Preliminary Target Selection for the DESI Milky Way Survey (MWS)

Abstract

The DESI Milky Way Survey (MWS) will observe $\ge$8 million stars between $16<r<19$ mag, supplemented by observations of brighter targets under poor observing conditions. The survey will permit an accurate determination of stellar kinematics and population gradients; characterize diffuse substructure in the thick disk and stellar halo; enable the discovery of extremely metal-poor stars and other rare stellar types; and improve constraints on the Galaxy's 3D dark matter distribution from halo star kinematics. MWS will also enable a detailed characterization of the stellar populations within 100 pc of the Sun, including a complete census of white dwarfs. The target catalog from the preliminary selection described here is public.

arXiv comment4 pages, 1 figure; published in Res. Notes AAS

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