ERIS: revitalising an adaptive optics instrument for the VLT
Abstract
ERIS is an instrument that will both extend and enhance the fundamental diffraction limited imaging and spectroscopy capability for the VLT. It will replace two instruments that are now being maintained beyond their operational lifetimes, combine their functionality on a single focus, provide a new wavefront sensing module that makes use of the facility Adaptive Optics System, and considerably improve their performance. The instrument will be competitive with respect to JWST in several regimes, and has outstanding potential for studies of the Galactic Center, exoplanets, and high redshift galaxies. ERIS had its final design review in 2017, and is expected to be on sky in 2020. This contribution describes the instrument concept, outlines its expected performance, and highlights where it will most excel.
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@article{arxiv.1807.05089,
title = {ERIS: revitalising an adaptive optics instrument for the VLT},
author = {Richard Davies and Simone Esposito and Hans Martin Schmid and William Taylor and Guido Agapito and Alexander Agudo Berbel and Andrea Baruffolo and Valdemaro Biliotti and Beth Biller and Martin Black and Anna Boehle and Runa Briguglio and Alexander Buron and Luca Carbonaro and Angela Cortes and Giovanni Cresci and Matthias Deysenroth and Amico Di Cianno and Gianluca Di Rico and David Doelman and Mauro Dolci and Reinhold Dorn and Frank Eisenhauer and Daniela Fantinel and Debora Ferruzzi and Helmut Feuchtgruber and Natascha Förster Schreiber and Xiaofeng Gao and Hans Gemperlein and Reinhard Genzel and Elizabeth George and Stefan Gillessen and Christophe Giordano and Adrian Glauser and Andreas Glindemann and Paolo Grani and Michael Hartl and Jeroen Heijmans and David Henry and Heinrich Huber and Markus Kasper and Christoph Keller and Matthew Kenworthy and Jonas Kuehn and Harald Kuntschner and John Lightfood and David Lunney and Mike MacIntosh and Filippo Mannucci and Stephen March and Mark Neeser and Polychronis Patapis and David Pearson and Markus Plattner and Alfio Puglisi and Sascha Quanz and Christian Rau and Armando Riccardi and Bernardo Salasnich and Josef Schubert and Frans Snik and Eckhard Sturm and Angelo Valentini and Christopher Waring and Erich Wiezorrek and Marco Xompero},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.05089},
year = {2018}
}
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12 pages, Proc SPIE 10702 "Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII"