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Galactic Archeology with 4MOST

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2018

S. Feltzing ,
T. Bensby ,
M. Bergemann ,
C. Chiappini ,
N. Christlieb ,
M.-R. Cioni ,
A. Helmi ,
M. Irwin ,
I. Minchev  and
E. Starkenburg
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S. Feltzing
Affiliation:
Lund Observatory, Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Box 43, SE-221 00, Lund, Sweden, email: sofia@astro.lu.se
T. Bensby
Affiliation:
Lund Observatory, Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Box 43, SE-221 00, Lund, Sweden, email: sofia@astro.lu.se
M. Bergemann
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
C. Chiappini
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
N. Christlieb
Affiliation:
ZAH, Landessternwarte, Heidelberg, Germany
M.-R. Cioni
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
A. Helmi
Affiliation:
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands
M. Irwin
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK
I. Minchev
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
E. Starkenburg
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
R. de Jong
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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Abstract

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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.

Keywords

Galaxy: haloGalaxy: diskGalaxy: bulgeGalaxy: evolutionGalaxy: structureGalaxy: abundancesMagellanic Clouds
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 13 , Symposium S334: Rediscovering our Galaxy , July 2017 , pp. 225 - 232
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2018 

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