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Science Drivers And Requirements For An Advanced Technology Large Aperture Space Telescope (Atlast): Implications For Technology Development And Synergies With Other Future Facilities, Marc Postman, Tom Brown, Kenneth Sembach, Mauro Giavalisco, Wesley Traub, Karl Stapelfeldt, Daniela Calzetti, William Oegerle, R. Michael Rich, Phillip Stahl, Jason Tumlinson, Matt Mountain, Rémi Soummer, Tupper Hyde
Science Drivers And Requirements For An Advanced Technology Large Aperture Space Telescope (Atlast): Implications For Technology Development And Synergies With Other Future Facilities, Marc Postman, Tom Brown, Kenneth Sembach, Mauro Giavalisco, Wesley Traub, Karl Stapelfeldt, Daniela Calzetti, William Oegerle, R. Michael Rich, Phillip Stahl, Jason Tumlinson, Matt Mountain, Rémi Soummer, Tupper Hyde
Mauro Giavalisco
The Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST) is a concept for an 8-meter to 16-meter UVOIR space observatory for launch in the 2025-2030 era. ATLAST will allow astronomers to answer fundamental questions at the forefront of modern astronphysics, including "Is there life elsewhere in the Galaxy?" We present a range of science drivers that define the main performance requirements for ATLAST (8 to 16 milliarcsec angular resolution, diffraction limited imaging at 0.5 {\mu}m wavelength, minimum collecting area of 45 square meters, high sensitivity to light wavelengths from 0.1 {\mu}m to 2.4 {\mu}m, high stability in wavefront sensing and control). We …