(WP6) The AtLAST design study is tightly anchored to unique science drivers that range from the study of galaxies to cosmology.
Researchers at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), in collaboration with the University of Oslo, the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the University of Hertfordshire, will distill a set of observatory requirements from the key science drivers. In parallel they will coordinate a community-led effort to further develop the science case and deliver theoretical expectations and mock catalogues for AtLAST observations.
Main contacts and roles:
- Pamela Klaassen - coordination of work package 6, communication with WP2 for what concerns telescope requirements, creation of telescope simulator
- Mark Booth - coordination of the science working groups, maintenance of the sensitivity calculator
- Claudia Cicone - pilot (sub)mm observations of the cold and dense CGM of galaxies; theoretical expectations and mock observations for AtLAST
- Sijing Shen - cosmological simulations of galaxy formation and evolution, modelling and numerical techniques
- Alice Schimek - theoretical expectations for AtLAST observations of the ISM, CGM, and IGM of galaxies and of the SZ effect
- James Geach - theoretical expectations for AtLAST extragalactic survey
Main milestones:
- Completion of telescope simulator and sensitivity calculator
Main deliverables:
- AtLAST Sensitivity calculator: link to Github repo; link to online version
- Science drivers report (May 2023, link to the report)
- Mock catalogues
- Science overview report (June 2024, link to arXiv)
- Telescope requirements matrix
Presentations:
- Work Package 6.1 Use Case introduction presentation
- Work Package 6.1 Case Study Kickoff presentation
- Work Package 6.5 Case Studies November 2023 Update
(2021-2022) Use Case Template:
- Use Case Latex Template (.zip file)
- Use Cases due Jul 30th, 2021:
- overleaf link or
- tarball of latex and associated files (if using overleaf, 'submit to arxiv' creates such a tarball - but doesn't actually do a submission)
- Use Case Summary Document (.pdf)
(2023+ work) Science working groups & corresponding GitHub spaces:
- Solar Physics working group, led by Sven Wedemeyer
- Solar System working group, led by Alexander Thelen
- Our Galaxy working group, led by Pamela Klaassen and Alvaro Hacar
- Nearby Galaxies working group, led by Daizhong Liu and Matthew Smith
- Distant Universe working group, led by Luca Di Mascolo and Minju Lee
- Time domain/variability working group: Overleaf document (read only link) created by Claudia
