Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science: Probing the transient and time-variable sky [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
The study of transient and variable events, including novae, active galactic nuclei, and black hole binaries, has historically been a fruitful path for elucidating the evolutionary mechanisms of our universe. The study of such events in the millimeter and submillimeter is, however, still in its infa...
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| author | Pamela Klaassen Mark Booth Thomas Stanke Evanthia Hatziminaoglou Claudia Cicone Martin Cordiner Tony Mroczkowski Doug Johnstone Luca Di Mascolo Minju Lee Eelco van Kampen Thomas Maccarone Daizhong Liu Matthew Smith Amélie Saintonge Sven Wedemeyer Alexander Thelen John Orlowski-Scherer Tomasz Kamiński Joe Bright Atul Mohan Michael Koss Sigurd Næss Francisco Miguel Montenegro-Montes Paola Severgnini Claudio Ricci Jochen Greiner Cristian Vignali |
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| description | The study of transient and variable events, including novae, active galactic nuclei, and black hole binaries, has historically been a fruitful path for elucidating the evolutionary mechanisms of our universe. The study of such events in the millimeter and submillimeter is, however, still in its infancy. Submillimeter observations probe a variety of materials, such as optically thick dust, which are hard to study in other wavelengths. Submillimeter observations are sensitive to a number of emission mechanisms, from the aforementioned cold dust, to hot free-free emission, and synchrotron emission from energetic particles. Study of these phenomena has been hampered by a lack of prompt, high sensitivity submillimeter follow-up, as well as by a lack of high-sky-coverage submillimeter surveys. In this paper, we describe how the proposed Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) could fill in these gaps in our understanding of the transient universe. We discuss a number of science cases that would benefit from AtLAST observations, and detail how AtLAST is uniquely suited to contributing to them. In particular, AtLAST’s large field of view will enable serendipitous detections of transient events, while its anticipated ability to get on source quickly and observe simultaneously in multiple bands make it also ideally suited for transient follow-up. We make theoretical predictions for the instrumental and observatory properties required to significantly contribute to these science cases, and compare them to the projected AtLAST capabilities. Finally, we consider the unique ways in which transient science cases constrain the observational strategies of AtLAST, and make prescriptions for how AtLAST should observe in order to maximize its transient science output without impinging on other science cases. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f14dfa31cc824362ac7a256e1cec1d822025-01-23T01:00:01ZengF1000 Research LtdOpen Research Europe2732-51212025-01-01420600Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science: Probing the transient and time-variable sky [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]Pamela Klaassen0Mark Booth1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8568-6336Thomas Stanke2Evanthia Hatziminaoglou3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0917-9636Claudia Cicone4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0522-6941Martin Cordiner5Tony Mroczkowski6https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3816-5372Doug Johnstone7https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6773-459XLuca Di Mascolo8https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3586-4485Minju Lee9https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2419-3068Eelco van Kampen10https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6327-5154Thomas Maccarone11Daizhong Liu12https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9773-7479Matthew Smith13https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3532-6970Amélie Saintonge14https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4357-3450Sven Wedemeyer15Alexander Thelen16John Orlowski-Scherer17https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1842-8104Tomasz Kamiński18Joe Bright19Atul Mohan20Michael Koss21Sigurd Næss22Francisco Miguel Montenegro-Montes23https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7430-3771Paola Severgnini24Claudio Ricci25Jochen Greiner26Cristian Vignali27https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8853-9611UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UKUK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UKMax-Planck-Institut fur Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, D-85748, GermanyEuropean Southern Observatory, Garching, 85748, GermanyInstitute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Oslo, 0315, NorwayAstrochemistry Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USAEuropean Southern Observatory, Garching, 85748, GermanyNRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics, Victoria, British Columbia, V9E 2E7, CanadaLaboratoire Lagrange, Fondation Universite Cote d Azur, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, FranceCosmic Dawn Center, København, DenmarkEuropean Southern Observatory, Garching, 85748, GermanyDepartment of Physics & Astronomy, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 79409-1051, USAMax-Planck-Institut fur Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, D-85748, GermanySchool of Physics & Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, CF24 3AA, UKDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, England, WC1E 6BT, UKRosseland Centre for Solar Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, N-0315, NorwayDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91125, USADepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, USANicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Rabiańska 8, 87100 Toruń, PolandAstrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, OX1 3RH, UKNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USAEureka Scientific Inc, Oakland, California, 94602-3017, USAInstitute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Oslo, 0315, NorwayIPARCOS, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Community of Madrid, 28040, SpainINAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Milano, 20121, ItalyInstituto de Estudios Astrofísicos Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, ChileMax-Planck-Institut fur Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, D-85748, GermanyDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “Augusto Righi”, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, I-40129, ItalyThe study of transient and variable events, including novae, active galactic nuclei, and black hole binaries, has historically been a fruitful path for elucidating the evolutionary mechanisms of our universe. The study of such events in the millimeter and submillimeter is, however, still in its infancy. Submillimeter observations probe a variety of materials, such as optically thick dust, which are hard to study in other wavelengths. Submillimeter observations are sensitive to a number of emission mechanisms, from the aforementioned cold dust, to hot free-free emission, and synchrotron emission from energetic particles. Study of these phenomena has been hampered by a lack of prompt, high sensitivity submillimeter follow-up, as well as by a lack of high-sky-coverage submillimeter surveys. In this paper, we describe how the proposed Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) could fill in these gaps in our understanding of the transient universe. We discuss a number of science cases that would benefit from AtLAST observations, and detail how AtLAST is uniquely suited to contributing to them. In particular, AtLAST’s large field of view will enable serendipitous detections of transient events, while its anticipated ability to get on source quickly and observe simultaneously in multiple bands make it also ideally suited for transient follow-up. We make theoretical predictions for the instrumental and observatory properties required to significantly contribute to these science cases, and compare them to the projected AtLAST capabilities. Finally, we consider the unique ways in which transient science cases constrain the observational strategies of AtLAST, and make prescriptions for how AtLAST should observe in order to maximize its transient science output without impinging on other science cases.https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/4-132/v2Time domain transient phenomena variability submillimetereng |
| spellingShingle | Pamela Klaassen Mark Booth Thomas Stanke Evanthia Hatziminaoglou Claudia Cicone Martin Cordiner Tony Mroczkowski Doug Johnstone Luca Di Mascolo Minju Lee Eelco van Kampen Thomas Maccarone Daizhong Liu Matthew Smith Amélie Saintonge Sven Wedemeyer Alexander Thelen John Orlowski-Scherer Tomasz Kamiński Joe Bright Atul Mohan Michael Koss Sigurd Næss Francisco Miguel Montenegro-Montes Paola Severgnini Claudio Ricci Jochen Greiner Cristian Vignali Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science: Probing the transient and time-variable sky [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] Open Research Europe Time domain transient phenomena variability submillimeter eng |
| title | Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science: Probing the transient and time-variable sky [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_full | Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science: Probing the transient and time-variable sky [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_fullStr | Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science: Probing the transient and time-variable sky [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science: Probing the transient and time-variable sky [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_short | Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science: Probing the transient and time-variable sky [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_sort | atacama large aperture submillimeter telescope atlast science probing the transient and time variable sky version 2 peer review 1 approved 2 approved with reservations |
| topic | Time domain transient phenomena variability submillimeter eng |
| url | https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/4-132/v2 |
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