrizio, Michele Fiorentino, Giuliana Fontana, Adriano Fontani, Francesco Sanchez, Daniel Forero Franois, Patrick Galindo-Guil, Francisco Jose Gallazzi, Anna Rita Galli, Daniele Garcia, Miriam Garcia-Rojas, Jorge Garilli, Bianca Grand, Robert Guarcello, Mario Giuseppe Hazra, Nandini Helmi, Amina Herrero, Artemio Iglesias, Daniela Ilic, Dragana Irsic, Vid Ivanov, Valentin D. Izzo, Luca Jablonka, Pascale Joachimi, Benjamin Kakkad, Darshan Kamann, Sebastian Koposov, Sergey Kordopatis, Georges Kovacevic, Andjelka B. Kraljic, Katarina Kuncarayakti, Hanindyo Kwon, Yuna La Forgia, Fiorangela Lahav, Ofer Laigle, Clotilde Lazzarin, Monica Leaman, Ryan Leclercq, Floriane Lee, Khee-Gan Lee, David Lehnert, Matt D. Lira, Paulina Loffredo, Eleonora Lucatello, Sara Magrini, Laura Maguire, Kate Mahler, Guillaume Majidi, Fatemeh Zahra Malavasi, Nicola Mannucci, Filippo Marconi, Marcella Martin, Nicolas Marulli, Federico Massari, Davide Matsuno, Tadafumi Mattheee, Jorryt McGee, Sean Merc, Jaroslav Merle, Thibault Miglio, Andrea Migliorini, Alessandra Minchev, Ivan Minniti, Dante Miret-Roig, Nuria Ibero, Ana Monreal Montano, Federico Montet, Ben T. Moresco, Michele Moretti, Chiara Moscardini, Lauro Moya, Andres Mueller, Oliver Nanayakkara, Themiya Nicholl, Matt Nordlander, Thomas Onori, Francesca Padovani, Marco Pala, Anna Francesca Panda, Swayamtrupta Pandey-Pommier, Mamta Pasquini, Luca Pawlak, Michal Pessi, Priscila J. Pisani, Alice Popovic, Lukav C. Prisinzano, Loredana Raddi, Roberto Rainer, Monica Rebassa-Mansergas, Alberto Richard, Johan Rigault, Mickael Rocher, Antoine Romano, Donatella Rosati, Piero Sacco, Germano Sanchez-Janssen, Ruben Sander, Andreas A. C. Sanders, Jason L. Sargent, Mark Sarpa, Elena Schimd, Carlo Schipani, Pietro Sefusatti, Emiliano Smith, Graham P. Spina, Lorenzo Steinmetz, Matthias Tacchella, Sandro Tautvaisiene, Grazina Theissen, Christopher Thomas, Guillaume Ting, Yuan-Sen Travouillon, Tony Tresse, Laurence Trivedi, Oem Tsantaki, Maria Tsedrik, Maria Urrutia, Tanya Valenti, Elena Van der Swaelmen, Mathieu Van Eck, Sophie Verdiani, Francesco Verdier, Aurelien Vergani, Susanna Diana Verhamme, Anne Vernet, Joel Verza, Giovanni Viel, Matteo Vielzeuf, Pauline Vietri, Giustina Vink, Jorick S. Vazquez, Carlos Viscasillas Wang, Hai-Feng Weilbacher, Peter M. Wendt, Martin Wright, Nicholas Ye, Quanzhi Yeche, Christophe Yu, Jiaxi Zafar, Tayyaba Zibetti, Stefano Ziegler, Bodo Zinchenko, Igor |
| contents | 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 |
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| spellingShingle | The Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) Science White Paper Mainieri, Vincenzo Anderson, Richard I. Brinchmann, Jarle Cimatti, Andrea Ellis, Richard S. Hill, Vanessa Kneib, Jean-Paul McLeod, Anna F. Opitom, Cyrielle Roth, Martin M. Sanchez-Saez, Paula Smiljanic, Rodolfo Tolstoy, Eline Bacon, Roland Randich, Sofia Adamo, Angela Annibali, Francesca Arevalo, Patricia Audard, Marc Barsanti, Stefania Battaglia, Giuseppina Aran, Amelia M. Bayo Belfiore, Francesco Bellazzini, Michele Bellini, Emilio Beltran, Maria Teresa Berni, Leda Bianchi, Simone Biazzo, Katia Bisero, Sofia Bisogni, Susanna Bland-Hawthorn, Joss Blondin, Stephane Bodensteiner, Julia Boffin, Henri M. J. Bonito, Rosaria Bono, Giuseppe Bouche, Nicolas F. Bowman, Dominic Braga, Vittorio F. Bragaglia, Angela Branchesi, Marica Brucalassi, Anna Bryant, Julia J. Bryson, Ian Busa, Innocenza Camera, Stefano Carbone, Carmelita Casali, Giada Casali, Mark Casasola, Viviana Castro, Norberto Catelan, Marcio Cavallo, Lorenzo Chiappini, Cristina Cioni, Maria-Rosa Colless, Matthew Colzi, Laura Contarini, Sofia Couch, Warrick D'Ammando, Filippo D., William d'Assignies D'Orazi, Valentina da Silva, Ronaldo Dainotti, Maria Giovanna Damiani, Francesco Danielski, Camilla De Cia, Annalisa de Jong, Roelof S. Dhawan, Suhail Dierickx, Philippe Driver, Simon P. Dupletsa, Ulyana Escoffier, Stephanie Escorza, Ana Fabrizio, Michele Fiorentino, Giuliana Fontana, Adriano Fontani, Francesco Sanchez, Daniel Forero Franois, Patrick Galindo-Guil, Francisco Jose Gallazzi, Anna Rita Galli, Daniele Garcia, Miriam Garcia-Rojas, Jorge Garilli, Bianca Grand, Robert Guarcello, Mario Giuseppe Hazra, Nandini Helmi, Amina Herrero, Artemio Iglesias, Daniela Ilic, Dragana Irsic, Vid Ivanov, Valentin D. Izzo, Luca Jablonka, Pascale Joachimi, Benjamin Kakkad, Darshan Kamann, Sebastian Koposov, Sergey Kordopatis, Georges Kovacevic, Andjelka B. Kraljic, Katarina Kuncarayakti, Hanindyo Kwon, Yuna La Forgia, Fiorangela Lahav, Ofer Laigle, Clotilde Lazzarin, Monica Leaman, Ryan Leclercq, Floriane Lee, Khee-Gan Lee, David Lehnert, Matt D. Lira, Paulina Loffredo, Eleonora Lucatello, Sara Magrini, Laura Maguire, Kate Mahler, Guillaume Majidi, Fatemeh Zahra Malavasi, Nicola Mannucci, Filippo Marconi, Marcella Martin, Nicolas Marulli, Federico Massari, Davide Matsuno, Tadafumi Mattheee, Jorryt McGee, Sean Merc, Jaroslav Merle, Thibault Miglio, Andrea Migliorini, Alessandra Minchev, Ivan Minniti, Dante Miret-Roig, Nuria Ibero, Ana Monreal Montano, Federico Montet, Ben T. Moresco, Michele Moretti, Chiara Moscardini, Lauro Moya, Andres Mueller, Oliver Nanayakkara, Themiya Nicholl, Matt Nordlander, Thomas Onori, Francesca Padovani, Marco Pala, Anna Francesca Panda, Swayamtrupta Pandey-Pommier, Mamta Pasquini, Luca Pawlak, Michal Pessi, Priscila J. Pisani, Alice Popovic, Lukav C. Prisinzano, Loredana Raddi, Roberto Rainer, Monica Rebassa-Mansergas, Alberto Richard, Johan Rigault, Mickael Rocher, Antoine Romano, Donatella Rosati, Piero Sacco, Germano Sanchez-Janssen, Ruben Sander, Andreas A. C. Sanders, Jason L. Sargent, Mark Sarpa, Elena Schimd, Carlo Schipani, Pietro Sefusatti, Emiliano Smith, Graham P. Spina, Lorenzo Steinmetz, Matthias Tacchella, Sandro Tautvaisiene, Grazina Theissen, Christopher Thomas, Guillaume Ting, Yuan-Sen Travouillon, Tony Tresse, Laurence Trivedi, Oem Tsantaki, Maria Tsedrik, Maria Urrutia, Tanya Valenti, Elena Van der Swaelmen, Mathieu Van Eck, Sophie Verdiani, Francesco Verdier, Aurelien Vergani, Susanna Diana Verhamme, Anne Vernet, Joel Verza, Giovanni Viel, Matteo Vielzeuf, Pauline Vietri, Giustina Vink, Jorick S. Vazquez, Carlos Viscasillas Wang, Hai-Feng Weilbacher, Peter M. Wendt, Martin Wright, Nicholas Ye, Quanzhi Yeche, Christophe Yu, Jiaxi Zafar, Tayyaba Zibetti, Stefano Ziegler, Bodo Zinchenko, Igor Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 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 |
| title | The Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) Science White Paper |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05398 |