The first two pages are specifically responding to a request for an update by the LRPP. This will be incorporated into an updated LRPP which will be sent out for international review.
The second part of the document is a response to the CFHT call for replacement concept studies. We have joined forces with Hawaii to develop the High Dynamic Range Telescope concept. We will request that we retain control of our share of the budget so that we can fully develop our interests within this collaboration.
This novel approach is that of a multi-mirror, high dynamic range and exceedingly low emissivity instrument, composed of thin, circular, off-axis primary mirrors feeding a non obstructing secondary. The total collecting area is to be the largest the present CFHT envelope can accommodate and the field of view will be 1 degree (2 degrees goal). Such a design is illustrated in the diagram below (courtesy of Jeffrey Kuhn, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii).
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