Extragalactic Science with SPHEREx II

  • Kim, Minjin (Korea Astronomy & Space Science Institute) ;
  • Jeong, Woong-Seob (Korea Astronomy & Space Science Institute) ;
  • Im, Myungshin (Astronomy Program/CEOU, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2018.05.08

Abstract

SPHEREx is a proposed MIDEX mission, planned to conduct spectral imaging survey to cover 0.75-5 um with a spectral resolution of R~40-135. We will briefly overview the uniqueness of SPHEREx data, and how Korean community can take advantage of it. We will present extragalactic science cases that can be addressed with SPHEREx dataset. In particular, SPHEREx survey will uniquely provide the variability information of bright QSOs, both in continuum and fluxes of emission lines, which enables us to investigate the central structures of QSOs through the reverberation mapping method. SPHEREx will also allow us to understand how supermassive black holes and host galaxies co-evolve, by discovering new high-z QSOs, and investigating star formation properties in nearby QSOs.

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