Massively Parallel Large Area Spectroscopy from Space

ATLAS Medium Survey (close-up of z=2 slice)

A community workshop hosted by the ATLAS Probe Team

Schedule | Participants | Local Information

October 19-20, 2018, Caltech

Scientific breakthroughs are enabled by new capabilities in astrophysical instrumentation from space platforms. The next frontier in space astrophysics is massively parallel large area spectroscopy from space. This workshop will gather scientists and engineers to discuss the science drivers and design optimizations for the next generation spectroscopic missions.

Scientific Organizing Committee:

Lee Armus (Caltech/IPAC)
Mark Dickinson (NOAO)
Wesley C. Fraser (QUB)
Lynne Hillenbrand (Caltech)
Christopher M. Hirata (OSU)
Massimo Robberto (STScI)
Yun Wang (Caltech/IPAC)

Local Organizing Committee:

Yun Wang (Caltech/IPAC)
Alex Merson (JPL/Caltech/IPAC)
Zhongxu Zhai (Caltech/IPAC)
Andreas Faisst (Caltech/IPAC)

Final Schedule

October 19, 2018, Friday

Session 1 (8:50-10:30am), Chair: Mark Dickinson (NOAO)
08:50am-09:00am Welcome
09:00am-09:30am Pieter van Dokkum (Yale Univ.), Galaxy Evolution Observations Review
09:30am-10:00am Peter Behroozi (Univ. of Arizona), Galaxy Evolution Theory Review
10:00am-10:30am David Weinberg (Ohio State Univ.), Cosmology Theory Review
10:30am-11:00am Coffee Break (30 mins)

Session 2 (11:00am-12:30pm), Chair: Lynne Hillenbrand (Caltech)
11:00am -11:30am Will Percival (Univ. of Waterloo), Cosmology Observations Review
11:30am-12:00pm Jo Bovy (Univ. of Toronto), Galactic & Stellar Science Theory Review
12:00pm-12:30pm Davy Kirkpatrick (Caltech/IPAC), Galactic & Stellar Science Observations Review
12:30pm-02:00pm Lunch Break (90 mins)

Session 3 (2:00pm-3:30pm), Chair: Charles Lawrence (JPL)
2:00pm-2:30pm Yun Wang (Caltech/IPAC), ATLAS Probe
2:30pm-3:00pm Jason Glenn (Univ. of Colorado), Galaxy Evolution Probe
3:00pm-3:15pm Steven Finkelstein (The Univ. of Texas at Austin), Galaxy Evolution in the Early Universe with the WFIRST HLS
3:15pm-3:30pm Steve Furlanetto (UCLA), Galaxies and Reionization: Cross-Correlating Spectroscopic Surveys and 21-cm Measurements
3:30pm-4:00pm Coffee Break (30 mins)

Session 4 (4:00pm-5:45pm), Chair: Chris Hirata (Ohio State Univ.)
4:00pm-4:30pm Jamie Bock (Caltech/JPL), SPHEREx
4:30pm-4:45pm Mike Hudson (University of Waterloo), Weighing filaments in the Cosmic Web
4:45pm-5:00pm Alvaro Orsi (Centro de Estudios de Fisica del Cosmos de Aragon), Emission-line galaxies as tracers of the Large Scale Structure
5:00pm-5:15pm Lado Samushia (Kansas State University), Higher order statistics from ATLAS Probe
5:15pm-5:30pm Jeffrey Newman (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Photo-z training

October 20, 2018, Saturday

Session 5 (9:00am-10:30am), Chair: George Helou (Caltech/IPAC)
09:00am-09:30am Massimo Stiavelli (STScI), JWST
09:30am-10:00am: Luigi Guzzo (Univ. of Milan), Euclid
10:00am-10:30am: Jeff Kruk (GSFC), WFIRST
10:30am-11:00am Coffee Break (30 mins)

Session 6 (11:00am-12:15pm), Chair: Alison Coil (UCSD)
11:00am-11:45am: Stefanie Milam (GSFC), Solar System Theory & Observations
11:45am-12:15am: Jennifer Marshall (Texas A & M), Ground-Based Multi-Object Spectroscopic Facilities
12:15pm-01:00pm Lunch Break (105 mins)

Session 7 (2:00pm-3:30pm), Chair: Lee Armus (Caltech/IPAC)
2:00pm-2:30pm Tzu-Ching Chang (JPL), Cosmic Dawn Intensity Mapper
2:30pm-2:45pm Ann Zabludoff (Univ. of Arizona), Hearts of Darkness: Rethinking the Role of Supermassive Black Holes in Galaxy Evolution
2:45pm-3:00pm James Rhoads (NASA GSFC), Finding Lyman Alpha Galaxies in Cosmic Dawn
3:00pm-3:15pm Kate Whitaker (Univ. of Connecticut), Galaxy Formation at Cosmic Noon in the WFIRST Era: Lessons from 3D-HST
3:15pm-3:30pm Khee-Gan Lee (Kavli IPMU), Mapping the z~2 IGM with Optical Fiber Spectroscopy on Keck and Subaru
3:30pm-4:00pm Coffee Break (30 mins)

Session 8 (4:00pm-5:30pm), Chair: Massimo Robberto (STScI)
4:00pm-4:15pm Stefanie Wachter (Carnegie Observatories) / Michael Seiffert (JPL), Selecting the NIR detectors for Euclid
4:15pm-4:30pm Robert Content (Australian Astronomical Optics - Macquarie Univ.), ATLAS Probe optical design
4:30pm-5:30pm Panel discussion, State of the Field and Future Directions (60 mins)
Panelists: Alison Coil (UCSD), Mark Dickinson (NOAO), Luigi Guzzo (Univ. of Milan), David Weinberg (Ohio State Univ.)

Participants

Some of the participants at the ATLAS Probe 2018 community workshop, "Massively Parallel Large Area Spectroscopy from Space"

Anahita Alavi (Caltech/IPAC)
Lee Armus (Caltech/IPAC)
James Bartlett (JPL)
Peter Behroozi (University of Arizona)
Jamie Bock (Caltech/JPL)
Jo Bovy (University of Toronto)
C. Matt Bradford (JPL)
Mark Brodwin (Univ. of Missouri - Kansas City)
Peter Capak (Caltech/IPAC)
Tzu-Ching Chang (JPL)
Ranga Chary (Caltech/IPAC)
Yun-Ting Cheng (Caltech)
Judith Cohen (Caltech)
Alison Coil (UC San Diego)
James Colbert (Caltech/IPAC)
Robert Content (Australian Astronomical Optics - Macquarie Univ.)
Mark Dickinson (NOAO)
Olivier Dore (JPL/Caltech)
Ivanna Escala (Caltech)
Andreas Faisst (Caltech/IPAC)
Steven Finkelstein (The University of Texas at Austin)
Steve Furlanetto (UCLA)
Jason Glenn (Univ. of Colorado)
Varoujan Gorjian (JPL/Caltech)
Luigi Guzzo (Univ. of Milan)
George Helou (Caltech/IPAC)
Lynne Hillenbrand (Caltech)
Christopher Hirata (Ohio State Univ.)
Phil Hopkins (Caltech)
Mike Hudson (University of Waterloo)
Eric Huff (JPL)
Albert Izard (UCR/JPL)
Davy Kirkpatrick (Caltech/IPAC)
Jeff Kruk (NASA/GSFC)
Alicia Lanz (Carnegie Observatories)
Charles Lawrence (JPL)
Janice Lee (Caltech/IPAC)
Khee-Gan Lee (Kavli IPMU)
Jennifer Marshall (Texas A & M)
Chris Martin (Caltech)
Simona Mei (University of Paris D Diderot, Obs. Paris)
Alex Merson (JPL/Caltech/IPAC)
Stefanie Milam (NASA/GSFC)
Bahram Mobasher (University of California, Riverside)
Patrick Morrissey (JPL/Caltech)
Jeffrey Newman (U. Pittsburgh)
Hien Nguyen (JPL)
Zoran Ninkov (Rochester Institute of Technology)
Matt Orr (Caltech)
Alvaro Orsi (Centro de Estudios de Fisica del Cosmos de Aragon (CEFCA))
Roberta Paladini (Caltech/IPAC)
Will Percival (University of Waterloo)
Bill Purcell (Ball Aerospace)
Abhishek Prakash (Caltech/IPAC)
James Rhoads (NASA GSFC)
Jason Rhodes (JPL)
Massimo Robberto (STScI)
Lado Samushia (Kansas State University)
Nick Scoville (Caltech)
Susu Shan (National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Adam Stanford (UC Davis)
Daniel Stern (JPL/Caltech)
Massimo Stiavelli (STScI)
Lisa Storrie-Lombardi (JPL)
Allison Strom (Carnegie Observatories)
Harry Teplitz (Caltech/IPAC)
Pieter van Dokkum (Yale Univ.)
Dmitry Vorobiev (LASP, Univ. of Colorado)
Stefanie Wachter (Carnegie Observatories)
Yun Wang (Caltech/IPAC)
David Weinberg (Ohio State Univ.)
Kate Whitaker (University of Connecticut)
Ann Zabludoff (University of Arizona)
Zhongxu Zhai (Caltech/IPAC)

Local Information

Location: The workshop will take place on October 19-20, 2018, in the Hameetman Auditorium in the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Caltech, click here for directions and campus maps.

Lodging: Click here for a list of local hotels with preferred rates for Caltech visitors.

Parking: Once arrived at the Caltech campus, it is convenient to park in the underground parking structure under the soccer field adjacent to the Cahill building. An all-day permit ($6) can be bought at the pay stations located at the first and second floor of the parking structure. The campus and parking map is available here.

Restaurants: There are a number of options for lunch at nearby restaurants. These include: