Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-7cvxr Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-25T19:34:15.329Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Galaxy formation and cosmology in the ELT era

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2006

Patrick J. McCarthy
Patrick J. McCarthy
Affiliation:
Carnegie Observatories 813 Santa Barbara St. Pasadena, CA 91101, USApmc2@ociw.edu
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

Understanding the energy and matter content of the Universe and its evolution are key goals for the international astronomical community and all extremely large telescope projects. ELTs will bring a wide range of tools to bear on questions relating to the nature of dark energy and the formation and early evolution of galaxies. Natural seeing and ground-layer corrected instruments on ELTs will quantify the assembly of galaxies at modest redshifts, while near-IR diffraction-limited instruments will probe the internal structure of early galaxies and the epoch of first light and reionization.

Keywords

Cosmology: early universeGalaxies: formationevolution
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 1 , Symposium S232: Scientific Requirements for Extremely Large Telescopes , November 2005 , pp. 119 - 129
Copyright
2006 International Astronomical Union