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IFUs in the Era of JWST

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Tue 26 Oct 2010
Thu 28 Oct 2010

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Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
3700 San Martin Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218

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Optical/near-IR integral field (or 3D) spectroscopy is now a well developed field, with integral field units (IFUs) being operated on a large number of ground- and space-based telescopes. With IFUs integrated into JWST’s main instruments, and a range of IFUs being planned for next-generation ELTs (GMT, TMT, E-ELT), we are now in the era of IFUs. The time is therefore ripe to review the current science being done with integral field spectrographs, and how IFU-based science from future observatories will transform our understanding of many features of our solar system, star formation, galaxy evolution, and cosmology.

This workshop brought together researchers from around the world to foster the sharing of knowledge and experience regarding the field of IFS. This was critical for stimulating scientifically productive and inventive uses of these complex and versatile instruments, and for bettering our understanding of how to analyze the often overwhelming complexity of data they produce. It was the first international meeting concentrating on IFU-based science to be held in the U.S., and follows a series of similar workshops that have been held in Europe over the last few years.

The major goals of this workshop were threefold:

  1. To highlight the current science being done with integral field spectrographs on large ground-based (Keck, VLT, etc.) and space- based (Herschel) telescopes;
  2. To explore the capabilities of the JWST MIRI and NIRSpec IFUs, and their synergies with those planned for current and future ground- and space- based telescopes; and
  3. To review the powerful and innovative techniques used to analyze IFU data cubes to maximize the useful information available and visualize/present results.

Important Dates

June 11 Registration opens
August 27 Conference registration and abstract submission deadline

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