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This article describes the operation of the near-infrared wavefront sensing based Adaptive Optics (AO) system CIAO. The Coud\'e Infrared Adaptive Optics (CIAO) system is a central auxiliary component of the Very Large Telescope (VLT)…

We present the proposal for the infrared adaptive optics (AO) assisted, two-object, high-throughput, multiple-beam-combiner GRAVITY for the VLTI. This instrument will be optimized for phase-referenced interferometric imaging and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Eisenhauer , G. Perrin , S. Rabien , A. Eckart , P. Lena , R. Genzel , R. Abuter , T. Paumard , W. Brandner

GRAVITY is an adaptive optics assisted Beam Combiner for the second generation VLTI instrumentation. The instrument will provide high-precision narrow-angle astrometry and phase-referenced interferometric imaging in the astronomical K-band…

We present the adaptive optics assisted, near-infrared VLTI instrument - GRAVITY - for precision narrow-angle astrometry and interferometric phase referenced imaging of faint objects. Precision astrometry and phase-referenced…

We present the Wavefront Sensor units of the Gravity Plus Adaptive Optics (GPAO) system, which will equip all 8m class telescopes of the VLTI and is an instrumental part of the GRAVITY+ project. It includes two modules for each Wavefront…

GRAVITY+ improves by orders of magnitude the sensitivity, sky-coverage and contrast of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). A central part of this project is the development of Gravity Plus Adaptive Optics (GPAO), a dedicated…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-11 GRAVITY+ Collaboration , : , F. Allouche , C. Bailet , M. Benisty , A. Berdeu , J. -P. Berger , P. Berio , A. Bigioli , C. Blanchard , O. Boebion , H. Bonnet , G. Bourdarot , P. Bourget , W. Brandner , J. Brulé , P. Burgos , M. Carbillet , C. Correia , B. Courtney Barrer , S. Curaba , R. Davies , D. Defrère , A. Delboulbé , F. Delplancke , R. Dembet , A. Drescher , N. Dubost , A. Eckart , C. Édouard , F. Eisenhauer , L. Esteras Otal , M. Fabricius , H. Feuchtgruber , P. Fédou , G. Finger , N. M. Förster Schreiber , R. Frahm , E. Garcia , P. Garcia , R. Garcia Lopez , R. Genzel , J. P. Gil , S. Gillessen , T. Gomes , F. Gonté , V. Gopinath , C. Gouvret , J. Graf , P. Guajardo , S. Guieu , W. Hackenberg , M. Hartl , X. Haubois , F. Haußmann , T. Henning , P. Hibon , S. Hönig , M. Horrobin , M. Houllé , N. Hubin , I. Ibn Taieb , L. Jochum , L. Jocou , A. Jost , J. Kammerer , L. Karl , A. Kaufer , P. Kern , P. Kervella , J. Kolb , H. Korhonen , L. Kreidberg , P. Krempl , S. Lacour , S. Lagarde , O. Lai , V. Lapeyrère , R. Laugier , V. Leal , J. -B. Le Bouquin , J. Leftley , P. Léna , B. Lopez , D. Lutz , Y. Magnard , F. Mang , A. Marcotto , D. Maurel , A. Mérand , F. Millour , M. Montarges , N. More , N. Morujão , T. Moulin , H. Nowacki , M. Nowak , S. Oberti , T. Ott , L. Pallanca , F. Patru , T. Paumard , K. Perraut , G. Perrin , P. O. Petrucci , R. Petrov , O. Pfuhl , N. Pourré , S. Rabien , C. Rau , M. Riquelme , S. Robbe-Dubois , S. Rochat , M. Salman , J. Sánchez-Bermúdez , J. Schubert , J. Scigliuto , P. Shchekaturov , N. Schuhler , J. Shangguan , T. Shimizu , S. Scheithauer , C. Soenke , F. Soulez , E. Stadler , J. Stadler , C. Straubmeier , E. Sturm , M. Subroweit , C. Sykes , L. J. Tacconi , K. R. W. Tristram , S. Uysal , S. von Fellenberg , F. Widmann , E. Wieprecht , E. Wiezorrek , J. Woillez , S. Yazici , G. Zins

GRAVITY is the second generation Very Large Telescope Interferometer instrument for precision narrow-angle astrometry and interferometric imaging in the Near Infra-Red (NIR). It shall provide precision astrometry of order 10…

GRAVITY is the four-beam, near- infrared, AO-assisted, fringe tracking, astrometric and imaging instrument for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). It is requiring the development of one of the most complex instrument software…

GRAVITY is a new instrument to coherently combine the light of the European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope Interferometer to form a telescope with an equivalent 130 m diameter angular resolution and a collecting area of 200…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-21 GRAVITY Collaboration , R. Abuter , M. Accardo , A. Amorim , N. Anugu , G. Ávila , N. Azouaoui , M. Benisty , J. P. Berger , N. Blind , H. Bonnet , P. Bourget , W. Brandner , R. Brast , A. Buron , L. Burtscher , F. Cassaing , F. Chapron , É. Choquet , Y. Clénet , C. Collin , V. Coudé du Foresto , W. de Wit , P. T. de Zeeuw , C. Deen , F. Delplancke-Ströbele , R. Dembet , F. Derie , J. Dexter , G. Duvert , M. Ebert , A. Eckart , F. Eisenhauer , M. Esselborn , P. Fédou , G. Finger , P. Garcia , C. E. Garcia Dabo , R. Garcia Lopez , E. Gendron , R. Genzel , S. Gillessen , F. Gonte , P. Gordo , M. Grould , U. Grözinger , S. Guieu , P. Haguenauer , O. Hans , X. Haubois , M. Haug , F. Haussmann , Th. Henning , S. Hippler , M. Horrobin , A. Huber , Z. Hubert , N. Hubin , C. A. Hummel , G. Jakob , A. Janssen , L. Jochum , L. Jocou , A. Kaufer , S. Kellner , L. Kern , P. Kervella , M. Kiekebusch , R. Klein , Y. Kok , J. Kolb , M. Kulas , S. Lacour , V. Lapeyrère , B. Lazareff , J. -B. Le Bouquin , P. Lèna , R. Lenzen , S. Lévêque , M. Lippa , Y. Magnard , L. Mehrgan , M. Mellein , A. Mérand , J. Moreno-Ventas , T. Moulin , E. Müller , F. Müller , U. Neumann , S. Oberti , T. Ott , L. Pallanca , J. Panduro , L. Pasquini , T. Paumard , I. Percheron , K. Perraut , G. Perrin , A. Pflüger , O. Pfuhl , T. Phan Duc , P. M. Plewa , D. Popovic , S. Rabien , A. Ramírez , J. Ramos , C. Rau , M. Riquelme , R. -R. Rohloff , G. Rousset , J. Sanchez-Bermudez , S. Scheithauer , M. Schöller , N. Schuhler , J. Spyromilio , C. Straubmeier , E. Sturm , M. Suarez , K. R. W. Tristram , N. Ventura , F. Vincent , I. Waisberg , I. Wank , J. Weber , E. Wieprecht , M. Wiest , E. Wiezorrek , M. Wittkowski , J. Woillez , B. Wolff , S. Yazici , D. Ziegler , G. Zins

We present design results of the 2nd generation VLTI instrument GRAVITY beam stabilization and light injection subsystems. Designed to deliver micro-arcsecond astrometry, GRAVITY requires an unprecedented stability of the VLTI optical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-21 O. Pfuhl , M. Haug , F. Eisenhauer , D. Penka , A. Amorim , S. Kellner , S. Gillessen , T. Ott , E. Wieprecht , E. Sturm , F. Haussmann , M. Lippa

GRAVITY is the second generation VLT Interferometer (VLTI) instrument for high-precision narrow-angle astrometry and phase-referenced interferometric imaging. The laser metrology system of GRAVITY is at the heart of its astrometric mode,…

In the context of the GRAVITY+ upgrade, the adaptive optics (AO) systems of the GRAVITY interferometer are undergoing a major lifting. The current CILAS deformable mirrors (DM, 90 actuators) will be replaced by ALPAO kilo-DMs (43x43, 1432…

The VLTI instrument GRAVITY will provide very powerful astrometry by combining the light from four telescopes for two objects simultaneously. It will measure the angular separation between the two astronomical objects to a precision of 10…

GRAVITY is a second generation VLTI instrument, combining the light of four telescopes and two objects simultaneously. The main goal is to obtain astrometrically accurate information. Besides correctly measured stellar phases this requires…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 S. Gillessen , M. Lippa , F. Eisenhauer , O. Pfuhl , M. Haug , S. Kellner , T. Ott , E. Wieprecht , E. Sturm , F. Haussmann , C. F. Kister , D. Moch , M. Thiel

After decades of experimental projects and fast-paced technical advances, optical / infrared (O/IR) interferometry has seen a revolution in the last years. The GRAVITY instrument at the VLTI with four 8 meter telescopes reaches thousand…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-02 Frank Eisenhauer , John D. Monnier , Oliver Pfuhl

The GRAVITY instrument has been revolutionary for near-infrared interferometry by pushing sensitivity and precision to previously unknown limits. With the upgrade of GRAVITY and the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) in GRAVITY+,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-12 GRAVITY+ Collaboration , : , Roberto Abuter , Patricio Alarcon , Fatme Allouche , Antonio Amorim , Christophe Bailet , Helen Bedigan , Anthony Berdeu , Jean-Philippe Berger , Philippe Berio , Azzurra Bigioli , Richard Blaho , Olivier Boebion , Marie-Lena Bolzer , Henri Bonnet , Guillaume Bourdarot , Pierre Bourget , Wolfgang Brandner , Cesar Cardenas , Ralf Conzelmann , Mauro Comin , Yann Clénet , Benjamin Courtney-Barrer , Yigit Dallilar , Ric Davies , Denis Defrère , Alain Delboulbé , Françoise Delplancke-Ströbele , Roderick Dembet , Tim de Zeeuw , Antonia Drescher , Andreas Eckart , Clemence Édouard , Frank Eisenhauer , Maximilian Fabricius , Helmut Feuchtgruber , Gert Finger , Natascha M. Förster Schreiber , Eloy Fuenteseca , Enrique Garcia , Paulo Garcia , Feng Gao , Eric Gendron , Reinhard Genzel , Juan Pablo Gil , Stefan Gillessen , Tiago Gomes , Frédéric Gonté , Carole Gouvret , Patricia Guajardo , Ivan Guidolin , Sylvain Guieu , Ronald Guzmann , Wolfgang Hackenberg , Nicolas Haddad , Michael Hartl , Xavier Haubois , Frank Haußmann , Gernot Heißel , Thomas Henning , Stefan Hippler , Sebastian Hönig , Matthew Horrobin , Norbert Hubin , Estelle Jacqmart , Laurent Jocou , Andreas Kaufer , Pierre Kervella , Jean-Paul Kirchbauer , Johan Kolb , Heidi Korhonen , Laura Kreidberg , Peter Krempl , Sylvestre Lacour , Stephane Lagarde , Olivier Lai , Vincent Lapeyrère , Romain Laugier , Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin , James Leftley , Pierre Léna , Steffan Lewis , Dieter Lutz , Yves Magnard , Felix Mang , Aurelie Marcotto , Didier Maurel , Antoine Mérand , Florentin Millour , Nikhil More , Hugo Nowack , Matthias Nowak , Sylvain Oberti , Francisco Olivares , Thomas Ott , Laurent Pallanca , Thibaut Paumard , Karine Perraut , Guy Perrin , Romain Petrov , Oliver Pfuhl , Nicolas Pourré , Sebastian Rabien , Christian Rau , Miguel Riquelme , Sylvie Robbe-Dubois , Sylvain Rochat , Muhammad Salman , Malte Scherbarth , Markus Schöller , Joseph Schubert , Nicolas Schuhler , Jinyi Shangguan , Pavel Shchekaturov , Taro Shimizu , Silvia Scheithauer , Arnaud Sevin , Christian Soenke , Ferreol Soulez , Alain Spang , Eric Stadler , Christian Straubmeier , Eckhard Sturm , Calvin Sykes , Linda Tacconi , Helmut Tischer , Konrad Tristram , Frédéric Vincent , Sebastiano von Fellenberg , Sinem Uysal , Felix Widmann , Ekkehard Wieprecht , Erich Wiezorrek , Julien Woillez , Şenol Yazıcı , Gérard Zins

The 2nd generation VLTI instrument GRAVITY is a two-field infrared interferometer operating in the K band between 1.97 and 2.43 $\mu$m with either the four 8 m or the four 1.8 m telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT). Beams collected…

GRAVITY+ is the upgrade of GRAVITY and the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) with wide-separation fringe tracking, new adaptive optics, and laser guide stars on all four 8~m Unit Telescopes (UTs), for ever fainter, all-sky, high…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-14 GRAVITY+ Collaboration , : , R. Abuter , F. Allouche , A. Amorim , C. Bailet , M. Bauböck , J. -P. Berger , P. Berio , A. Bigioli , O. Boebion , M. L. Bolzer , H. Bonnet , G. Bourdarot , P. Bourget , W. Brandner , Y. Clénet , B. Courtney-Barrer , Y. Dallilar , R. Davies , D. Defrère , A. Delboulbé , F. Delplancke , R. Dembet , P. T. de Zeeuw , A. Drescher , A. Eckart , C. Édouard , F. Eisenhauer , M. Fabricius , H. Feuchtgruber , G. Finger , N. M. Förster Schreiber , E. Garcia , P. Garcia , F. Gao , E. Gendron , R. Genzel , J. P. Gil , S. Gillessen , T. Gomes , F. Gonté , C. Gouvret , P. Guajardo , S. Guieu , M. Hartl , X. Haubois , F. Haußmann , G. Heißel , Th. Henning , S. Hippler , S. Hönig , M. Horrobin , N. Hubin , E. Jacqmart , L. Jochum , L. Jocou , A. Kaufer , P. Kervella , H. Korhonen , L. Kreidberg , S. Lacour , S. Lagarde , O. Lai , V. Lapeyrère , R. Laugier , J. -B. Le Bouquin , J. Leftley , P. Léna , D. Lutz , F. Mang , A. Marcotto , D. Maurel , A. Mérand , F. Millour , N. More , H. Nowacki , M. Nowak , S. Oberti , T. Ott , L. Pallanca , T. Paumard , K. Perraut , G. Perrin , R. Petrov , O. Pfuhl , N. Pourré , S. Rabien , C. Rau , S. Robbe-Dubois , S. Rochat , M. Salman , M. Schöller , J. Schubert , N. Schuhler , J. Shangguan , T. Shimizu , S. Scheithauer , A. Sevin , F. Soulez , A. Spang , E. Stadler , J. Stadler , C. Straubmeier , E. Sturm , L. J. Tacconi , K. R. W. Tristram , F. Vincent , S. von Fellenberg , S. Uysal , F. Widmann , E. Wieprecht , E. Wiezorrek , J. Woillez , S. Yazici , A. Young , G. Zins
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