Science Cases for the Keck Wide-Field Imager

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Science Cases for the Keck Wide-Field Imager

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Science Cases for the Keck Wide-Field Imager

J. Cooke (1) , C. Angus (2) , K. Auchettl (3 , 8) , J. Bally (4) , B. Bolin (5) , S. Brough (6) , J. N. Burchett (7)

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R. Foley (8) G. Foran (1) D. Forbes (1) J. Gannon (1) R. Hirai (9) G. G. Kacprzak (1) R. Margutti (10) C. Martinez-Lombilla (6) U. Mestric (11) A. Moller (1) A. Rest (12) J. Rhodes (5 13) R. M. Rich (14) F. Schussler (15) R. Wainscoat (16) J. Walawender (17) I. Wold (18) J. Zhang (1) ((1) Swinburne University of Technology (2) Niels Bohr Institute DARK (3) University of Melbourne (4) University of Colorado at Boulder (5) California Institute of Technology (6) University of New South Wales Sydney (7) New Mexico State University (8) University of California Santa Cruz (9) Monash University (10) University of California Berkeley (11) Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) (12) Space Telescope Institute (13) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (14) University of California Los Angeles (15) IRFU CEA Paris-Saclay (16) University of Hawaii (17) W. M. Keck Observatory (18) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

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The Keck Wide-Field Imager (KWFI) is a proposed 1-degree diameter field of view UV-sensitive optical camera for Keck prime focus. KWFI will be the most powerful optical wide-field camera in the world and the only such 8m-class camera sensitive down to ~3000 A for the foreseeable future. Twenty science cases are described for KWFI compiled largely during 2019-2021, preceded by a brief discussion of the instrument, components, and capabilities for context.

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