LAMOST project and its scientific goals
Y. Zhao^1
1 National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100012 Beijing, P.R. China
The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) is a meridian, reflecting, Schmidt telescope whose 4-meter aperture and 4000-fold multiplex spectroscopic gain will make it a powerful scientific instrument for the Chinese astronomical community.

LAMOST will be a new kind of spectroscopic survey instrument that is adaptable to a broad range of important, astrophysical problems. Its potential gain, judged by the product of collecting aperture and number of fibers is much more than the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) or the 2-degree Field survey (2dF). LAMOST will be scientifically very productive, and will deliver new and high quality results in both extragalactic and Galactic science that will complement and enhance those likely to come from other present and future facilities.

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