Pan-STARRS Science Goals
Preliminary Conceptual Design Review Science Case
At the inception of the Pan-STARRS project, IfA scientists were invited to join the Pan-STARRS Science Working Group (SWG). Chaired by Dave Jewitt, this group prepared 17 separate science goal statements. While not an exhaustive list of all the possible science that Pan-STARRS will do, it does provide a fairly exhaustive set of requirements in terms of exposure times, image quality, cadence etc. The following documents were distributed to the reviewers at the Preliminary Conceptual Design Review in 02/3003.
Overview Documents
Science Overview - Dave Jewitt
Design Reference Mission - Dave Jewitt and Herve Aussel
Follow Up Observations Requirements - Herve Aussel (presented at the 08/2003 Internal Preliminary Requirements Review).
Individual Science Proposals
Active Galactic Nuclei - Ken Chambers
Extragalactic and Galactic Stellar Science - Fabio Bresolin, Rolf-Peter Kudritzki, Roberto H. Mendez, Norbert Przybilla and Richard J. Wainscoat
Exoplanet Science - Eduardo Martin
Identification of Faint Infrared Sources - Herve Aussel
Gamma-Ray Bursters and Orphan Afterglows - Ken Chambers
Kuiper Belt Science - David C. Jewitt
Dwarf and Low Surface Brightness Galaxies - Herve Aussel, Norbert Przybilla and Kenneth C. Chambers
Large Scale Structure - Istvan Szapudi, Ken Chambers and Andy Connolly
Asteroid Science - Team Asteroid
Asteroid Collision Threat - Al Harris, Robert Jedicke, Dave Jewitt, Nick Kaiser and Dave Tholen
Other Solar System Science - David Jewitt
Supernova Science - John Tonry
Solar Neighbourhood Census - Michael C. Liu, Dave Monet (USNO)
Probing the Mechanisms of Spheroid Formation - Alan Stockton and Ken Chambers
Evolution and Death of Stars - Steve B.Howell
Weak Lensing - Nick Kaiser
Young Stellar Objects - Bo Reipurth, Klaus Hodapp, and George Herbig