The Dark Matter Telescope
| dc.creator | Tyson, J. A. | |
| dc.creator | Wittman, David | |
| dc.creator | Angel, J. R. P. | |
| dc.date | 2000-05-18 | |
| dc.date | 2000-07-25 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T01:53:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T01:53:39Z | |
| dc.description | Weak gravitational lensing enables direct reconstruction of dark matter maps over cosmologically significant volumes. This research is currently telescope-limited. The Dark Matter Telescope (DMT) is a proposed 8.4 m telescope with a 3 degree field of view, with an etendue of 260 $(m. degree)^2$, ten times greater than any other current or planned telescope. With its large etendue and dedicated observational mode, the DMT fills a nearly unexplored region of parameter space and enables projects that would take decades on current facilities. The DMT will be able to reach 10-sigma limiting magnitudes of 27-28 magnitude in the wavelength range .3 - 1 um over a 7 square degree field in 3 nights of dark time. Here we review its unique weak lensing cosmology capabilities and the design that enables those capabilities. | |
| dc.description | in-press version with additions; to appear in proceedings of the Dark Matter 2000 conference (Santa Monica, February 2000) to be published by Springer | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0005381 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0005381 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/1039 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | The Dark Matter Telescope | |
| dc.type | text |