1. 1 BDRv3 - November 26, 2008 - Markus Kissler-Patig E-ELT Programme 1 E-ELT Science Case Markus Kissler-Patig

2. 2 BDRv3 - November 26, 2008 - Markus Kissler-Patig E-ELT Programme 2 The Science Case against which we evaluate the project resides on three pillars: - contemporary science cases (DRM, instrument teams, DRSP,...) - synergy with other facilities (8m-class telescopes, interferometry, ALMA, JWST, LSST/surveys, SKA,...) - discovery potential (open unique parameter space, be prepared for the unexpected,...)

3. Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case Contemporary Science

4. Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case Planets & Stars Stars & Galaxies Galaxies & Cosmology

5. Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case Planets & Stars

6. Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case Young clusters and the Initial Mass Function Circumstellar disks From giant to terrestrial exo-planets: detection, characterisation and evolution

7. Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case Stars & Galaxies

8. Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case Imaging and spectroscopy of resolved stellar populations in galaxies Black holes and AGN

9. Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case Galaxies & Cosmology

10. Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case First light: the physics of highest-redshift galaxies IGM, metal enrichment A dynamical measurement of the expansion history of the universe

11. Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case Synergy with Large Facilities

12. Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case The main synergy is expected with: The 8-10m class Telescopes (VLT/I,...) The JWST ALMA LSST SKA / SKA Pathfinders...

13. Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case JWST key science The End of the Dark Ages: First Light and Reionization Assembly of Galaxies ➱ optical/NIR sensitive multi-object spectrographs The Birth of Stars and Protoplanetary Systems Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life ➱ mid-IR instrument (high spatial/spectral resolution at 3-15 μm) ➱ planet-finder (incl. low-resolution spectroscopy and polarimetry)

14. Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case ALMA key science Detect spectral line emission from CO or CII in a normal galaxy like the Milky Way at a redshift of z = 3, in less than 24 hours of observation. ➱ NIR sensitive integral spectrograph and imager Image the gas kinematics in protostars and in protoplanetary disks around young Sun-like stars at a distance of the nearest star-forming clouds. ➱ NIR and mid-IR high-spectral resolution instruments Provide precise images at an angular resolution of 0.1 arcsec.

15. Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case The Unknown

16. Markus Kissler-Patig - ELT Science Case Enabling discovery is achieved by opening parameter space (see Martin Harwit: “Cosmic Discovery”) The E-ELT excels - in collecting power and - in spatial resolution. These should not be compromised and pushed into a range unattained previously.

17. 17 BDRv3 - November 26, 2008 - Markus Kissler-Patig E-ELT Programme 17 The End