Recommendations for Early Definition Science with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

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Autori principali: Sanderson, Robyn E., Hickox, Ryan, Hirata, Christopher M., Holman, Matthew J., Lu, Jessica R., Villar, Ashley
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Sanderson, Robyn E.
Hickox, Ryan
Hirata, Christopher M.
Holman, Matthew J.
Lu, Jessica R.
Villar, Ashley
author_facet Sanderson, Robyn E.
Hickox, Ryan
Hirata, Christopher M.
Holman, Matthew J.
Lu, Jessica R.
Villar, Ashley
contents The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman), NASA's next flagship observatory, has significant mission time to be spent on surveys for general astrophysics in addition to its three core community surveys. We considered what types of observations outside the core surveys would most benefit from early definition, given 700 hours of mission time in the first two years of Roman's operation. We recommend that a survey of the Galactic plane be defined early, based on the broad range of stakeholders for such a survey, the added scientific value of a first pass to obtain a baseline for proper motions complementary to Gaia's, and the significant potential synergies with ground-based surveys, notably the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) on Rubin. We also found strong motivation to follow a community definition process for ultra-deep observations with Roman.
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spellingShingle Recommendations for Early Definition Science with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Sanderson, Robyn E.
Hickox, Ryan
Hirata, Christopher M.
Holman, Matthew J.
Lu, Jessica R.
Villar, Ashley
Astrophysics of Galaxies
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman), NASA's next flagship observatory, has significant mission time to be spent on surveys for general astrophysics in addition to its three core community surveys. We considered what types of observations outside the core surveys would most benefit from early definition, given 700 hours of mission time in the first two years of Roman's operation. We recommend that a survey of the Galactic plane be defined early, based on the broad range of stakeholders for such a survey, the added scientific value of a first pass to obtain a baseline for proper motions complementary to Gaia's, and the significant potential synergies with ground-based surveys, notably the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) on Rubin. We also found strong motivation to follow a community definition process for ultra-deep observations with Roman.
title Recommendations for Early Definition Science with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.14342