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DTSTART:20111026T203000Z
DTEND:20111026T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20260416T232104Z
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LOCATION:4421 Sterling Hall
SUMMARY:Spectroscopic Support of Southern Photometric Surveys\, Astron
 omy Colloquium\, Mario Mateo\, University of Michigan
DESCRIPTION:he upcoming large-scale photometric surveys of the Souther
 n Sky (SkyMapper\, PanSTARRS\, LSST\, GAIA) promise to produce vast ca
 talogs of interesting targets relevant to just about every area of mod
 ern astrophysics.  I will describe a conceptual plan for a dedicated\,
  all-sky spectroscopic survey that would powerfully complement these p
 hotometric projects. The focus of this plan is to develop a facility -
  the Southern Spectroscopic Survey Telescope (SSST) - that will provid
 e highly flexible\, wide-field and moderately deep spectroscopic capab
 ilities over the entire Southern sky.  The SSST's capabilities - all b
 ased on well-understood\, proven technologies - allow it to efficientl
 y explore a wide range of science projects. In particular\, the SSST's
  ability to carry out a range of spectroscopic surveys simultaneously 
 - each of which may involve targets with diverse field distributions a
 nd which require vastly different wavelength coverage and spectral res
 olution - will make it a uniquely powerful facility to advance a broad
  range of astronomical disciplines.  I will describe how the science c
 ase for the SSST might be developed and implemented using\, as prelimi
 nary examples\, some specific science cases of interest to astronomers
  at the University of Michigan.  I will also outline an approach that 
 we have begun to pursue that aims to build a viable consortium -perhap
 s one spearheaded by the institutions of the Big-10? - that could buil
 d and operate the SSST through its initial survey cycles.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=2318
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