White Dwarf Systems

Polluted white dwarfs and their debris environments are a strong use of the instrument’s wavelength leverage. The science wants the blue, it wants multiple line windows at once, and it benefits from keeping higher-resolution modes alive.

Suggested seed figure: one polluted-WD abundance or debris-disk spectroscopy figure with broad wavelength coverage.

Why ZShooter

• The bluest useful transitions are not optional if the goal is an abundance inventory.

• Simultaneous blue-to-NIR access beats stitching together separate instruments and nights.

Current design pressure

This case keeps pressure on blue sensitivity, spectral stability, and retaining a meaningful higher-resolution mode.

Build-out notes

• The page also helps tell the story that ZShooter is a future workhorse beyond transient triage.

• Separate atmospheric pollution, gaseous disks, and dust-SED uses once real page owners step in.

• Add one concise table mapping resolution regime to WD sub-case.