The discovery space of ELT-ANDES. Stars and stellar populations

Ian U. Roederer, Julián D. Alvarado-Gómez, Carlos Allende Prieto, Vardan Adibekyan, David S. Aguado, Pedro J. Amado, Eliana M. Amazo-Gómez, Martina Baratella, Sydney A. Barnes, Thomas Bensby, Lionel Bigot, Andrea Chiavassa, Armando Domiciano de Souza, J. I. González Hernández, Camilla Juul Hansen, Silva P. Järvinen, Andreas J. Korn, Sara Lucatello, Laura Magrini, Roberto MaiolinoPaolo Di Marcantonio, Alessandro Marconi, José R. De Medeiros, Alessio Mucciarelli, Nicolas Nardetto, Livia Origlia, Celine Peroux, Katja Poppenhäger, Ansgar Reiners, Cristina Rodríguez-López, Donatella Romano, Stefania Salvadori, Patrick Tisserand, Kim Venn, Gregg A. Wade, Alessio Zanutta

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Abstract

The ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph (ANDES) is the optical and near-infrared high-resolution echelle spectrograph envisioned for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). We present a selection of science cases, supported by new calculations and simulations, where ANDES could enable major advances in the fields of stars and stellar populations. We focus on three key areas, including the physics of stellar atmospheres, structure, and evolution; stars of the Milky Way, Local Group, and beyond; and the star-planet connection. The key features of ANDES are its wide wavelength coverage at high spectral resolution and its access to the large collecting area of the ELT. These features position ANDES to address the most compelling questions and potentially transformative advances in stellar astrophysics of the decades ahead, including questions which cannot be anticipated today.

Original languageEnglish
Article number17
JournalExperimental Astronomy
Volume57
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024 Apr

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Free keywords

  • Galactic archaeology (2178)
  • High resolution spectroscopy (2096)
  • Star clusters (1567)
  • Stellar atmospheres (1584)
  • Stellar evolution (1599)
  • Stellar physics (1621)
  • Stellar populations (1622)

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