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The Science Case against which we evaluate the project resides on three pillars:

- contemporary science cases (DRM, instrument teams, DRSP, ...)

- synergy with other facilities (8m-class telescopes, interferometry, ALMA, JWST, LSST/surveys, SKA, ...)

- discovery potential (open unique parameter space, be prepared for the unexpected, ...)

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Contemporary Science

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Planets & Stars

Stars & Galaxies

Galaxies & Cosmology

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Planets & Stars

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Young clusters and the Initial Mass Function

Circumstellar disks

From giant to terrestrial exo-planets: detection, characterisation and evolution

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Stars & Galaxies

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Imaging and spectroscopy of resolved stellar populations in galaxies

Black holes and AGN

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Galaxies & Cosmology

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V σ

~ 4 50 z maspixels

z=0 rotating disk simulations (M. Puech)42-m, 10-hr integration, MOAO (MCAO)

First light: the physics of highest-redshift galaxies

IGM, metal enrichment

A dynamical measurement of the expansion history of the universe

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Synergy with Large Facilities

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The main synergy is expected with:

•The 8-10m class Telescopes (VLT/I, ...)•The JWST•ALMA•LSST•SKA / SKA Pathfinders•...

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JWST key science

•The End of the Dark Ages: First Light and Reionization •Assembly of Galaxies➱ optical/NIR sensitive multi-object spectrographs

The Birth of Stars and Protoplanetary SystemsPlanetary Systems and the Origins of Life

➱mid-IR instrument (high spatial/spectral resolution at 3-15 μm)➱ planet-finder (incl. low-resolution spectroscopy and polarimetry)

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ALMA key science

•Detect spectral line emission from CO or CII in a normal galaxy like the Milky Way at a redshift of z = 3, in less than 24 hours of observation. ➱ NIR sensitive integral spectrograph and imager

•Image the gas kinematics in protostars and in protoplanetary disks around young Sun-like stars at a distance of the nearest star-forming clouds.➱ NIR and mid-IR high-spectral resolution instruments

•Provide precise images at an angular resolution of 0.1 arcsec.

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The Unknown

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Enabling discovery is achieved by opening parameter space (see Martin Harwit: “Cosmic Discovery”)

The E-ELT excels - in collecting power and - in spatial resolution.

These should not be compromised and pushed into a range unattained previously.

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