^{Registrations are open until September 10th}

We are pleased to announce the first conference dedicated to Astrophysics with SHARP entitled “Unveiling the Universe with SHARP: a Spectrograph Proposal for MORFEO@ELT" that will be held at the historical Brera building in Milan, Italy, on September 30-October 2, 2024.

Participation in the meeting is free, while registration is mandatory for organizational reasons.

_Rationale

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), thanks to the world's largest aperture and cutting-edge adaptive optics (AO) system MORFEO, promises to deliver sharper and deeper data even than the JWST. Initially  working with the ELT's first-light instrument, MICADO,  MORFEO is also engineered to feed light

 to a second instrument in the future.The spectrograph that will have the chance to occupy the 2nd port of MORFEO@ELT will therefore be the most powerful spectrograph in the JWST era, the one able to see what the others cannot. 

SHARP is a concept study for a near-IR (0.95-2.45 μm) multi-mode spectrograph conceived for the 2nd port of MORFEO@ELT to be proposed at the next ESO call for new instrumentation.

Composed of a Multi-Object Spectrograph, NEXUS, and a multi-Integral Field Unit, VESPER, MORFEO-SHARP will deliver unprecedented high angular (~30 mas) and spectral resolution, outperforming NIRSpec@JWST (100 mas), allowing for studies of the nearby and the early Universe at unprecedented detail.

The purpose of this first meeting is twofold:

• to spread SHARP in the scientific community and invite those who are interested to join SHARP;
• to stimulate the community to elaborate and present their scientific cases in light of the potential of MORFEO-SHARP, involving people in the preparation of the White Books.

_{Scientific Topics}

• Early Universe, primordial galaxies, Pop-III stars, IGM and reionization

• Properties of galaxies at different cosmic time, on different scales and in different environments

• SMBH and AGN across cosmic time: interplay with the host galaxy and physical properties down to sub-parsec scales

• Resolved and unresolved stellar populations

• Stars and planets formation

• Solar system

• Counterparts of gravitational wave emitters

• Synergies with MICADO and the other ELT instruments

• Additional potential scientific cases not covered by the above topics

_{Useful tools}

• SHARP Quick Reference Guide
• SHARP Exposure Time Calculator

Conference email: sharp.brera.2024@gmail.com