Abstract
The completion of the construction and commissioning of the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) and the Gran Telescopio Milimétrico (GTM) have similar schedules. From 2005 onwards, the GTC and the GTM will begin scientific observations, conducting spectroscopic and imaging studies with unprecedented sensitivity at IR, mid-IR and mm wavelengths. Sub-mm surveys with SCUBA have discovered an important population of luminous starburst galaxies. The GTM, with a mapping speed 100 × faster than SCUBA, will provide more extensive mm-wavelength surveys with greater sensitivity and higher resolution. The redshift distribution of this strongly evolving population of sub-mm sources (which FIR-radio photometric redshifts suggest peaks at z ∼= 3), their star formation history, and AGN fraction all remain poorly constrained. In this paper we summarize a possible ``Key Project'' that combines coordinated and collaborative surveys on the GTC and GTM. Follow-up observations of mm-selected galaxies that utilize the unique IR imaging and multiobject spectroscopic capabilities of EMIR, and the mid-IR sensitivity of CanariCam are described.
