4MOST: Project overview and information for the First Call for Proposals

著者: Roelof S. de Jong, Oscar Agertz, Berbel, Alex Agudo, James Aird, D. M. Alexander, A. M. Amarsi, F. Anders, R. Andrae, Behzad Ansarinejad, Wolfgang R. Ansorge, P. Antilogus, H. Anwand-Heerwart, Anke Arentsen, Anna Árnadóttir, M. Asplund, Auger, Matt, Nicolas Azais, D. Baade, Baker, Gabriella, Sufyan Baker, E. Balbinot, I. K. Baldry, M. Banerji, Samuel C. Barden, P. S. Barklem, Eléonore Barthélémy-Mazot, C. Battistini, Bauer, Svend, Cameron P. M. Bell, Olga Bellido-Tirado, Sabine Bellstedt, Vasily Belokurov, T. Bensby, M. Bergemann, J. M. Bestenlehner, R. M. Bielby, Maciej Bilicki, Chris Blake, Joss Bland‐Hawthorn, C. Boeche, Wilfried Boland, Thomas Böller, S. Bongard, A. Bongiorno, P. Bonifacio, Didier Boudon, D. Brooks, M. J. I. Brown, Rebecca Brown, M. Brüggen, Joar Brynnel, Jurek Brzeski, Buchert, Thomas, Peter Buschkamp, E. Caffau, Patrick Caillier, Jonathan Carrick, L. Casagrande, Scott W. Case, Andrew R. Casey, Isabella Cesarini, G. Cescutti, Diane Chapuis, C. Chiappini, M. Childress, N. Christlieb, Ross P. Church, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, M. E. Cluver, Matthew Colless, Thomas E. Collett, Johan Comparat, Andrew P. Cooper, W. J. Couch, F. Courbin, S. M. Croom, Darren Croton, Eric Daguisé, Gavin Dalton, L. J. M. Davies, T. M. Davis, P. de Laverny, Alis J. Deason, Frank Dionies, Disseau, Karen, P. Doel, D. Döscher, Simon P. Driver, T. Dwelly, D. Eckert, A. C. Edge, B. Edvardsson, Dalal El Youssoufi, Ahmed Elhaddad, H. Enke, G. Erfanianfar, Farrell, Tony, Thomas Fechner, C. Feiz, S. Feltzing, Ignacio Ferreras, D. Feuerstein, Diane Feuillet, A. Finoguenov, Dominic Ford, S. Fotopoulou, M. Fouesneau, Carlos S. Frenk, Steffen Frey, Wolfgang Gäessler, S. Geier, N. P. Gentile Fusillo, Ortwin Gerhard, T. Giannantonio, Domenico Giannone, B. K. Gibson, Peter Gillingham, C. Gónzalez-Fernández, E. González-Solares, S. Gottloeber, Gould, Andrew, E. K. Grebel, A. Guéguen, G. Guiglion, Martin G. Haehnelt, Hahn, Thomas, C. J. Hansen, H. Hartman, Katja Hauptner, Keith Hawkins, Dionne Haynes, Haynes, Roger, U. Heiter, A. Helmi, Aguayo, Cesar Hernandez, P. C. Hewett, S. R. Hinton, D. Hobbs, S. Hoenig, D. Hofman, I. Hook, Joshua Hopgood, Andrew Hopkins, A. Hourihane, L. M. Howes, Cullan Howlett, Tristan Huet, Irwin, Mike, Iwert, Olaf, P. Jablonka, Thomas Jähn, K. Jahnkę, Aurélien Jarno, Shoko Jin, P. Jofré, Diana Johl, Jones, Damien, Henrik Jönsson, C. R. Jordan, I. Karovicova, A. Khalatyan, Andreas Kelz, Robert C. Kennicutt, David King, Francisco-Shu Kitaura, Jochen Klar, Urs Klauser, Jean‐Paul Kneib, A. Koch, S. E. Koposov, G. Kordopatis, Korn, Andreas, Johan Kosmalski, R. Kotak, Mikhail Kovalev, Kathryn Kreckel, Yevgen Kripak, M. Krumpe, Kuijken, Koen, Andrea Kunder, Iryna Kushniruk, Man I Lam, G. Lamer, Florence Laurent, Jon Lawrence, Lehmitz, Michael, Lemasle, Bertrand, James R. Lewis, Baojiu Li, C. Lidman, K. Lind, J. Liske, Jean-Louis Lizon, J. Loveday, H.‐G. Ludwig, Richard M. McDermid, K. Maguire, V. Mainieri, Mali, Slavko, Mandel, Holger, Kaisey S. Mandel, L. Mannering, Sarah L. Martell, Delgado, David Martinez, G. Matijevič, Helen McGregor, R. G. McMahon, P. J. McMillan, Olga Mena, A. Merloni, Meyer, Martin J., C. Michel, Genoveva Micheva, Jean-Emmanuel Migniau, Ivan Minchev, G. Monari, Rolf Müller, D. N. A. Murphy, Daniel Muthukrishna, K. Nandra, Navarro, Ramon, Melissa Ness, Nichani, Vijay, R. C. Nichol, H. Nicklas, Florian Niederhofer, P. Norberg, Danail Obreschkow, Seb Oliver, M. S. Owers, Pai, Naveen, S. Pankratow, David Parkinson, J. Paschke, R. A. H. Paterson, A. Pécontal, Parry, Ian, Dan Phillips, Annalisa Pillepich, Laurent Pinard, Pirard, Jeff, Piskunov, Nikolai, V. Plank, D. Plüschke, Estelle Pons, P. Popesso, Chris Power, Pragt, Johan, A. Pramskiy, Pryer, Dan, Quattri, Marco, A. B. A. Queiroz, A. Quirrenbach, Swara Rahurkar, Anand Raichoor, S. Ramstedt, A. Rau, A. Recio–Blanco, Roland Reiss, Florent Renaud, Yves Revaz, P. Rhode, Johan Richard, Amon Richter, Hans‐Walter Rix, A. S. G. Robotham, R. Roelfsema, M. Romaniello, D. J. Rosario, Rothmaier, Florian, Boudewijn F. Roukema, G. Ruchti, G. Rupprecht, J. Rybizki, N. Ryde, André Saar, E. M. Sadler, M Sahlén, M. Salvato, Sassolas, Benoit, W. Saunders, Allar Saviauk, L. Sbordone, Thomas Schmidt, O. Schnurr, R.‐D. Scholz, A. Schwope, W. Seifert, T. Shanks, Andrew Sheinis, T. Sivov, Á. Skúladóttir, S. J. Smartt, Scott Smedley, Greg Smith, R. C. Smith, Jenny G. Sorce, Lee R. Spitler, Else Starkenburg, Matthias Steinmetz, Ingo Stilz, J. Storm, M. Sullivan, William J. Sutherland, Elizabeth Swann, Amélie Tamone, Edward N. Taylor, Julien Teillon, Elmo Tempel, Rik ter Horst, W.‐F. Thi, Eline Tolstoy, S. C. Trager, G. Traven, Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay, L. Tresse, M. Valentini, Rien van de Weygaert, M. E. van den Ancker, J. Veljanoski, Sudharshan Venkatesan, Lukas Wagner, Wagner, Karl, C. J. Walcher, Lew Waller, N. A. Walton, Wang, Lingyu, Winkler, Roland, L. Wisotzki, C. C. Worley, G. Worseck, Maosheng Xiang, Wenli Xu, David Yong, Cheng Zhao, Jessica Zheng, Florian Zscheyge, D. B. Zucker - Swinburne University of Technology 2019 被引用: 311

We introduce the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST), a new high-multiplex, wide-field spectroscopic survey facility under development for the four-metre-class Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) at Paranal. Its key specifications are: a large field of view (FoV) of 4.2 square degrees and a high multiplex capability, with 1624 fibres feeding two low-resolution spectrographs ($R = λ/Δλ\sim 6500$), and 812 fibres transferring light to the high-resolution spectrograph ($R \sim 20\,000$). After a description of the instrument and its expected performance, a short overview is given of its operational scheme and planned 4MOST Consortium science; these aspects are covered in more detail in other articles in this edition of The Messenger. Finally, the processes, schedules, and policies concerning the selection of ESO Community Surveys are presented, commencing with a singular opportunity to submit Letters of Intent for Public Surveys during the first five years of 4MOST operations.