workshop_wide_field_14060611 3-5 µm surveys science impact –FREE-FLOATING PLANETS IN STAR CLUSTERS and in the field –Small bodies of solar system (Kuiper belt) –EMBEDDED YOUNG STELLAR OBJECTS –EARLY PHASES OF STELLAR EVOLUTION –MICROLENSES: OPTICAL AND NEAR-INFRARED COUNTERPARTS New inputs for: –ISM (HAR spectro-imaging in 2-5 µm range) –THE STELLAR INITIAL MASS FUNCTION –THE INTRACLUSTER STELLAR POPULATION –THE COSMIC STAR FORMATION RATE –YOUNG, MASSIVE STAR CLUSTERS YSOs/ late stellar AGB populations of clusters, MCs, nearby galaxies Cosmological interest (galaxies large z …) window at 4 µm Provide 3-5 µm catalogues for future space missions (JWST) Follow up of WISE improving AR and confusion
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