With the arrival of wide-field imagers on medium-size telescopes (e.g. SkyMapper, Pan-STARRS) and the future co-existence of LSST with the E-ELT, it is worthwhile to evaluate the scientific potential of a CCD camera with ≈1 degree FOV for the VLT. Here we discuss the role that such an instrument could play in resolving persisting fundamental problems in “near-field cosmology”.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
B. Binggeli, A. Sandage, G.A. Tammann, Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 26, 509 (1988)
P. Bode, J.P. Ostriker, M. Turok, Astrophys. J. 556, 93 (2001)
A. Dekel, J. Silk, Astrophys. J. 303, 39 (1986)
N.Y. Gnedin, Astrophys. J. 542, 535 (2000)
Z. Haiman, A.A. Thoul, A. Loeb, Astrophys. J. 464, 523 (1996)
M. Hilker, S. Mieske, L. Infante, Astron. Astrophys. Lett. 397, L9 (2003)
H. Jerjen, K.C. Freeman, B. Binggeli, Astron. J. 116, 2873 (1998)
H. Jerjen, in Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, ed. by Paul Murdin (Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, 2000)
H. Jerjen, K.C. Freeman, B. Binggeli, Astron. J. 119, 166 (2000)
H. Jerjen et al., Astron. Astrophys. 380, 90 (2001)
A. Kambas, J.I. Davies, R.M. Smith, S. Bianchi, J.A. Haynes, Astron. J. 120, 1316 (2000)
A. Klypin, A.V. Kravtsov, O. Valenzuela, F. Prada, Astrophys. J. 522, 82 (1999)
S. Mei et al., Astrophys. J. 625, 121 (2005)
S. Mieske, M. Hilker, L. Infante, Astron. Astrophys. 403, 43 (2003a)
S. Mieske, M. Hilker, Astron. Astrophys. 410, 445 (2003b)
S. Mieske, M. Hilker, L. Infante, Astron. Astrophys. 438, 103 (2005)
S. Mieske, M. Hilker, L. Infante, Astron. Astrophys. 458, 1013 (2006)
S. Mieske, M. Hilker, L. Infante, C. Mendes de Oliveira, Astron. Astrophys. 463, 503 (2007)
B. Moore, S. Ghigna, F. Governato et al., Astrophys. J. Lett. 524, 19 (1999)
S. Phillipps et al., Astrophys. J. 493, L59 (1998)
R. Rekola, H. Jerjen, C. Flynn, Astron. Astrophys. 437, 823 (2005)
S.D. Rosenbaum, D. Bomans, Astron. Astrophys. 422L, 5 (2004)
S. Sabatini et al., Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 357, 819 (2005)
J.D. Simon, M. Geha, Astrophys. J. 670, 313 (2007)
D.N. Spergel, P.J. Steinhardt, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3760 (2000)
A.A. Thoul, D.H. Weinberg, Astrophys. J. 465, 608 (1996)
J.L. Tonry, D.P. Schneider, Astron. J. 96, 807 (1988)
J.L. Tonry et al., Astrophys. J. 546, 681 (2001)
N. Trentham, S. Hodgkins, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 333, 423 (2002)
N. Trentham, R.B. Tully, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 335, 712 (2002)
S.M. Walsh, H. Jerjen, B. Willman, Astrophys. J. Lett. 659, 121 (2007)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2009 Springer Science + Business Media B.V.
About this paper
Cite this paper
Mieske, S., Jerjen, H. (2009). Near-field Cosmology with the VLT. In: Moorwood, A. (eds) Science with the VLT in the ELT Era. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9190-2_34
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9190-2_34
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-1-4020-9189-6
Online ISBN: 978-1-4020-9190-2
eBook Packages: Physics and AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy (R0)