Development status of the SOXS spectrograph for the ESO-NTT telescope
Abstract
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a single object spectrograph, characterized by offering a wide simultaneous spectral coverage from U- to H-band, built by an international consortium for the 3.6-m ESO New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory, in the Southern part of the Chilean Atacama Desert. The consortium is focussed on a clear scientific goal: the spectrograph will observe all kind of transient and variable sources discovered by different surveys with a highly flexible schedule, updated daily, based on the Target of Opportunity concept. It will provide a key spectroscopic partner to any kind of imaging survey, becoming one of the premier transient follow-up instruments in the Southern hemisphere. SOXS will study a mixture of transients encompassing all distance scales and branches of astronomy, including fast alerts (such as gamma-ray bursts and gravitational waves), mid-term alerts (such as supernovae and X-ray transients), and fixed-time events (such as the close-by passage of a minor planet or exoplanets). It will also have the scope to observe active galactic nuclei and blazars, tidal disruption events, fast radio bursts, and more. Besides of the consortium programs on guaranteed time, the instrument is offered to the ESO community for any kind of astrophysical target. The project has passed the Final Design Review and is currently in manufacturing and integration phase. This paper describes the development status of the project.
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@article{arxiv.2012.12703,
title = {Development status of the SOXS spectrograph for the ESO-NTT telescope},
author = {P. Schipani and S. Campana and R. Claudi and M. Aliverti and A. Baruffolo and S. Ben-Ami and F. Biondi and G. Capasso and R. Cosentino and F. D'Alessio and P. D'Avanzo and O. Hershko and H. Kuncarayakti and M. Landoni and M. Munari and G. Pignata and A. Rubin and S. Scuderi and F. Vitali and D. Young and J. Achren and J. A. Araiza-Duran and I. Arcavi and A. Brucalassi and R. Bruch and E. Cappellaro and M. Colapietro and M. Della Valle and M. De Pascale and R. Di Benedetto and S. D'Orsi and A. Gal-Yam and M. Genoni and M. Hernandez and J. Kotilainen and G. Li Causi and L. Marty and S. Mattila and K. Radhakrishnan and M. Rappaport and D. Ricci and M. Riva and B. Salasnich and S. Savarese and S. Smartt and R. Zanmar Sanchez and M. Stritzinger and H. Ventura and L. Pasquini and M. Scholler and H. U. Kaufl and M. Accardo and L. Mehrgan and E. Pompei},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.12703},
year = {2020}
}
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Proc SPIE Volume 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 1144709,2020