Speaker
Vincenzo Mainieri
(ESO)
Description
The ambitious concept of WST has its root and motivation in science. WST will be able to address outstanding scientific questions in the areas of cosmology; galaxy assembly, evolution, and enrichment, including our own Milky Way; origin of stars and planets; time domain and multi-messenger astrophysics.
I will present an overview of the scientific drivers already identified by the science team and presented in the first WST science white paper (Mainieri et al. 2024). I will also stress the fact that in the coming years there is an important opportunity to contribute to further refine and shape the science drivers for WST.
Author
Vincenzo Mainieri
(ESO)
