The physics of galaxy evolution with EAGLE

Puech, M.; Lehnert, M.; Yang, Y.; Cuby, J. -G.; Morris, S.; Evans, C.; Neichel, B.; Fusco, T.; Rousset, G.; Flores, H.; Clénet, Y.; Conan, J.-M.

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.

Citation

Puech, M., Lehnert, M., Yang, Y., Cuby, J. -., Morris, S., Evans, C., …Conan, J. (2010). The physics of galaxy evolution with EAGLE. In 1st A04ELT Conference - Adaptive optics for extremely large telescopes : Paris, France, June 22-26, 2009 ; proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1051/ao4elt/201001005

• Conference Name: 1st AO4ELT conference - Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes
• Conference Location: Paris, France
• Start Date: Jun 22, 2009
• End Date: Jun 26, 2009
• Online Publication Date: Feb 24, 2010
• Publication Date: Feb 24, 2010
• Deposit Date: Feb 16, 2012
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 24, 2017
• Publisher: EDP Sciences
• Book Title: 1st A04ELT Conference - Adaptive optics for extremely large telescopes : Paris, France, June 22-26, 2009 ; proceedings.
• ISBN: 9782759804962
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/ao4elt/201001005