ELT Observations of Supernovae at the Edge of the Universe

Abstract

We discuss the possibility of using Supernovae as tracers of the star formation history of the Universe for the range of stellar masses $\sim 3-30$ M${}_{\odot }$ and possibly beyond. We simulate the observations of 350 SNe, up to $z\sim 15$, made with OWL (100m) telescope.

9 pages, 6 figures. To appear in "Exploring the Cosmic Frontier: Astrophysical Instruments for the 21st Century", proceedings of the conference held in Berlin, 18-21 May 2004

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