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SUMMARY:WST: science. status and plans - Prof Roland Bacon  (CRAL\, Lyon\,
  FR and WST Collaboration Coordinator)
DTSTART:20250701T103000Z
DTEND:20250701T113000Z
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CONTACT:107123
DESCRIPTION:The wide-field spectroscopic telescope (WST) will be an innova
 tive 12-m class telescope with simultaneous operation of a large field-of-
 view (3 sq. degree) and high multiplex (30\,000) multi-object spectrograph
  facility with both medium and high resolution modes (MOS)\, and a giant p
 anoramic (3x3 sq. arcmin) integral field spectrograph (IFS).  WST will ach
 ieve transformative results in most areas of astrophysics: e.g. the nature
  and expansion of the dark Universe\, the formation of first stars and gal
 axies and their role in the cosmic reionisation\, the study of the dark an
 d baryonic material in the cosmic web\, the baryon cycle in galaxies\, the
  formation history of the Milky Way and dwarf galaxies in the Local Group\
 , characterization of exoplanet hosts\, and the characterization of transi
 ent phenomena\, including electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wa
 ve events.\n\nThis presentation will discuss current science\, status and 
 plans. \n\n
LOCATION:Martin Ryle Seminar Room\, Kavli Building
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