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2010
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 01004 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Astrophysical needs and high level requirements for AO on ELTs | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/ao4elt/201001004 | |
| Published online | 24 February 2010 | |
EAGLE Spectroscopy of Resolved Stellar Populations Beyond the Local Group
1
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ,
UK
2
GEPI, Observatoire de Paris, 5
Place Jules Janssen, 92195
Meudon Cedex, France
3
Institute for Astronomy, Royal Observatory Edinburgh,
Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9
3HJ, UK
4
LAM, OAMP, 38 rue Frédéric
Joliot Curie, 13388
Marseille Cedex 13,
France
5
Department of Physics, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE,
UK
6
LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, 5 Place Jules Janssen, 92195, Meudon Cedex,
France
a e-mail: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
Valuable insights into galaxy evolution can be gleaned from studies of resolved stellar populations in the local Universe. Deep photometric surveys have provided tracers of the star-formation histories in galaxies from 0.8-16 Mpc, but without robust chemical abundances and stellar kinematics from spectroscopy, their substructures and assembly histories remain hidden from us. In this context, we introduce the EAGLE design study for a multi-integral-field-unit, near-infrared spectrograph for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). EAGLE will exploit the unprecedented light-gathering power of the E-ELT to deliver AO-corrected spectroscopy across a large (38.5 arcmin2 ) field, truly revolutionising our view of stellar populations in the Local Volume.
© Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2010