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Title: ATLAS probe: Breakthrough science of galaxy evolution, cosmology, Milky Way, and the Solar System

Journal Article · · Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2019.5· OSTI ID:1528920
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  1. California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
  2. Space Telescope Science Inst., Baltimore, MD (United States); Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)
  3. National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), Tuscon, AZ (United States)
  4. Queen’s Univ. Belfast, Belfast (United States)
  5. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)
  6. Leiden Univ., Leiden (The Netherlands); Univ. do Porto, Porto (Portugal)
  7. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
  8. Alma Mater Studiorum Univ. of Bologna, Bologna (Italy); Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Firenze (Italy)
  9. Macquarie Univ., NSW (Australia)
  10. Univ. Paris Diderot, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  11. Space Telescope Science Inst., Baltimore, MD (United States)
  12. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
  13. Univ. of Waterloo, ON (Canada)
  14. Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón, Teruel (Spain)
  15. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
  16. Univ. of the Western Cape, Cape Town (South Africa); Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Bologna (Italy)
  17. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)
  18. California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Jet Propulsion Lab. (JPL)
  19. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
  20. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (United States)
  21. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
  22. Swinburne Univ. of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC (Australia)
  23. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD (United States)
  24. Univ. of Bologna, Bologna (Italy)
  25. Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
  26. Rochester Inst. of Technology, Rochester, NY (United States)
  27. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
  28. Univ. of Copenhagen (Denmark). The Niels Bohr Inst.
  29. Stanford Univ., CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
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Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy Probe is a concept for a National Aeronautics and Space Administration probe-class space mission that will achieve ground-breaking science in the fields of galaxy evolution, cosmology, Milky Way, and the Solar System. It is the follow-up space mission to Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), boosting its scientific return by obtaining deep 1–4 μm slit spectroscopy for ~70% of all galaxies imaged by the ~2 000 deg2 WFIRST High Latitude Survey at z > 0.5. Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy will measure accurate and precise redshifts for ~200 M galaxies out to z < 7, and deliver spectra that enable a wide range of diagnostic studies of the physical properties of galaxies over most of cosmic history. Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy Probe and WFIRST together will produce a 3D map of the Universe over 2 000 deg2, the definitive data sets for studying galaxy evolution, probing dark matter, dark energy and modifications of General Relativity, and quantifying the 3D structure and stellar content of the Milky Way. Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy Probe science spans four broad categories: (1) Revolutionising galaxy evolution studies by tracing the relation between galaxies and dark matter from galaxy groups to cosmic voids and filaments, from the epoch of reionisation through the peak era of galaxy assembly; (2) Opening a new window into the dark Universe by weighing the dark matter filaments using 3D weak lensing with spectroscopic redshifts, and obtaining definitive measurements of dark energy and modification of General Relativity using galaxy clustering; (3) Probing the Milky Way’s dust-enshrouded regions, reaching the far side of our Galaxy; and (4) Exploring the formation history of the outer Solar System by characterising Kuiper Belt Objects. Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy Probe is a 1.5 m telescope with a field of view of 0.4 deg2, and uses digital micro-mirror devices as slit selectors. It has a spectroscopic resolution of R = 1 000, and a wavelength range of 1–4 μm. The lack of slit spectroscopy from space over a wide field of view is the obvious gap in current and planned future space missions; Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy fills this big gap with an unprecedented spectroscopic capability based on digital micro-mirror devices (with an estimated spectroscopic multiplex factor greater than 5 000). Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy is designed to fit within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration probe-class space mission cost envelope; it has a single instrument, a telescope aperture that allows for a lighter launch vehicle, and mature technology (we have identified a path for digital micro-mirror devices to reach Technology Readiness Level 6 within 2 yr). In conclusion, Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy Probe will lead to transformative science over the entire range of astrophysics: from galaxy evolution to the dark Universe, from Solar System objects to the dusty regions of the Milky Way

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515; SC0007914; NNX14AI62G; 15-WFIRST15-0008; ASI n.2018-23-HH.0; ASI n.I/023/12/0; PRIN MIUR 2015
OSTI ID:
1528920
Journal Information:
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, Vol. 36; ISSN 1323-3580
Publisher:
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Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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