Instruments, Detectors and the Future of Astronomy with Large Ground Based Telescopes

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Jan 2005

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Experimental Astronomy, Volume 19, Issue 1-3, pp. 15-44

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Cost, Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Future Science, Galactic Center, Market Share, Survey

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Results of a survey of instrumentation and detector systems, either currently deployed or planned for use at telescopes larger than 3.5 m, in ground based observatories world-wide, are presented. This survey revealed a number of instrumentation design trends at optical, near, and mid-infrared wavelengths. Some of the most prominent trends include the development of vastly larger optical detector systems (> 109 pixels) than anything built to date, and the frequent use of mosaics of near-infrared detectors - something that was quite rare only a decade ago in astronomy. Some future science applications for detectors are then explored, in an attempt to build a bridge between current detectors and what will be needed to support the research ambitions of astronomers in the future.

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