Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-gbm5v Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-23T10:39:45.025Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

The first galaxies: instrument requirements and concept study for OWL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2006

J.-G. Cuby
Affiliation:
LAM, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, 13376 Marseille Cedex 12, France email: [email protected]
J.-P. Kneib
Affiliation:
LAM, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, 13376 Marseille Cedex 12, France email: [email protected]
F. Hammer
Affiliation:
GEPI, Observatoire Paris-Meudon, 92195 Meudon, France
E. Prieto
Affiliation:
LAM, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, 13376 Marseille Cedex 12, France email: [email protected]
M. Marteaud
Affiliation:
GEPI, Observatoire Paris-Meudon, 92195 Meudon, France
P. Vola
Affiliation:
GEPI, Observatoire Paris-Meudon, 92195 Meudon, France
P. Jagourel
Affiliation:
GEPI, Observatoire Paris-Meudon, 92195 Meudon, France
P.-E. Blanc
Affiliation:
LAM, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, 13376 Marseille Cedex 12, France email: [email protected]
T. Fusco
Affiliation:
ONERA, BP72, 92322 Chatillon Cedex, France
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

A highlight science case for the European ELT is: First light - The First Galaxies and the Ionization State of the Early Universe. It aims at understanding the formation and evolution of the first sources of light at the end of the Dark Ages and of the re-ionization of the Universe. The corresponding instrument requirements are: a few tens of integral field units with spatial sampling $\sim$20mas and individual fields of ${\sim}1''$ over a wide field of view of $5' \times 5'$ or larger. Multi-Object Adaptive Optics is required to locally provide significant image quality enhancement. Spectroscopic observations are required in the near IR domain with a spectral resolution of a few 1000. MOMFIS is a preliminary instrument concept designed for OWL around this science case. The instrument concept and preliminary design are presented. Development efforts are estimated, as well as development risks and required R&D activities.

Type
Contributed Papers
Copyright
2006 International Astronomical Union