THE E-ELT DESIGN REFERENCE MISSION

DRM SCIENCE CASES

The following is the list of science cases chosen by the SWG that were to be studied by the DRM:

• Planets & Stars
  • S3: From giant to terrestrial exoplanets: detection, characterization and evolution (demo case)
  • S9: Circumstellar disks
  • S5: Young stellar clusters and the Initial Mass Function
• Stars & Galaxies
  • G4: Imaging and spectroscopy of resolved stellar populations in galaxies (demo case)
  • G9: Black holes and AGN
• Galaxies & Cosmology
  • C10: The physics of high redshift galaxies (demo case)
  • C4: First light – the highest redshift galaxies
  • C7: Is the low-density intergalactic medium metal enriched?
  • C2: A dynamical measurement of the expansion history of the Universe

The letter/number combinations refer to the science case designations in the SWG's first report.

For quick reference, here is a summary page that lists all the various sub-cases and includes links to the proposals.