Publications (10)
The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer Book 2018
Alexis Hill, Nicolas Flagey, Alan McConnachie +122
(Abridged) This is the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer 2018 book. It is intended as a concise reference guide to all aspects of the scientific and technical design of MSE, for the…
Preliminary DIMM and MASS Nighttime Seeing Measurements at PEARL, in the Canadian High Arctic
Eric Steinbring, Max Millar-Blanchaer, Wayne Ngan +3
Results of deploying a Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM) and a DIMM combined with a Multi-Aperture Scintillation Sensor (MASS/DIMM) are reported for campaigns in 2011 and 20…
The Detailed Science Case for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer, 2019 edition
The MSE Science Team, Carine Babusiaux, Maria Bergemann +258
(Abridged) The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) is an end-to-end science platform for the design, execution and scientific exploitation of spectroscopic surveys. It will unvei…
Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) Instrumentation Suite
Alexis Hill, Nicolas Flagey, Alan McConnachie +2
The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) is replacement of the existing 3.6-m Canada France Hawaii Telescope into a dedicated wide field highly multiplexed fiber fed spectroscopic…
Ukaliq: Seeing Long-Term with Small, Precise Arctic Telescopes
Eric Steinbring, Brian Leckie, Rick Murowinski
Time-domain astrophysics benefits from extreme-latitude sites, which can combine intrinsically extended nighttime with good sky conditions. One such location is the Polar Environme…
Three Lyman-alpha Emitters at z approx 6: Early GMOS/Gemini Data from the GLARE Project
Elizabeth R. Stanway, Karl Glazebrook, Andrew J. Bunker +14
We report spectroscopic detection of three z~6 Lyman-alpha emitting galaxies, in the vicinity of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, from the early data of the Gemini Lyman- at Reioni…
A concise overview of the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer
Alan W. McConnachie, Carine Babusiaux, Michael Balogh +19
This short document is intended as a companion and introduction to the Detailed Science Case (DSC) for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer. It provides a concise summary of the ess…
Transforming the Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) into the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE): A Conceptual Observatory Building and Facilities Design
Steven E. Bauman, Greg Barrick, Tom Benedict +21
The Canada France Hawaii Telescope Corporation (CFHT) plans to repurpose its observatory on the summit of Maunakea and operate a new wide field spectroscopic survey telescope, the…
The Detailed Science Case for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer: the Composition and Dynamics of the Faint Universe
Alan McConnachie, Carine Babusiaux, Michael Balogh +173
MSE is an 11.25m aperture observatory with a 1.5 square degree field of view that will be fully dedicated to multi-object spectroscopy. More than 3200 fibres will feed spectrograph…
The Gemini Deep Deep Survey: III. The abundance of massive galaxies 3-6 billion years after the Big Bang
Karl Glazebrook, Roberto Abraham, Patrick McCarthy +9
Hierarchical galaxy formation is the model whereby massive galaxies form from an assembly of smaller units. The most massive objects therefore form last. The model succeeds in desc…