Thomas Bensby
Senior lecturer
Galactic Archeology with 4MOST
Author
Summary, in English
4MOST is a new wide-field, high-multiplex spectroscopic survey facility for the VISTA telescope of ESO. Starting in 2022, 4MOST will deploy 2400 fibres in a 4.1 square degree field-of-view using a positioner based on the tilting spine principle. In this contribution we give an outline of the major science goals we wish to achieve with 4MOST in the area of Galactic Archeology. The 4MOST Galactic Archeology surveys have been designed to address long-standing and far-reaching problems in Galactic science. They are focused on four major themes: 1) Near-field cosmology tests, 2) Chemo-dynamical characterisation of the major Milky Way stellar components, 3) The Galactic Halo and beyond, and 4) Discovery and characterisation of extremely metal-poor stars. In addition to a top-level description of the Galactic surveys we provide information about how the community will be able to join 4MOST via a call for Public Spectroscopic Surveys that ESO will launch.
Department/s
- Lund Observatory - Has been reorganised
Publishing year
2017
Language
English
Pages
225-232
Publication/Series
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Volume
13
Issue
S334
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic
- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
- Embedded Systems
Keywords
- Galaxy: abundances
- Galaxy: bulge
- Galaxy: disk
- Galaxy: evolution
- Galaxy: halo
- Galaxy: structure
- Magellanic Clouds
Status
Published
Project
- The New Milky Way
- 4MOST - massive spectroscopic surveys of the Milky Way and the Universe
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1743-9213