Mapping the invisible Universe

The upcoming decade will see a revolution in single-dish sub-mm astronomy, with new detector technologies (e.g., kinetic inductance detectors, on-chip filterbanks) and facilities (Large Millimeter Telescope, CCAT-p, Greenland Telescope, Africa Millimeter Telescope), culminating in the planned 50-m AtLAST telescope. These advances will deliver an order-of-magnitude increase in survey speed, discover thousands of high-redshift galaxies, and allow rapid redshift measurements which will provide a fully 3D view of the dust-obscured Universe. At the same time, new types of experiments – e.g., C⁺/CO line intensity mapping – will provide new constraints on cosmology and galaxy evolution models. These will necessitate the development of novel calibration and data processing techniques.

This workshop brings together experts in instrument science, data processing, observations, and state-of-the-art simulations to explore the following key topics:

• census of obscured star formation out to the Epoch of Reionization and beyond

• characterizing the interstellar medium of high-redshift galaxies

• line-intensity mapping as a probe of the large structure and galaxy evolution

• studying galaxy clusters and large-scale structure via the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect

This workshop will identify the most promising observing strategies for individual science objectives, engage theorists to make robust predictions for individual instruments, and drive further technological development.  We aim to produce a set of white papers identifying the science objectives of future sub-mm surveys, corresponding technical requirements, and outline the roadmap for further development.

The deadline for young scientists is 15th of June.