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The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer Book 2018

Alexis Hill·Nicolas Flagey·Alan McConnachie·Kei Szeto·Andre Anthony·Javier Ariño·Ferdinand Babas·Gregoire Bagnoud·Gabriella Baker·Gregory Barrick·Steve Bauman·Tom Benedict·Christophe Berthod·Armando Bilbao·Alberto Bizkarguenaga·Alexandre Blin·Colin Bradley·Denis Brousseau·Rebecca Brown·Jurek Brzeski·Walter Brzezik·Patrick Caillier·Ramón Campo·Pierre-Henri Carton·Jiaru Chu·Vladimir Churilov·David Crampton·Lisa Crofoot·Laurie Dale·Lander de Bilbao·Markel Sainz de la Maza·Daniel Devost·Michael Edgar·Darren Erickson·Tony Farrell·Pascal Fouque·Paul Fournier·Javier Garrido·Mike Gedig·Nicolas Geyskens·James Gilbert·Peter Gillingham·Guillermo González de Rivera·Greg Green·Eric Grigel·Patrick Hall·Kevin Ho·David Horville·Hongzhuan Hu·David Irusta·Sidik Isani·Farbod Jahandar·Manoj Kaplinghat·Collin Kielty·Neelesh Kulkarni·Leire Lahidalga·Florence Laurent·Jon Lawrence·Mary Beth Laychak·Jooyoung Lee·Zhigang Liu·Nathan Loewen·Fernando López·Thomas Lorentz·Guillaume Lorgeoux·Billy Mahoney·Slavko Mali·Eric Manuel·Sofía Martínez·Celine Mazoukh·Younès Messaddeq·Jean-Emmanuel Migniau·Shan Mignot·Stephanie Monty·Steeve Morency·Yves Mouser·Ronny Muller·Rolf Muller·Gaizka Murga·Rick Murowinski·Victor Nicolov·Naveen Pai·Rafal Pawluczyk·John Pazder·Arlette Pécontal·Andreea Petric·Francisco Prada·Corinne Rai·Coba Ricard·Jennifer Roberts·J. Michael Rodgers·Jane Rodgers·Federico Ruan·Tamatea Russelo·Derrick Salmom·Justo Sánchez·Will Saunders·Case Scott·Andy Sheinis·Douglas Simons
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(Abridged) This is the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer 2018 book. It is intended as a concise reference guide to all aspects of the scientific and technical design of MSE, for the international astronomy and engineering communities, and related agencies. The current version is a status report of MSE's science goals and their practical implementation, following the System Conceptual Design Review, held in January 2018. MSE is a planned 10-m class, wide-field, optical and near-infrared facility, designed to enable transformative science, while filling a critical missing gap in the emerging international network of large-scale astronomical facilities. MSE is completely dedicated to multi-object spectroscopy of samples of between thousands and millions of astrophysical objects. It will lead the world in this arena, due to its unique design capabilities: it will boast a large (11.25 m) aperture and wide (1.52 sq. degree) field of view; it will have the capabilities to observe at a wide range of spectral resolutions, from R2500 to R40,000, with massive multiplexing (4332 spectra per exposure, with all spectral resolutions available at all times), and an on-target observing efficiency of more than 80%. MSE will unveil the composition and dynamics of the faint Universe and is designed to excel at precision studies of faint astrophysical phenomena. It will also provide critical follow-up for multi-wavelength imaging surveys, such as those of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Gaia, Euclid, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, the Square Kilometre Array, and the Next Generation Very Large Array.

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Alexis Hill, Nicolas Flagey, Alan McConnachie, Kei Szeto, Andre Anthony, Javier Ariño, Ferdinand Babas, Gregoire Bagnoud, Gabriella Baker, Gregory Barrick, Steve Bauman, Tom Benedict, Christophe Berthod, Armando Bilbao, Alberto Bizkarguenaga, Alexandre Blin, Colin Bradley, Denis Brousseau, Rebecca Brown, Jurek Brzeski, Walter Brzezik, Patrick Caillier, Ramón Campo, Pierre-Henri Carton, Jiaru Chu, Vladimir Churilov, David Crampton, Lisa Crofoot, Laurie Dale, Lander de Bilbao, Markel Sainz de la Maza, Daniel Devost, Michael Edgar, Darren Erickson, Tony Farrell, Pascal Fouque, Paul Fournier, Javier Garrido, Mike Gedig, Nicolas Geyskens, James Gilbert, Peter Gillingham, Guillermo González de Rivera, Greg Green, Eric Grigel, Patrick Hall, Kevin Ho, David Horville, Hongzhuan Hu, David Irusta, Sidik Isani, Farbod Jahandar, Manoj Kaplinghat, Collin Kielty, Neelesh Kulkarni, Leire Lahidalga, Florence Laurent, Jon Lawrence, Mary Beth Laychak, Jooyoung Lee, Zhigang Liu, Nathan Loewen, Fernando López, Thomas Lorentz, Guillaume Lorgeoux, Billy Mahoney, Slavko Mali, Eric Manuel, Sofía Martínez, Celine Mazoukh, Younès Messaddeq, Jean-Emmanuel Migniau, Shan Mignot, Stephanie Monty, Steeve Morency, Yves Mouser, Ronny Muller, Rolf Muller, Gaizka Murga, Rick Murowinski, Victor Nicolov, Naveen Pai, Rafal Pawluczyk, John Pazder, Arlette Pécontal, Andreea Petric, Francisco Prada, Corinne Rai, Coba Ricard, Jennifer Roberts, J. Michael Rodgers, Jane Rodgers, Federico Ruan, Tamatea Russelo, Derrick Salmom, Justo Sánchez, Will Saunders, Case Scott, Andy Sheinis, Douglas Simons. 2018-10-19. The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer Book 2018. https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.08695

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