The GMOX science case: Resolving galaxies through cosmic time

Mario Gennaro; Massimo Robberto; Timothy Heckman; Stephen A. Smee; Robert Barkhouser; Zoran Ninkov; Angela Adamo; George Becker; Andrea Bellini; Luciana Bianchi; Arjan Bik; Rongmon Bordoloi; Annalisa Calamida; Daniela Calzetti; Gisella De Rosa; Susana Deustua; Jason Kalirai; Jennifer Lotz; John Mackenty; Carlo Felice Manara; Margaret Meixner; Camilla Pacifici; Elena Sabbi; Kailash Sahu; Jason Tumlinson

doi:10.1117/12.2232101

The GMOX science case: Resolving galaxies through cosmic time

Mario Gennaro
, Massimo Robberto
, Timothy Heckman
, Stephen A. Smee
, Robert Barkhouser
, Zoran Ninkov
, Angela Adamo
, George Becker
, Andrea Bellini
, Luciana Bianchi
, Arjan Bik
, Rongmon Bordoloi
, Annalisa Calamida
, Daniela Calzetti
, Gisella De Rosa
, Susana Deustua
, Jason Kalirai
, Jennifer Lotz
, John Mackenty
, Carlo Felice Manara

Margaret Meixner, Camilla Pacifici, Elena Sabbi, Kailash Sahu, Jason Tumlinson

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Abstract

We present the key scientific questions that can be addressed by GMOX, a Multi-Object Spectrograph selected for feasibility study as a 4th generation instrument for the Gemini telescopes. Using commercial digital micro-mirror devices (DMDs) as slit selection mechanisms, GMOX can observe hundreds of sources at R∼5000 between the U and K band simultaneously. Exploiting the narrow PSF delivered by the Gemini South GeMS MCAO module, GMOX can synthesize slits as small as 40mas reaching extremely faint magnitude limits, and thus enabling a plethora of applications and innovative science. Our main scientific driver in developing GMOX has been Resolving galaxies through cosmic time: GMOX 40mas slit (at GeMS) corresponds to 300 pc at z ∼ 1:5, where the angular diameter distance reaches its maximum, and therefore to even smaller linear scales at any other redshift. This means that GMOX can take spectra of regions smaller than 300 pc in the whole observable Universe, allowing to probe the growth and evolution of galaxies with unprecedented detail. GMOXs multi-object capability and high angular resolution enable efficient studies of crowded fields, such as globular clusters, the Milky Way bulge, the Magellanic Clouds, Local Group galaxies and galaxy clusters. The wide-band simultaneous coverage and the very fast slit configuration mechanisms also make GMOX ideal for follow-up of LSST transients.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
Editors	Luc Simard, Christopher J. Evans, Hideki Takami
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510601956
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232101
State	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 26 2016 → Jun 30 2016

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9908

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Other	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	6/26/16 → 6/30/16

Keywords

Adaptive Optics
Camera
DMD
Multi-Object
Near Infrared
Spectrograph
Wide-Band

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Gennaro, M., Robberto, M., Heckman, T., Smee, S. A., Barkhouser, R., Ninkov, Z., Adamo, A., Becker, G., Bellini, A., Bianchi, L., Bik, A., Bordoloi, R., Calamida, A., Calzetti, D., De Rosa, G., Deustua, S., Kalirai, J., Lotz, J., Mackenty, J., ... Tumlinson, J. (2016). The GMOX science case: Resolving galaxies through cosmic time. In L. Simard, C. J. Evans, & H. Takami (Eds.), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI Article 990849 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9908). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232101

The GMOX science case: Resolving galaxies through cosmic time. / Gennaro, Mario; Robberto, Massimo; Heckman, Timothy et al.
Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI. ed. / Luc Simard; Christopher J. Evans; Hideki Takami. SPIE, 2016. 990849 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9908).

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Gennaro, M, Robberto, M, Heckman, T, Smee, SA, Barkhouser, R, Ninkov, Z, Adamo, A, Becker, G, Bellini, A, Bianchi, L, Bik, A, Bordoloi, R, Calamida, A, Calzetti, D, De Rosa, G, Deustua, S, Kalirai, J, Lotz, J, Mackenty, J, Manara, CF, Meixner, M, Pacifici, C, Sabbi, E, Sahu, K & Tumlinson, J 2016, The GMOX science case: Resolving galaxies through cosmic time. in L Simard, CJ Evans & H Takami (eds), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI., 990849, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9908, SPIE, Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 6/26/16. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232101

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