A summary of current science projects (alphabetic by PI) from the LBT Partnership
that are planned for early 2008 observing with the Large Binocular Telescope.
LBTB (Germany):
| PI | Title |
|---|---|
| Bailer-Jones (MPIA) | The first deep survey of an old substellar cluster population |
| Beckert (MPIfR) | Jets and hot spots of radio galaxies in clusters |
| deJong (MPIA) |
The smallest galaxies: the limit of galaxy formation or tidal remnants |
| Gustafsson (MPIA) | Free-floating planets and brown dwarfs in Serpens |
| Hasinger (MPE) | Extremely Deep U-band imaging of the Lockman Hole |
| Heidt (LSW) | Cluster environment of QSO |
| Jester (MPIA) | An LBT survey of quasars in the epoch of reionization |
| Kohnert (AIP) | The search for distant, X-ray luminous clusters of galaxies |
| Kurk (MPIA) | The galaxy environemnt of a luminous quasar at z~6 |
| Lamar (AIP) | Mass dtermination of the distant strong lensing cluster XMMU J100750+125818 |
| Lutz (MPE) | Multi-color imaging of lensing clusters |
| Meeus (AIP) | U-band observations of the Orion Nebula Cluster: Determining accretion rates of brown dwarfs and the effect of OB stars on disk dissipation |
| Meisenheimer (MPIA) | Deep U-band photometry of two equatorial COMBO-17 fields |
| Nebot (AIP) | Fast photometry of the new eclipsing White Dwarf/Main Sequence binary SDSS1212-01223 |
| Pasquali (MPIA) | Dry mergers in the local universe |
| Pasquali (MPIA) | An LBT sutdy of stellar feedback in nearby dwarf galaxies |
| Quirenbach (LSW) | Stellar population in UGC 4879 |
| Rix (MPIA) | Tracing the tidal streams around teh Sombrero galaxy |
| Schinnerer (MPIA) | Probing the peak of star formation and AGN activity |
| Schwope (AIP) | Proper motion and spectrum of the isolated neutron star RBS1556 |
| Seitz (MPE) | Imaging of strong lensing clusters |
| Vogel (AIP) | Detecting the polar secondary with the shortest orbital period so far |
| Wisotzki (AIP) | Extraplanar light in edge-on galaxies: NGC 4631 |
| Wisotzki (AIP) | A deep variability survey for low-level activity in galaxies - the first epochs |
| Zatloukal (MPIA) | The most distant clusters: HIROCS candidates in COSMOS |
| Zibetti (MPIA) | "The courting couples": dry and wet mergers in a nearby group |
INAF (Italy):
| PI | Title |
|---|---|
| Beccari | Testing the BSS bimodal distribution in globular clusters |
| Capaccioli | A LBT deep survey of fossil groups |
| Clementini |
Pulsating variable stars in the giant stream of Andromeda |
| Fasano | LBC@LBT imaging of WINGS galaxy clusters |
| Fontana | Large Scale Structures and Supernovae at high redshift in the COSMOS field |
| Grossi | Stellar streams and the M33 halo towards the newly discovered HI cloud |
| Lanzoni | Determining the binary content of Galactic Globular Clusters |
| Maoli | Cluster mass reconstruction and profile from weak and strong lensing |
| Maiolino | A LBT survey of quasars at the re-ionization epoch |
| Marconi | Brightest Cluster Galaxies as Probes of Galaxy and Black Hole Formation and Evolution |
| Nonino | Star formation history and strong gravitational lensing in high redshift galaxy clusters |
| Ortolani | Deep imaging of recently discovered star clusters: a new family of clusters? |
| Palazzi | Gamma-Ray Bursts and their Host Galaxies |
| Scaramella | Deep Virgo probes with LBT |
OSURC (Ohio State U. & The Research Corp):
| PI | Title |
|---|---|
| Gaudi, OSU | The edge of the Solar System: The LBT view of the Kuiper Belt |
| Kochanek, OSU | Do Supergiants Vanish? |
| Kochanek, OSU | Monitoring M81 |
| Martini, OSU | Systematic Testing of Cluster Weak Lensing with the LBC |
| Terndrup, OSU | Stellar Rotation in the Intermediate-age Open Cluster NGC6819 |
AZ (Arizona):
| PI | Topic |
|---|---|
| Balog | Deep LBC Imaging of Rho Oph |
| Egami | Deep LBT/LBC Imaging of the IRAC Dark Field |
| Fan | The Galaxy Environment of a Luminous Quasar at z~6 |
| Fan | A LBT Survey of Quasars at the Reionization Epoch |
| Milne | Studying UAO-Observed GRBs with LBT |
| Milne | Late LBT Imaging of Types Ia/Ib/Ic Supernovae |
| Olszewski | The Extended Structure of Two Recently-Discovered Dwarf Galaxies |
| Papovich | Deep LBT Survey of High–Redshift Galaxies in GOODS |
| Ryan | Dark Lens |
| Stansberry | KBO Binaries |
| Trilling | The Edge of the Solar System: The LBT view of the Kuiper Belt |
| Weiner | The Rise of the Red Field Galaxy Population: A Deep LBC Y-band Survey in the Extended Groth Strip |
| Zaritsky | Extreme Star Formation In The Outer Disks of Spiral Galaxies |