1. The physics of galaxy evolution with EAGLE
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Jean-Gabriel Cuby, H. Flores, Gérard Rousset, M. D. Lehnert, Thierry Fusco, Benoit Neichel, M. Puech, Y. Yang, Simon L. Morris, Chris Evans, Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation (GEPI), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Department of Physics [Durham University], Durham University, Royal Observatory Edinburgh (ROE), University of Edinburgh, DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Châtillon], ONERA-Université Paris-Saclay, Gemini Observatory [Southern Operations Center], Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics (LESIA), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Clénet, Y., Conan, J.-M., Fusco, T., and Rousset, G.
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Eagle ,Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) ,FOS: Physical sciences ,OPTICAL TELESCOPES ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,010309 optics ,[SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics] ,biology.animal ,0103 physical sciences ,Galaxy formation and evolution ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,Spectrograph ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,ADAPTIVE OPTICS ,[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,Physics ,biology ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Astronomy ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Redshift ,Galaxy ,Field (geography) ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,0210 nano-technology ,Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
One of the prominent science goal of the ELTs will be to study the physics and mass assembly of galaxies at very high redshifts. Here, we present the galaxy evolution science case for EAGLE, which is a NIR multi-integral field spectrograph for the E-ELT currently under phase A study. We summarize results of simulations conducted to derive high-level requirements. In particular, we show how we have derived the specifications for the ensquared energy that the AO system needs to provide to reach the scientific goals of the instrument. Finally, we present future strategies to conduct galaxy surveys with EAGLE., 6 pages, 4 Figures, to appear in the proceedings of the AO4ELT meeting held in Paris, 22-26 June 2009
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- 2010
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