The MUSE second-generation VLT instrument
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2022-12-01 v1
Abstract
The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is a second-generation VLT panoramic integral-field spectrograph currently in manufacturing, assembly and integration phase. MUSE has a field of 1x1 arcmin2 sampled at 0.2x0.2 arcsec2 and is assisted by the VLT ground layer adaptive optics ESO facility using four laser guide stars. The instrument is a large assembly of 24 identical high performance integral field units, each one composed of an advanced image slicer, a spectrograph and a 4kx4k detector. In this paper we review the progress of the manufacturing and report the performance achieved with the first integral field unit.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2211.16795,
title = {The MUSE second-generation VLT instrument},
author = {Bacon R. and Accardo M. and Adjali L. and Anwand H. and Bauer S. and Biswas I. and Blaizot J. and Boudon D. and Brau-Nogue S. and Brinchmann J. and Caillier P. and Capoani L. and Carollo C. M. and Contini T. and Couderc P. and Daguise E. and Deiries S. and Delabre B. and Dreizler S. and Dubois J. P. and Dupieux M. and Dupuy C. and Emsellem E. and Fechner T. and Fleischmann A. and Francois M. and Gallou G. and Gharsa T. and Glindemann A. and Gojak D. and Guiderdoni B. and Hansali G. and Hahn T. and Jarno A. and Kelz A. and Koehler C. and Kosmalski J. and Laurent F. and Le Floch M. and Lilly S. J. and Lizon J. -L. and Loupias M. and Manescau A. and Monstein C. and Nicklas H. and Olaya J-C and Pares L. and Pasquini L. and Pecontal-Rousset A. and Pello R. and Petit C. and Popow E. and Reiss R. and Remillieux A. and Renault E. and Roth M. and Rupprecht G. and Serre D. and Schaye J. and Soucail G. and Steinmetz M. and Streicher O. and Stuik R. and Valentin H. and Vernet J. and Weilbacher P. and Wisotzki L. and Yerle N},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.16795},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
10 pages, 5 figures