Juna Kollmeier
SDSS - V : Pioneering Panoptic Spectroscopy
October 18, 2018
When: October 18, 2018 3:30PM
Juna Kollmeier
Carnegie Institute for Science
I will describe the current plans for the Fifth Generation of SDSS. SDSS - V will be an unprecedented all-sky spectroscopic survey of over six million objects. It is designed to decode the history of the Milky Way galaxy, trace the emergence of the chemical elements, reveal the inner workings of stars, and investigate the origin of planets. It will provide the most comprehensive all-sky spectroscopy to multiply the science from the Gaia, TESS and eROSITA missions. SDSS will also create a contiguous spectroscopic map of the interstellar gas in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies that is 1,000 times larger than the state of the art, uncovering the self-regulation mechanisms of galactic ecosystems. It will pioneer systematic, spectroscopic monitoring across the whole sky, revealing changes on timescales from 20 minutes to 20 years. The project is now developing new hardware to build on the SDSS -IV infrastructure, designing the detailed survey strategy, and actively seeking to complete its consortium of institutional and individual members.