Surveying the Universe in 4D: Beating Cosmic Variance with Wide-Field Slitless Spectroscopy from HST, JWST, Euclid, Roman, and Beyond

arXiv:2609.23148 · astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.IM · Submitted 2026-09-19 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.IM

Submitted: 2026-09-19

Updated: 2026-09-19

Comments: 76pages, 59figures, Summary and individual contributions to the the Space Telescope Science Institute workshop Surveying the Universe in 4D: Beating Cosmic Variance with Wide-Field Slitless Spectroscopy from HST, JWST, Euclid, Roman, and Beyond, held August 24--28, 2026

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Benchmarking — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Forward modeling — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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