CRISTIANI, StefanoStefanoCRISTIANICUPANI, GuidoGuidoCUPANID'ODORICO, ValentinaValentinaD'ODORICODI MARCANTONIO, PaoloPaoloDI MARCANTONIOHaehnelt, M.M.HaehneltMaiolino, R.R.MaiolinoMarconi, A.A.MarconiMartins, C.C.MartinsMégevand, D.D.MégevandMOLARO, PaoloPaoloMOLAROMurphy, M. T.M. T.MurphyORIGLIA, LiviaLiviaORIGLIAPepe, F.F.Pepe2021-01-042021-01-0420150037-8720http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/29430The Italian community, thanks to the strong technological and scientific tradition in the field of high-resolution spectroscopy and the study of the Intergalactic Medium, has played a key role in the conception of a high-resolution spectrograph for the new generation of giant telescopes (initially focused on the COsmic Dynamics EXperiment at OWL). This expertise is being exploited in the construction of a precursor: the ESPRESSO instrument that will start operations at the ESO VLT in 2017 and will pave the way to the HIRES instrument at the E-ELT. Here we discuss the role that the (evolving) scientific themes of cosmology and fundamental physics - from the Intergalactic Medium perspective - have played and are playing to shape the E-ELT high resolution instrument.STAMPAenArticlehttp://sait.oat.ts.astro.it/MSAIt860315/index.html2015MmSAI..86..486CFIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA