학술논문

CCAT-prime Collaboration: Science Goals and Forecasts with Prime-Cam on the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope
Document Type
article
Author
CCAT-Prime CollaborationManuel AravenaJason E. AustermannKaustuv BasuNicholas BattagliaBenjamin BeringueFrank BertoldiFrank BigielJ. Richard BondPatrick C. BreysseColton BroughtonRicardo BustosScott C. ChapmanMaude CharmetantSteve K. ChoiDongwoo T. ChungSusan E. ClarkNicholas F. CothardAbigail T. CritesAnkur DevKaela DouglasCody J. DuellRolando DünnerHaruki EbinaJens ErlerMichel FichLaura M. FisselSimon ForemanR. G. FreundtPatricio A. GallardoJiansong GaoPablo GarcíaRiccardo GiovanelliJoseph E. GolecChristopher E. GroppiMartha P. HaynesDouglas HenkeBrandon HensleyTerry HerterRonan HigginsRenée HložekAnthony HuberZachary HuberJohannes HubmayrRebecca JacksonDouglas JohnstoneChristos KaroumpisLaura C. KeatingEiichiro KomatsuYaqiong LiBenjamin MagnelliBrenda C. MatthewsPhilip D. MauskopfJeffrey J. McMahonP. Daniel MeerburgJoel MeyersVyoma MuralidharaNorman W. MurrayMichael D. NiemackThomas NikolaYoko OkadaRoberto PudduDominik A. RiechersErik RosolowskyKayla RossiKaja RotermundAnirban RoySarah I. SadavoyReinhold SchaafPeter SchilkeDouglas ScottRobert SimonAdrian K. SinclairGregory R. SivakoffGordon J. StaceyAmelia M. StutzJuergen StutzkiMehrnoosh TahaniKarun ThanjavurRalf A. TimmermannJoel N. UllomAlexander van EngelenEve M. VavagiakisMichael R. VissersJordan D. WheelerSimon D. M. WhiteYijie ZhuBugao Zou
Source
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Vol 264, Iss 1, p 7 (2022)
Subject
Wide-field telescopes
Astronomical instrumentation
Galaxy evolution
Reionization
Protogalaxies
Time domain astronomy
Astrophysics
QB460-466
Language
English
ISSN
1538-4365
0067-0049
Abstract
We present a detailed overview of the science goals and predictions for the Prime-Cam direct-detection camera–spectrometer being constructed by the CCAT-prime collaboration for dedicated use on the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST). The FYST is a wide-field, 6 m aperture submillimeter telescope being built (first light in late 2023) by an international consortium of institutions led by Cornell University and sited at more than 5600 m on Cerro Chajnantor in northern Chile. Prime-Cam is one of two instruments planned for FYST and will provide unprecedented spectroscopic and broadband measurement capabilities to address important astrophysical questions ranging from Big Bang cosmology through reionization and the formation of the first galaxies to star formation within our own Milky Way. Prime-Cam on the FYST will have a mapping speed that is over 10 times greater than existing and near-term facilities for high-redshift science and broadband polarimetric imaging at frequencies above 300 GHz. We describe details of the science program enabled by this system and our preliminary survey strategies.