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4GREAT -- a four-color receiver for high-resolution airborne terahertz spectroscopy

4GREAT is an extension of the German Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz frequencies (GREAT) operated aboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). The spectrometer comprises four different detector bands and their…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-10 Carlos A. Durán , Rolf Güsten , Christophe Risacher , Andrej Görlitz , Bernd Klein , Nicolas Reyes , Oliver Ricken , Hans-Joachim Wunsch , Urs U. Graf , Karl Jacobs , Cornelia E. Honingh , Jürgen Stutzki , Gert de Lange , Yan Delorme , Jean-Michel Krieg , Dariusz C. Lis

Why the Northern Hemisphere Needs a 30-40 m Telescope and the Science at Stake: Cosmology and High-z Universe

Full sky coverage with 30-40 meter-class telescopes is essential to answer fundamental questions in Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Physics, such as the composition of the Universe and the formation of the first stars and supermassive black…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-18 Pablo G. Pérez-González , Roberto Maiolino , Pascal A. Oesch , Alvio Renzini , Tommaso Treu , Cristina Ramos Almeida , Sandra Faber , Luis Colina , Almudena Alonso-Herrero , Santiago Arribas , Guillermo Barro , Helmut Dannerbauer , Mark Dickinson , Mauro Giavalisco , Marc Huertas-Company , Göran Östlin , Giulia Rodighiero , Patricia Sánchez-Blázquez , Elisa Toloba

MOSAIC: the high-multiplex and multi-IFU spectrograph for the ELT

MOSAIC is the planned multi-object spectrograph for the 39m Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). Conceived as a multi-purpose instrument, it offers both high multiplex and multi-IFU capabilities at a range of intermediate to high spectral…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-16 Rubén Sánchez-Janssen , Francois Hammer , Simon Morris , Jean-Gabriel Cuby , Lex Kaper , Matthias Steinmetz , Jose Afonso , Beatriz Barbuy , Edwin Bergin , Alexis Finoguenov , Jesús Gallego , Susan Kassin , Christopher Miller , Goran Östlin , Laura Pentericci , Daniel Schaerer , Bodo Ziegler , Fanny Chemla , Gavin Dalton , Fatima De Frondat , Chris Evans , David Le Mignant , Mathieu Puech , Myriam Rodrigues , Sylvestre Taburet , Lidia Tasca , Yanbin Yang , Sandrine Zanchetta , Timothy Butterley , Jean-Marc Conan , Kjetil Dohlen , Marc Dubbeldam , Kacem El Hadi , Annemieke Janssen , Thierry Fusco , Andreas Kelz , Marie Larrieu , Ian Lewis , Caroline Lim , Mike MacIntosh , Tim Morris , Ramon Navarro , Walter Seifert

Science drivers and requirements for an Advanced Technology Large Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST): Implications for technology development and synergies with other future facilities

The Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST) is a concept for an 8-meter to 16-meter UVOIR space observatory for launch in the 2025-2030 era. ATLAST will allow astronomers to answer fundamental questions at the forefront…

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The Polstar UV Spectropolarimetry Mission

The Polstar small explorer concept is for an ultraviolet (UV) spectropolarimetry space telescope mission with a focus on massive star astrophysics. The instrument waveband will be from 115 nm - 286 nm for spectroscopy and 122 nm - 286 nm…

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LAMOST Spectral Survey

LAMOST (Large sky Area Multi-Object fiber Spectroscopic Telescope) is a Chinese national scientific research facility operated by National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC). After two years of commissioning…

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4MOST Consortium Survey 7: Wide-Area VISTA Extragalactic Survey (WAVES)

WAVES is designed to study the growth of structure, mass and energy on scales of ~1 kpc to ~10 Mpc over a 7 Gyr timeline. On the largest length scales (1-10 Mpc) WAVES will measure the structures defined by groups, filaments and voids, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-02 S. P. Driver , J. Liske , L. J. M. Davies , A. S. G. Robotham , I. K. Baldry , M. J. I. Brown , M. Cluver , K. Kuijken , J. Loveday , R. McMahon , M. J. Meyer , P. Norberg , M. Owers , C. Power , E. N. Taylor

SpecTel: A 10-12 meter class Spectroscopic Survey Telescope

We recommend a conceptual design study for a spectroscopic facility in the southern hemisphere comprising a large diameter telescope, fiber system, and spectrographs collectively optimized for massively-multiplexed spectroscopy. As a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-17 Richard Ellis , Kyle Dawson , Joss Bland-Hawthorn , Roland Bacon , Adam Bolton , Malcolm Bremer , Jarle Brinchmann , Kevin Bundy , Charlie Conroy , Bernard Delabre , Arjun Dey , Alex Drlica-Wagner , Jenny Greene , Luigi Guzzo , Jennifer Johnson , Alexie Leauthaud , Khee-Gan Lee , Luca Pasquini , Laura Pentericci , Johan Richard , Hans-Walter Rix , Connie Rockosi , David Schlegel , Anže Slosar , Michael Strauss , Masahiro Takada , Eline Tolstoy , Darach Watson

MAVIS: performance estimation of the adaptive optics module

The MCAO Assisted Visible Imager and Spectrograph (MAVIS) is a new visible instrument for ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT). Its Adaptive Optics Module (AOM) must provide extreme adaptive optics correction level at low galactic latitude and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-01 Guido Agapito , Daniele Vassallo , Cédric Plantet , Jesse Cranney , Hao Zhang , Valentina Viotto , Enrico Pinna , Francois Rigaut

Introduction to the Chinese Space Station Survey Telescope (CSST)

The Chinese Space Station Survey Telescope (CSST) is an upcoming Stage-IV sky survey telescope, distinguished by its large field of view (FoV), high image quality, and multi-band observation capabilities. It can simultaneously conduct…

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Micro-Mirror-Devices (MMDs): A New Family of MOEMS for the Habitable World Observatory

We present a new program aimed at developing a new generation of micromirror devices specifically tailored for astronomical applications, multi-slit spectroscopy in particular. We first overview the general characteristics of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-16 M. Robberto , M. Gennaro , S. Kassin , S. A. Smee , C. Gong , J. Huffman , Z. Ninkov , I. Puchades

Prospects of Stellar Abundance Studies from Near-IR Spectra Observed with the E-ELT

In 2006 ESO Council authorized a Phase B study of a European AO-telescope with a 42 m segmented primary with a 5-mirror design, the E-ELT. Several reports and working groups have already presented science cases for an E-ELT, specifically…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Nils Ryde

The Dark Energy Spectrometer (DESpec): A Multi-Fiber Spectroscopic Upgrade of the Dark Energy Camera and Survey for the Blanco Telescope

We describe an initiative to build and use the Dark Energy Spectrometer (DESpec), a wide-field spectroscopic survey instrument for the Blanco 4 meter telescope at Cerro Tololo InterAmerican Observatory (CTIO) in Chile. A new system with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-13 F. Abdalla , J. Annis , D. Bacon , S. Bridle , F. Castander , M. Colless , D. DePoy , H. T. Diehl , M. Eriksen , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , E. Gaztanaga , C. Hogan , S. Jouvel , S. Kent , D. Kirk , R. Kron , S. Kuhlmann , O. Lahav , J. Lawrence , H. Lin , J. Marriner , J. Marshall , J. Mohr , R. C. Nichol , M. Sako , W. Saunders , M. Soares-Santos , D. Thomas , R. Wechsler , A. West , H. Wu

The Simons Observatory: Science Goals and Forecasts for the Enhanced Large Aperture Telescope

We describe updated scientific goals for the wide-field, millimeter-wave survey that will be produced by the Simons Observatory (SO). Significant upgrades to the 6-meter SO Large Aperture Telescope (LAT) are expected to be complete by 2028,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-11 The Simons Observatory Collaboration , M. Abitbol , I. Abril-Cabezas , S. Adachi , P. Ade , A. E. Adler , P. Agrawal , J. Aguirre , Z. Ahmed , S. Aiola , T. Alford , A. Ali , D. Alonso , M. A. Alvarez , R. An , K. Arnold , P. Ashton , Z. Atkins , J. Austermann , S. Azzoni , C. Baccigalupi , A. Baleato Lizancos , D. Barron , P. Barry , J. Bartlett , N. Battaglia , R. Battye , E. Baxter , A. Bazarko , J. A. Beall , R. Bean , D. Beck , S. Beckman , J. Begin , A. Beheshti , B. Beringue , T. Bhandarkar , S. Bhimani , F. Bianchini , E. Biermann , S. Biquard , B. Bixler , S. Boada , D. Boettger , B. Bolliet , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , J. Borrow , C. Braithwaite , T. L. R. Brien , M. L. Brown , S. M. Bruno , S. Bryan , R. Bustos , H. Cai , E. Calabrese , V. Calafut , F. M. Carl , A. Carones , J. Carron , A. Challinor , P. Chanial , N. Chen , K. Cheung , B. Chiang , Y. Chinone , J. Chluba , H. S. Cho , S. K. Choi , M. Chu , J. Clancy , S. E. Clark , P. Clarke , J. Cleary , D. L. Clements , J. Connors , C. Contaldi , G. Coppi , L. Corbett , N. F. Cothard , W. Coulton , K. D. Crowley , K. T. Crowley , A. Cukierman , J. M. D'Ewart , K. Dachlythra , R. Datta , S. Day-Weiss , T. de Haan , M. Devlin , L. Di Mascolo , S. Dicker , B. Dober , C. Doux , P. Dow , S. Doyle , C. J. Duell , S. M. Duff , A. J. Duivenvoorden , J. Dunkley , D. Dutcher , R. Dünner , M. Edenton , H. El Bouhargani , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , V. Fanfani , G. S. Farren , J. Fergusson , S. Ferraro , R. Flauger , A. Foster , K. Freese , J. C. Frisch , A. Frolov , G. Fuller , N. Galitzki , P. A. Gallardo , J. T. Galvez Ghersi , K. Ganga , J. Gao , X. Garrido , E. Gawiser , M. Gerbino , R. Gerras , S. Giardiello , A. Gill , V. Gilles , U. Giri , E. Gleave , V. Gluscevic , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. E. Golec , S. Gordon , M. Gralla , S. Gratton , D. Green , J. C. Groh , C. Groppi , Y. Guan , N. Gupta , J. E. Guðmundsson , S. Hagstotz , P. Hargrave , S. Haridas , K. Harrington , I. Harrison , M. Hasegawa , M. Hasselfield , V. Haynes , M. Hazumi , A. He , E. Healy , S. W. Henderson , B. S. Hensley , E. Hertig , C. Hervías-Caimapo , M. Higuchi , C. A. Hill , J. C. Hill , G. Hilton , M. Hilton , A. D. Hincks , G. Hinshaw , R. Hložek , A. Y. Q. Ho , S. Ho , S. P. Ho , T. D. Hoang , J. Hoh , E. Hornecker , A. L. Hornsby , S. C. Hotinli , Z. Huang , Z. B. Huber , J. Hubmayr , K. Huffenberger , J. P. Hughes , A. Idicherian Lonappan , M. Ikape , K. Irwin , J. Iuliano , A. H. Jaffe , B. Jain , H. T. Jense , O. Jeong , A. Johnson , B. R. Johnson , M. Johnson , M. Jones , B. Jost , D. Kaneko , E. D. Karpel , Y. Kasai , N. Katayama , B. Keating , B. Keller , R. Keskitalo , J. Kim , T. Kisner , K. Kiuchi , J. Klein , K. Knowles , A. M. Kofman , B. J. Koopman , A. Kosowsky , R. Kou , N. Krachmalnicoff , D. Kramer , A. Krishak , A. Krolewski , A. Kusaka , A. Kusiak , P. La Plante , A. La Posta , A. Laguë , J. Lashner , M. Lattanzi , A. Lee , E. Lee , J. Leech , C. Lessler , J. S. Leung , A. Lewis , Y. Li , Z. Li , M. Limon , L. Lin , M. Link , J. Liu , Y. Liu , J. Lonergan , T. Louis , T. Lucas , M. Ludlam , M. Lungu , M. Lyons , N. MacCrann , A. MacInnis , M. Madhavacheril , D. Mak , F. Maldonado , M. Mallaby-Kay , A. Manduca , A. Mangu , H. Mani , A. S. Maniyar , G. A. Marques , J. Mates , T. Matsumura , P. Mauskopf , A. May , N. McCallum , H. McCarrick , F. McCarthy , M. McCulloch , J. McMahon , P. D. Meerburg , Y. Mehta , J. Melin , J. Meyers , A. Middleton , A. Miller , M. Mirmelstein , K. Moodley , J. Moore , M. Morshed , T. Morton , E. Moser , T. Mroczkowski , M. Murata , M. Münchmeyer , S. Naess , H. Nakata , T. Namikawa , M. Nashimoto , F. Nati , P. Natoli , M. Negrello , S. K. Nerval , L. Newburgh , D. V. Nguyen , A. Nicola , M. D. Niemack , H. Nishino , Y. Nishinomiya , A. Orlando , J. Orlowski-Scherer , L. Pagano , L. A. Page , S. Pandey , A. Papageorgiou , I. Paraskevakos , B. Partridge , R. Patki , M. Peel , K. 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Sugiyama , K. M. Surrao , S. Sutariya , A. Suzuki , J. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takakura , A. Takeuchi , I. Tansieri , A. C. Taylor , G. Teply , T. Terasaki , A. Thomas , D. B. Thomas , R. Thornton , H. Trac , T. Tsan , E. Tsang King Sang , C. Tucker , J. Ullom , L. Vacher , L. Vale , A. van Engelen , J. Van Lanen , J. van Marrewijk , D. D. Van Winkle , C. Vargas , E. M. Vavagiakis , I. Veenendaal , C. Vergès , M. Vissers , M. Viña , K. Wagoner , S. Walker , L. Walters , Y. Wang , B. Westbrook , J. Williams , P. Williams , H. Winch , E. J. Wollack , K. Wolz , J. Wong , Z. Xu , K. Yamada , E. Young , B. Yu , C. Yu , M. Zannoni , K. Zheng , N. Zhu , A. Zonca , I. Zubeldia

Supernovae study: Context of the 4-m ILMT facility

The upcoming 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) facility will perform deep imaging (in single scan $g'$ $\sim$22 mag.) of a narrow strip of sky each clear night in the Time Delayed Integration mode. A cadence of one day…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-02 Brajesh Kumar , S. B. Pandey , Kanhaiya L. Pandey , G. C. Anupama , J. Surdej

Prospects for cosmological research with the FAST array: 21-cm intensity mapping survey observation strategies

Precise cosmological measurements are essential for understanding the evolution of the universe and the nature of dark energy. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), the most sensitive single-dish radio telescope, has…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-23 Jun-Da Pan , Peng-Ju Wu , Guo-Hong Du , Yichao Li , Xin Zhang

Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory Detailed Science Case 2024

The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) International Observatory (TIO) will be a revolutionary leap forward in astronomical observing capabilities, enabling us to address some of the most profound questions about the universe. From unraveling the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-01 Warren Skidmore , Bob Kirshner , David Andersen , Gelys Trancho , Scot Kleinman , Ian Dell'Antonio , Marie Lemoine-Busserolle , Michael Rich , Matthew Taylor , Chikako Yasui , Guy Stringfellow , Masaomi Tanaka , Ian Crossfield , Paul Wiegert , Roberto Abraham , Masayuki Akiyama , Len Cowie , Christophe Dumas , Mitsuhiko Honda , Bruce Macintosh , Karen Meech , Stan Metchev , Surhud More , Norio Narita , Amitesh Omar , Eric Peng , Manoj Puravankara , C. S. Steidel , Sivarani Thirupathi , Tommaso Treu , Marusa Bradac , James Bullock , Masashi Chiba , Jarah Evslin , Christopher Fassnacht , Philip Lubin , Surhud More , Julio Navarro , Masamune Oguri , Joel Primack , Anjan Ananda Sen , Tommaso Treu , David Tytler , Gillian Wilson , Renxin Xu , Hongsheng Zhao , Gongbo Zhao , Scott Chapman , Ranga-Ram Chary , Asantha Cooray , Mark Dickinson , Masanori Iye , Nobunari Kashikawa , Crystal Martin , Kimihiko Nakajima , Masami Ouchi , Sonali Sachdeva , Toru Yamada , Michael Cooper , Taotao Fang , Roy Gal , Mauro Giavalisco , Tadayuki Kodama , Mariko Kubo , Marie Lemoine-Busserolle , Jennifer Lotz , Michael Pierce , Jason X. Prochaska , Naveen Reddy , Kartik Sheth , R. Srianand , Masayuki Tanaka , Vivian U , Shelley Wright , Aaron Barth , G. C. Dewangan , Tuan Do , Lindsay Fuller , Andrea Ghez , Lei Hao , Fiona Harrison , Luis Ho , Masa Imanishi , Mason Leist , Matt Malkan , Claire Max , Leo Meyer , Tohru Nagao , Chris Packham , Yue Shen , Yiping Wang , Mansi Kasliwal , Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez , Lulu Zhang , Wako Aoki , Mousumi Das , Xuan Fang , Rupjyoti Gogoi , Aruna Goswami , Puragra Guhathakurta , Hanae Inami , K. Indulekha , Jason Kalirai , Lucas Macri , Shude Mao , Alan McConnachie , Stacy McGough , Shalima Puthiyaveettil , Catherine Pilachowski , James Schombert , Sebastien Lepine , Jianrong Shi , Annapurni Subramaniam , Judy Cohen , Evan Kirby , Babar Ali , Adam J. Burgasser , Richard de Grijs , Ruobing Dong , Misato Fukagawa , Carol A. Grady , Priya Hasan , Gregory J. Herczeg , Mitsuhiko Honda , Quinn M. Konopacky , Di Li , Jessica R. Lu , Takayuki Muto , Joan R. Najita , Devendra K. Ojha , Deborah L. Padgett , Klaus M. Pontoppidan , Matthew J. Richter , Jonathan C. Tan , G. C. Anupama , Manjari Bagchi , Varun Bhalerao , Sarah Gallagher , U. S. Kamath , Shigeo Kimura , Keiichi Maeda , Ashish Mahabal , Shashi Bhushan Pandey , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz , Nozomu Tominaga , Lingzhi Wang , Xiaofeng Wang , Chao Wu , Xufeng Wu , Alan Marscher , Vishal Kasliwal , Thayne Currie , Christian Marois , Carl Melis , William Welsh , Michael C. Liu , Norio Narita , Angelle Tanner , Subo Dong , Eric Gaidos , Taro Matsuo , Stephen Kane , Michael AHearn , Leigh Fletcher , Thomas Greathouse , David Jewitt , Jianyang Li , Junjun Liu , Franck Marchis , Karen Meech , Michael Mumma , Glenn Orton , Angel Otarola , Shalima Puthiyaveettil , Tomohiko Sekiguchi , Feng Tian , Bin Yang , Nancy Han

4MOST Consortium Survey 10: The Time-Domain Extragalactic Survey (TiDES)

The Time-Domain Extragalactic Survey (TiDES) is focused on the spectroscopic follow-up of extragalactic optical transients and variable sources selected from forthcoming large sky surveys such as that from the Large Synoptic Survey…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-02 E. Swann , M. Sullivan , J. Carrick , S. Hoenig , I. Hook , R. Kotak , K. Maguire , R. McMahon , R. Nichol , S. Smartt

Gemini Infrared Multi-Object Spectrograph: Instrument Overview

The Gemini Infrared Multi-Object Spectrograph (GIRMOS) is a powerful new instrument being built to facility-class standards for the Gemini telescope. It takes advantage of the latest developments in adaptive optics and integral field…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-06 Suresh Sivanandam , Scott Chapman , Luc Simard , Paul Hickson , Kim Venn , Simon Thibault , Marcin Sawicki , Adam Muzzin , Darren Erickson , Roberto Abraham , Masayuki Akiyama , David Andersen , Colin Bradley , Raymond Carlberg , Shaojie Chen , Carlos Correia , Tim Davidge , Sara Ellison , Kamal El-Sankary , Gregory Fahlman , Masen Lamb , Olivier Lardiere , Marie Lemoine-Busserolle , Dae-Sik Moon , Norman Murray , Alison Peck , Cyrus Shafai , Gaetano Sivo , Jean-Pierre Veran , Howard Yee

Planning the scientific applications of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) is by far the largest telescope of any kind ever built. FAST produced its first light in September 2016 and it is now under commissioning, with normal operation to commence in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-15 Di Li , John M. Dickey , Shu Liu