Science Team Meeting 2025

by Harry Addison on 2025-03-13

The most recent 4MOST Science Team Meeting took place on February 24th-28th 2025 at the University Federico II, Italy, and online.

As 4MOST nears the start of operations, this meeting focused on the ongoing and future preparations required for a successful survey start. There were many in-depth discussions surrounding the survey strategy and simulations, with surveys communicating and converging on the future progression of the strategy and simulations. Plans for the phases leading up to the start of operations were discussed, with sessions focusing on the plans for commissioning and operation rehearsals.

Although the meeting primarily focused on the technical preparations, there were also sessions focused on science. There were discussions regarding the plans for DR0, the publication process, and the communication of 4MOST science to public audiences. Additionally, the wide range of science talks displayed the ongoing and future science projects that 4MOST will facilitate. All available presentations and recordings can be found on Docushare.

Overall, this science team meeting was a success, although it highlighted that there is still plenty of work to be done before the start of operations.