E-ELT SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS
The following is a list of scientific papers that discuss ELT science, or at least point out important scientific questions that will require an ELT to pursue.
Papers in refereed journals
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Finding Extraterrestrial Life Using Ground-based High-dispersion Spectroscopy
I.A.G. Snellen, R.J. de Kok, R. le Poole, M. Brogi, J. Birkby, 2013, ApJ, 764, 182 -
Constraints on the CMB temperature-redshift dependence from SZ and distance measurements
A. Avgoustidis, G. Luzzi, C.J.A.P. Martins, A.M.R.V.L. Monteiro, 2012, JCAP, 2, 13 -
Probing dark energy
with redshift drift
M. Martinelli, S. Pandolfi, C.J.A.P. Martins, P.E. Vielzeuf, 2012, Phys. Rev. D, 86, 123001 -
On the white dwarf cooling sequence with extremely large telescopes
G. Bono, M. Salaris, R. Gilmozzi, 2012, A&A, in press -
Variation of fundamental parameters and dark energy: A principal component approach
L. Amendola, A.C.O. Leite, C.J.A.P. Martins, N.J. Nunes, P.O.J. Pedrosa, A. Seganti, 2012, Phys. Rev. D, 86, 063515 -
Resolved stellar population of distant galaxies in the ELT era
L. Greggio, R. Falomo, S. Zaggia, D. Fantinel, M. Uslenghi, 2012, PASP, 124, 653 -
Probing dark energy beyond z=2 with CODEX
P.E. Vielzeuf, C.J.A.P. Martins, 2012, Phys. Rev. D, 85, 087301 -
An E-ELT case study: colour-magnitude diagrams of an old galaxy in the Virgo cluster
A. Deep, G. Fiorentino, E. Tolstoy, E. Diolaiti, M. Bellazzini, P. Ciliegi, R.I. Davies, J.-M. Conan, 2011, A&A, 531, 151 -
Stellar metallicities beyond the Local Group: the potential of J-band spectroscopy with extremely large telescopes
C.J. Evans, B. Davies, R.-P. Kudritzki, M. Puech, Y. Yang, J.-G. Cuby, D. F. Figer, M.D. Lehnert, S.L. Morris, G. Rousset, 2011, A&A, 527, 50 -
Warm dusty discs: exploring the A star 24 μm debris population
R. Smith, M.C. Wyatt, 2010, A&A, 515, 95 -
Probing dark matter, galaxies and the expansion history of the Universe with Lyα in absorption and emission
M.G. Haehnelt, 2010, AN, 331, 541 -
Prospects of
Stellar Abundance Studies from Near-IR Spectra Observed with the E-ELT
N. Ryde, 2010, AN, 331, 433 -
E-ELT: Expected Applications to Asteroid Observations in the Thermal Infrared
M. Delbó, EM&P, 105, 235 -
Simulating the
physics and mass assembly of distant galaxies out to z ~ 6 with the
E-ELT
M. Puech, P. Rosati, S. Toft, A. Cimatti, B. Neichel, T. Fusco, 2010, MNRAS, 402, 903 -
High Precision
Astrometry with MICADO at the European Extremely Large Telescope
S. Trippe, R. Davies, F. Eisenhauer, N.M. Foerster Schreiber, T.K. Fritz, R. Genzel, 2010, MNRAS, 402, 1126 -
The Future of Direct
Supermassive Black Hole Mass Estimates
D. Batcheldor, A.M. Koekemoer, 2009, PASP, 121, 1245 -
Fainter
and closer: finding planets by symmetry breaking
E.N. Ribak, S. Gladysz, 2008, Optics Express, 16, 15553 -
Detection
of Faint Companions through Stochastic Speckle Discrimination
S. Gladysz, J.C. Christou, 2008, ApJ, 684, 1486 -
Coupling
MOAO with Integral Field Spectroscopy: specifications for the VLT
and the E-ELT
M. Puech, H. Flores, M. Lehnert, B. Neichel, T. Fusco, P. Rosati, J.-G. Cuby, G. Rousset, 2008, MNRAS, 390, 1089 -
Mapping the
galactic gravitational potential with peculiar acceleration
C. Quercellini, L. Amendola, A. Balbi, 2008, MNRAS, 391, 1308 -
Time drift
of cosmological redshifts as a test of the Copernican principle
J.-P. Uzan, C. Clarkson, G.F.R. Ellis, 2008, Phys. Rev. Lett., 100, 1303 -
Cosmic
dynamics in the era of Extremely Large Telescopes
J. Liske, A. Grazian, E. Vanzella, M. Dessauges, M. Viel, L. Pasquini, M. Haehnelt, S. Cristiani, F. Pepe, G. Avila, P. Bonifacio, F. Bouchy, H. Dekker, B. Delabre, S. D'Odorico, V. D'Odorico, S. Levshakov, C. Lovis, M. Mayor, P. Molaro, L. Moscardini, M.T. Murphy, D. Queloz, P. Shaver, S. Udry, T. Wiklind, S. Zucker, 2008, MNRAS, 386, 1192 -
Time drift
of cosmological redshifts and its variance
J.-P. Uzan, F. Bernardeau, Y. Mellier, 2008, Phys. Rev. D, 77, 021301 -
The time
evolution of cosmological redshift as a test of dark energy
A. Balbi, C. Quercellini, 2007, MNRAS, 382, 1623 -
Exploring
the Dark Energy Redshift Desert with the Sandage-Loeb Test
P.-S. Corasaniti, D. Huterer, A. Melchiorri, 2007, Phys. Rev. D, 75, 062001 -
Narrow-band
surveys for very high redshift Lyman-α emitters
K.K. Nilsson, A. Orsi, C.G. Lacey, C.M. Baugh, E. Thommes, 2007, A&A, 474, 385 -
Signatures
of Planet Formation in Gravitationally Unstable Disks
H. Jang-Condell, A.P. Boss, 2007, ApJ, 659, L169 -
The
ARAUCARIA Project: VLT-FORS Spectroscopy of Blue Supergiants in NGC
3109-Classifications, First Abundances, and Kinematics
C.J. Evans, F. Bresolin, M.A. Urbaneja, G. Pietrzynski, W. Gieren, R.-P. Kudritzki, 2007, ApJ, 659, 1198 -
Improving
Earth-like planets' detection with an ELT: the differential radial
velocity experiment
P. Riaud, J. Schneider, 2007, A&A, 469, 355 -
Reconstructing
the dark energy equation of state with varying couplings
P.P. Avelino, C.J.A.P. Martins, N.J. Nunes, K.A. Olive, 2006, Phys Rev D, 74, 083508 -
Fundamental
limitations on Earth-like planet detection with extremely large
telescopes
C. Cavarroc, A. Boccaletti, P. Baudoz, T. Fusco, D. Rouan, 2006, A&A, 447, 397 -
Imaging
earth-like planets with extremely large telescopes
A. Chelli, 2005, A&A, 441, 1205 -
Three
Low-Mass Planets from the Anglo-Australian Planet Search
C.G. Tinney, R.P. Butler, G.W. Marcy, H.R.A. Jones, A.J. Penny, C. McCarthy, B.D. Carter, D.A. Fischer, 2005, ApJ, 623, 1171 -
Stellar
Dynamics at the Galactic Center with an Extremely Large
Telescope
N.N. Weinberg, M. Milosavljeviç, A.M. Ghez, 2005, ApJ, 622, 878 -
Science,
Technology and Detectors for Extremely Large Telescopes
R. Gilmozzi, 2005, Experimental Astronomy, 19, 5 -
Stellar
Crowding and the Science Case for Extremely Large Telescopes
K.A.G. Olsen, R.D. Blum, F. Rigaut, 2003, AJ, 126, 452O -
Constraints
on the ultraviolet metagalactic emissivity using the Lyα
forest
A. Meiksin, M. White, 2003, MNRAS, 342, 1205
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