High-redshift Supernovae

High-z SNe are a throughput and wavelength-leverage case. The science here is less about operational speed than about staying useful once the targets are faint and the features move out of the optical comfort zone.

Suggested seed figure: one high-z SN classification / lensing panel with observed-frame optical+NIR context.

Why ZShooter

• Classification and physics both push the instrument toward broad coverage and high throughput.

• NIR coverage is not a bolt-on here.

• A low-resolution path is useful, but it should not define the whole instrument.

Current design pressure

This case keeps pressure on faint-limit sensitivity and on maintaining useful coverage as rest-frame features shift redward.

Build-out notes

• Add one concise target-magnitude / cadence block once the science team picks a representative program.