The GMOX science case: resolving galaxies through cosmic time
We present the key scientific questions that can be addressed by GMOX, a Multi-Object Spectrograph selected for feasibility study as a 4th generation instrument for the Gemini telescopes. Using commercial digital micro-mirror devices (DMDs) as slit selection mechanisms, GMOX can observe hundreds of...
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| author | Gennaro, Mario Robberto, Massimo Heckman, Timothy Smee, Stephen A. Barkhouser, Robert Ninkov, Zoran Adamo, Angela Becker, George Bellini, Andrea Bianchi, Luciana Bik, Arjan Calamida, Annalisa Calzetti, Daniela De Rosa, Gisella Deustua, Susana Kalirai, Jason Lotz, Jennifer MacKenty, John Manara, Carlo Felice Meixner, Margaret Pacifici, Camilla Sabbi, Elena Sahu, Kailash Tumlinson, Jason Bordoloi, Rongmon |
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| author_facet | MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Gennaro, Mario Robberto, Massimo Heckman, Timothy Smee, Stephen A. Barkhouser, Robert Ninkov, Zoran Adamo, Angela Becker, George Bellini, Andrea Bianchi, Luciana Bik, Arjan Calamida, Annalisa Calzetti, Daniela De Rosa, Gisella Deustua, Susana Kalirai, Jason Lotz, Jennifer MacKenty, John Manara, Carlo Felice Meixner, Margaret Pacifici, Camilla Sabbi, Elena Sahu, Kailash Tumlinson, Jason Bordoloi, Rongmon |
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| description | We present the key scientific questions that can be addressed by GMOX, a Multi-Object Spectrograph selected for feasibility study as a 4th generation instrument for the Gemini telescopes. Using commercial digital micro-mirror devices (DMDs) as slit selection mechanisms, GMOX can observe hundreds of sources at R∼5000 between the U and K band simultaneously. Exploiting the narrow PSF delivered by the Gemini South GeMS MCAO module, GMOX can synthesize slits as small as 40mas reaching extremely faint magnitude limits, and thus enabling a plethora of applications and innovative science. Our main scientific driver in developing GMOX has been Resolving galaxies through cosmic time: GMOX 40mas slit (at GeMS) corresponds to 300 pc at z ∼ 1:5, where the angular diameter distance reaches its maximum, and therefore to even smaller linear scales at any other redshift. This means that GMOX can take spectra of regions smaller than 300 pc in the whole observable Universe, allowing to probe the growth and evolution of galaxies with unprecedented detail. GMOXs multi-object capability and high angular resolution enable efficient studies of crowded fields, such as globular clusters, the Milky Way bulge, the Magellanic Clouds, Local Group galaxies and galaxy clusters. The wide-band simultaneous coverage and the very fast slit configuration mechanisms also make GMOX ideal for follow-up of LSST transients. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1164402022-09-29T21:09:16Z The GMOX science case: resolving galaxies through cosmic time Gennaro, Mario Robberto, Massimo Heckman, Timothy Smee, Stephen A. Barkhouser, Robert Ninkov, Zoran Adamo, Angela Becker, George Bellini, Andrea Bianchi, Luciana Bik, Arjan Calamida, Annalisa Calzetti, Daniela De Rosa, Gisella Deustua, Susana Kalirai, Jason Lotz, Jennifer MacKenty, John Manara, Carlo Felice Meixner, Margaret Pacifici, Camilla Sabbi, Elena Sahu, Kailash Tumlinson, Jason Bordoloi, Rongmon MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Bordoloi, Rongmon We present the key scientific questions that can be addressed by GMOX, a Multi-Object Spectrograph selected for feasibility study as a 4th generation instrument for the Gemini telescopes. Using commercial digital micro-mirror devices (DMDs) as slit selection mechanisms, GMOX can observe hundreds of sources at R∼5000 between the U and K band simultaneously. Exploiting the narrow PSF delivered by the Gemini South GeMS MCAO module, GMOX can synthesize slits as small as 40mas reaching extremely faint magnitude limits, and thus enabling a plethora of applications and innovative science. Our main scientific driver in developing GMOX has been Resolving galaxies through cosmic time: GMOX 40mas slit (at GeMS) corresponds to 300 pc at z ∼ 1:5, where the angular diameter distance reaches its maximum, and therefore to even smaller linear scales at any other redshift. This means that GMOX can take spectra of regions smaller than 300 pc in the whole observable Universe, allowing to probe the growth and evolution of galaxies with unprecedented detail. GMOXs multi-object capability and high angular resolution enable efficient studies of crowded fields, such as globular clusters, the Milky Way bulge, the Magellanic Clouds, Local Group galaxies and galaxy clusters. The wide-band simultaneous coverage and the very fast slit configuration mechanisms also make GMOX ideal for follow-up of LSST transients. 2018-06-19T20:02:48Z 2018-06-19T20:02:48Z 2016-06 2018-03-16T17:17:52Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116440 Gennaro, Mario, et al. "The GMOX Science Case: Resolving Galaxies through Cosmic Time." Proceedings Volume 9908, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, 25 June - 1 July, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, edited by Christopher J. Evans et al., 2016, SPIE, p. 990849. © 2016 SPIE http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2232101 Proceedings Volume 9908, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI; Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf SPIE SPIE |
| spellingShingle | Gennaro, Mario Robberto, Massimo Heckman, Timothy Smee, Stephen A. Barkhouser, Robert Ninkov, Zoran Adamo, Angela Becker, George Bellini, Andrea Bianchi, Luciana Bik, Arjan Calamida, Annalisa Calzetti, Daniela De Rosa, Gisella Deustua, Susana Kalirai, Jason Lotz, Jennifer MacKenty, John Manara, Carlo Felice Meixner, Margaret Pacifici, Camilla Sabbi, Elena Sahu, Kailash Tumlinson, Jason Bordoloi, Rongmon The GMOX science case: resolving galaxies through cosmic time |
| title | The GMOX science case: resolving galaxies through cosmic time |
| title_full | The GMOX science case: resolving galaxies through cosmic time |
| title_fullStr | The GMOX science case: resolving galaxies through cosmic time |
| title_full_unstemmed | The GMOX science case: resolving galaxies through cosmic time |
| title_short | The GMOX science case: resolving galaxies through cosmic time |
| title_sort | gmox science case resolving galaxies through cosmic time |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116440 |
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