Science
We list below potential scientific cases that would benefit from the panoramic imaging mode of PANIC. More details for some of them can be found in the Phase A document, section 2. A (non-exhaustive) compilation of science cases that would benefit from the other TBC observing modes is also given.
Extragalactic Astronomy
- Extragalactic Surveys
- GRBs
- GRBs at high redshift
- GRB host galaxies
- Mapping of nearby galaxies
- Morphological characterization
- Star formation and stellar populations
- Magnetic field
- Distance scale
- Searches for high-redshift quasars
- Clusters and Superclusters of galaxies
Galactic Astronomy
- Galactic survey
- Galactic plane and bulge
Stellar evolution, star formation, exoplanets
- Accretion disks of young stars
- Search for post-AGBs
- Measures of stellar sizes
- Low mass objects, exoplanets
- Probing the IMF down to ~ 1-Jupiter mass. A deep star forming region survey.
- Testing the brown dwarf ejection scenario: a survey around Bok globules.
- X-ray binary counterparts
- Asteroseismology
- Supernovae searches
- Active stars
Solar system
- Trans-Neptunian’s, minor bodies
- Comets