The physics of galaxy evolution with EAGLE

M. Puech; M. Lehnert; Y. Yang; J.-G. Cuby; S. Morris; C. Evans; B. Neichel; T. Fusco; G. Rousset; H. Flores

doi:10.1051/ao4elt/201001005

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Year: 2010

10.1051/ao4elt/201001005

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Issue		2010


Article Number		01005
Number of page(s)		6
Section		Astrophysical needs and high level requirements for AO on ELTs
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/ao4elt/201001005
Published online		24 February 2010

1st AO4ELT conference, 01005 (2010)

The physics of galaxy evolution with EAGLE

M. Puech¹^a, M. Lehnert¹, Y. Yang¹, J.-G. Cuby², S. Morris³, C. Evans⁴, B. Neichel⁵^,1^,6, T. Fusco⁵, G. Rousset⁷ and H. Flores¹

¹ GEPI, Observatoire de Paris, 5 Place Jules Janssen, 92195, Meudon Cedex, France
² LAM, OAMP, 38 rue Frederic Joliot Curie, 13388, Marseille Cedex 13, France
³ Department of Physics, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
⁴ UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK
⁵ ONERA, BP 72, 92322, Chatillon Cedex, France
⁶ Gemini Observatory, Colina El Pino s/n, Castilla 603, La Serena, Chile
⁷ LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, 5 Place Jules Janssen, 92195, Meudon Cedex, France

^a e-mail: mathieu.puech@obspm.fr

Abstract

One of the prominent science goal of the ELTs will be to study the physics and mass assembly of galaxies at very high redshifts. Here, we present the galaxy evolution science case for EAGLE, which is a NIR multi-integral field spectrograph for the E-ELT currently under phase A study. We summarize results of simulations conducted to derive high-level requirements. In particular, we show how we have derived the specifications for the ensquared energy that the AO system needs to provide to reach the scientific goals of the instrument. Finally, we present future strategies to conduct galaxy surveys with EAGLE.