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MATISSE: specifications and expected performances

MATISSE (Multi AperTure mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment) is the next generation spectro-interferometer at the European Southern Observatory VLTI operating in the spectral bands L, M and N, and combining four beams from the unit and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 A. Matter , S. Lagarde , R. G. Petrov , P. Berio , S. Robbe-Dubois , B. Lopez , P. Antonelli , F. Allouche , P. Cruzalebes , F. Millour , G. Bazin , L. Bourgès

An overview of the mid-infrared spectro-interferometer MATISSE: science, concept, and current status

MATISSE is the second-generation mid-infrared spectrograph and imager for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at Paranal. This new interferometric instrument will allow significant advances by opening new avenues in various…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 A. Matter , B. Lopez , P. Antonelli , M. Lehmitz , F. Bettonvil , U. Beckmann , S. Lagarde , W. Jaffe , R. G. Petrov , P. Berio , F. Millour , S. Robbe-Dubois , A. Glindemann , P. Bristow , M. Schoeller , T. Lanz , T. Henning , G. Weigelt , M. Heininger , S. Morel , P. Cruzalebes , K. Meisenheimer , R. Hofferbert , S. Wolf , Y. Bresson , T. Agocs , F. Allouche , J. -C. Augereau , G. Avila , C. Bailet , J. Behrend , G. Van Belle , J. -P. Berger , R. van Boekel , P. Bourget , R. Brast , J. -M. Clausse , C. Connot , R. Conzelmann , G. Csepany , W. C. Danchi , M. Delbo , C. Dominik , A. van Duin , E. Elswijk , Y. Fantei , G. Finger , A. Gabasch , F. Gonté , U. Graser , F. Guitton , S. Guniat , M. De Haan , P. Haguenauer , H. Hanenburg , K. -H. Hofmann , M. Hogerheijde , R. ter Horst , J. Hron , C. Hummel , J. Isderda , D. Ives , G. Jakob , A. Jasko , P. Jolley , S. Kiraly , J. Kragt , T. Kroener , G. Kroes , S. Kuindersma , L. Labadie , W. Laun , C. Leinert , J. -L. Lizon , C. Lucuix , A. Marcotto , F. Martinache , G. Martinot-Lagarde , N. Mauclert , L. Mehrgan , A. Meilland , M. Mellein , S. Menardi , A. Merand , U. Neumann , E. Nussbaum , S. Ottogalli , R. Palsa , J. Panduro , E. Pantin , I. Percheron , T. Phan Duc , J. -U. Pott , E. Pozna , R. Roelfsema , G. Rupprecht , D. Schertl , C. Schmidt , M. Schuil , A. Spang , J. stegmeier , N. Tromp , F. Vakili , M. Vannier , K. Wagner , L. Venema , J. Woillez

MATISSE, the VLTI mid-infrared imaging spectro-interferometer

Context:Optical interferometry is at a key development stage. ESO's VLTI has established a stable, robust infrastructure for long-baseline interferometry for general astronomical observers. The present second-generation instruments offer a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-30 B. Lopez , S. Lagarde , R. G. Petrov , W. Jaffe , P. Antonelli , F. Allouche , P. Berio , A. Matter , A. Meilland , F. Millour , S. Robbe-Dubois , Th. Henning , G. Weigelt , A. Glindemann , T. Agocs , Ch. Bailet , U. Beckmann , F. Bettonvil , R. van Boekel , P. Bourget , Y. Bresson , P. Bristow , P. Cruzalèbes , E. Eldswijk , Y. Fanteï Caujolle , J. C. González Herrera , U. Graser , P. Guajardo , M. Heininger , K. -H. Hofmann , G. Kroes , W. Laun , M. Lehmitz , C. Leinert , K. Meisenheimer , S. Morel , U. Neumann , C. Paladini , I. Percheron , M. Riquelme , M. Schoeller , Ph. Stee , L. Venema , J. Woillez , G. Zins , P. Ábrahám , S. Abadie , R. Abuter , M. Accardo , T. Adler , J. Alonso , J. -C. Augereau , A. Böhm , G. Bazin , J. Beltran , A. Bensberg , W. Boland , R. Brast , L. Burtscher , R. Castillo , A. Chelli , C. Cid , J. -M. Clausse , C. Connot , R. D. Conzelmann , W. -C. Danchi , M. Delbo , J. Drevon , C. Dominik , A. van Duin , M. Ebert , F. Eisenhauer , S. Flament , R. Frahm , V. Gámez Rosas , A. Gabasch , A. Gallenne , E. Garces , P. Girard , A. Glazenborg , F. Y. J. Gonté , F. Guitton , M. de Haan , H. Hanenburg , X. Haubois , V. Hocdé , M. Hogerheijde , R. ter Horst , J. Hron , C. A. Hummel , N. Hubin , R. Huerta , J. Idserda , J. W. Isbell , D. Ives , G. Jakob , A. Jaskó , L. Jochum , L. Klarmann , R. Klein , J. Kragt , S. Kuindersma , E. Kokoulina , L. Labadie , S. Lacour , J. Leftley , R. Le Poole , J. -L. Lizon , M. Lopez , A. Mérand , A. Marcotto , N. Mauclert , T. Maurer , L. H. Mehrgan , J. Meisner , K. Meixner , M. Mellein , J. L. Menut , L. Mohr , L. Mosoni , R. Navarro , E. Nussbaum , L. Pallanca , E. Pantin , L. Pasquini , T. Phan Duc , J. -U. Pott , E. Pozna , A. Richichi , A. Ridinger , F. Rigal , Th. Rivinius , R. Roelfsema , R. -R. Rohloff , S. Rousseau , D. Salabert , D. Schertl , N. Schuhler , M. Schuil , K. Shabun , A. Soulain , C. Stephan , P. Toledo , K. Tristram , N. Tromp , F. Vakili , J. Varga , J. Vinther , L. B. F. M. Waters , M. Wittkowski , S. Wolf , F. Wrhel , G. Yoffe

Interferometric data reduction with AMBER/VLTI.Principle,estimators and illustration

We present in this paper an innovative data reduction method for single-mode interferometry. It has been specifically developed for the AMBER instrument, the three-beam combiner of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer, but can be derived…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 E. Tatulli , the AMBER consortium

The 2nd Generation VLTI path to performance

The upgrade of the VLTI infrastructure for the 2nd generation instruments is now complete with the transformation of the laboratory, and installation of star separators on both the 1.8-m Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs) and the 8-m Unit…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-25 Julien Woillez , Jaime Alonso , Jean-Philippe Berger , Henri Bonnet , Willem-Jan de Wit , Sebastian Egner , Frank Eisenhauer , Frédéric Gonté , Sylvain Guieu , Pierre Haguenauer , Antoine Mérand , Lorenzo Pettazzi , Sébastien Poupar , Markus Schöller , Nicolas Schuhler

The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, X. Operations and Data Reduction

We describe the operations concept and data reduction plan for the Mid- Infrared Instrument (MIRI) for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The overall JWST operations concept is to use Observation Templates (OTs) to provide a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 Karl D. Gordon , C. H. Chen , Rachel E. Anderson , Ruyman Azzollini , L. Bergeron , Patrice Bouchet , Jeroen Bouwman , Misty Cracraft , Sebastian Fischer , Scott D. Friedman , Macarena Garcia-Marin , Alistair Glasse , Adrian M. Glauser , G. B. Goodson , T. P. Greene , Dean C. Hines , M. A. Khorrami , Fred Lahuis , C. -P. Lajoie , M. E. Meixner , Jane E. Morrison , Brian O'Sullivan , K. M. Pontoppidan , M. W. Regan , M. E. Ressler , G. H. Rieke , Silvia Scheithauer , Helen Walker , G. S. Wright

The MUSE Data Reduction Pipeline: Status after Preliminary Acceptance Europe

MUSE, a giant integral field spectrograph, is about to become the newest facility instrument at the VLT. It will see first light in February 2014. Here, we summarize the properties of the instrument as built and outline functionality of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-02 Peter M. Weilbacher , Ole Streicher , Tanya Urrutia , Arlette Pécontal-Rousset , Aurélien Jarno , Roland Bacon

Advanced Data Reduction Techniques for MUSE

MUSE, a 2nd generation VLT instrument, will become the world's largest integral field spectrograph. It will be an AO assisted instrument which, in a single exposure, covers the wavelength range from 465 to 930 nm with an average resolution…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Peter M. Weilbacher , Joris Gerssen , Martin M. Roth , Petra Boehm , Arlette Pecontal-Rousset

First results from the ESO VLTI Calibrators Program

The ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) is one of the leading interferometric facilities. It is equipped with several 8.2 and 1.8m telescopes, a large number of baselines up to 200m, and with several subsystems designed to enable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Richichi , I. Percheron

CROMOS: A cryogenic near-infrared, multi-object spectrometer for the VLT

We discuss a cryogenic, multi-object near-infrared spectrometer as a second generation instrument for the VLT. The spectrometer combines 20 to 40 independent integral eld units (IFUs), which can be positioned by a cryogenic robot over the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Genzel , R. Hofmann , D. Tomono , N. Thatte , F. Eisenhauer , M. Lehnert , M. Tecza , R. Bender

VSI: the VLTI spectro-imager

The VLTI Spectro Imager (VSI) was proposed as a second-generation instrument of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer providing the ESO community with spectrally-resolved, near-infrared images at angular resolutions down to 1.1…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Malbet , D. Buscher , G. Weigelt , P. Garcia , M. Gai , D. Lorenzetti , J. Surdej , J. Hron , R. Neuhaeuser , P. Kern , L. Jocou , J. -P. Berger , O. Absil , U. Beckmann , L. Corcione , G. Duvert , M. Filho , P. Labeye , E. Le Coarer , G. Li Causi , J. Lima , K. Perraut , E. Tatulli , E. Thiebaut , J. Young , G. Zins , A. Amorim , B. Aringer , T. Beckert , M. Benisty , X. Bonfils , A. Cabral , A. Chelli , O. Chesneau , A. Chiavassa , R. Corradi , M. de Becker , A. Delboulbe , G. Duchene , T. Forveille , C. Haniff , E. Herwats , K. -H. Hofmann , J. -B. Le Bouquin , S. Ligori , D. Loreggia , A. Marconi , A. Moitinho , B. Nisini , P. -O. Petrucci , J. Rebordao , R. Speziali , L. Testi , F. Vitali

Science with MATISSE

We present an overview of the scientific potential of MATISSE, the Multi Aperture mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer. For this purpose we outline selected case studies from various areas, such…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 S. Wolf , B. Lopez , J. -Ch. Augereau , M. Delbo , C. Dominik , Th. Henning , K. -H. Hofmann , M. Hogerheijde , J. Hron , W. Jaffe , Th. Lanz , K. Meisenheimer , F. Millour , E. Pantin , R. Petrov , D. Schertl , R. van Boekel , G. Weigelt , A. Chiavassa , A. Juhasz , A. Matter , A. Meilland , N. Nardetto , C. Paladini

Data reduction methods for single-mode optical interferometry - Application to the VLTI two-telescopes beam combiner VINCI

The interferometric data processing methods that we describe in this paper use a number of innovative techniques. In particular, the implementation of the wavelet transform allows us to obtain a good immunity of the fringe processing to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Kervella , D. Segransan , V. Coude du Foresto

VSI: a milli-arcsec spectro-imager for the VLTI

VLTi Spectro-Imager (VSI) is a proposition for a second generation VLTI instrument which is aimed at providing the ESO community with the capability of performing image synthesis at milli-arcsecond angular resolution. VSI provides the VLTI…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-15 Fabien Malbet , Pierre Kern , Jean-Philippe Berger , Laurent Jocou , Paulo Garcia , David Buscher , Karine Rousselet-Perraut , Gerd Weigelt , Mario Gai , Jean Surdej , Josef Hron , Ralph Neuhäuser , Etienne Le Coarer , Pierre Labeye , Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin , Myriam Benisty , Emilie Herwats

JWST MIRI flight performance: Detector Effects and Data Reduction Algorithms

The detectors in the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are arsenic-21 doped silicon impurity band conduction (Si:As IBC) devices and are direct descendants of the Spitzer IRAC22 long wavelength arrays…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-01 Jane Morrison , Daniel Dicken , Ioannis Argyriou , Michael E. Ressler , Karl D. Gordon , Michael W. Regan , Misty Cracraft , George H. Rieke , Michael Engesser , Stacey Alberts , Javier Alvarez-Marquez , James W. Colbert , Ori D. Fox , Danny Gasman , David R. Law , Macarena Garcia Marin , Andras Gaspar , Pierre Guillard , Sarah Kendrew , Alvaro Labiano , Seppo Laine , Alberto Noriega-Crespo , Irene Shivaei , Greg Sloan

Reduction and analysis of MUSE data

MUSE, the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer, is a 2nd generation integral-field spectrograph under final assembly to see first light at the Very Large Telescope in 2013. By capturing ~ 90000 optical spectra in a single exposure, MUSE…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-03 J. Richard , R. Bacon , P. M. Weilbacher , O. Streicher , L. Wisotzki , E. C. Herenz , E. Slezak , M. Petremand , A. Jalobeanu , C. Collet , M. Louys , the MUSE , DAHLIA teams

The mid-infrared spectrum of $\beta$ Pictoris b. First VLTI/MATISSE interferometric observations of an exoplanet

Few spectra of directly-imaged exoplanets have been obtained in the mid-infrared (> 3 $\mu$m). This region is particularly rich in molecular spectral signatures, whose measurements can help recover atmospheric parameters and provide a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-11 M. Houllé , F. Millour , P. Berio , J. Scigliuto , S. Lacour , B. Lopez , F. Allouche , J. -C. Augereau , D. Blain , M. Bonnefoy , M. Carbillet , G. Chauvin , J. Leftley , A. Matter , J. Milli , P. Mollière , E. Nasedkin , M. Nowak , P. Palma-Bifani , É. Pantin , P. Priolet , M. Ravet , J. Woillez , W. Balmer , P. Boley , V. Gámez Rosas , J. H. Girard , X. Haubois , S. Hinkley , M. Hogerheijde , W. Jaffe , J. Kammerer , L. Kreidberg , O. Lai , S. Lagarde , A. Labdon , J. -B. Le Bouquin , A. Meilland , A. Mérand , C. Paladini , R. Petrov , E. Rickman , Th. Rivinius , S. Robbe-Dubois , R. van Boekel , J. Varga , A. Vigan , J. J. Wang , G. Weigelt

Fringe Tracker for the VLTI Spectro-Imager

The implementation of the simultaneous combination of several telescopes (from four to eight) available at Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) will allow the new generation interferometric instrumentation to achieve interferometric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. Corcione , D. Bonino , D. F. Busher , M. Gai , S. Ligori , D. Loreggia , G. Masssone , J. S. Young

Nulling Data Reduction and On-Sky Performance of the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer

The Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer (LBTI) is a versatile instrument designed for high-angular resolution and high-contrast infrared imaging (1.5-13 microns). In this paper, we focus on the mid-infrared (8-13 microns) nulling mode…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-22 D. Defrère , P. M. Hinz , B. Mennesson , W. F. Hoffmann , R. Millan-Gabet , A. J. Skemer , V. Bailey , W. C. Danchi , E. C. Downey , O. Durney , P. Grenz , J. M. Hill , T. J. McMahon , M. Montoya , E. Spalding , A. Vaz , O. Absil , P. Arbo , H. Bailey , G. Brusa , G. Bryden , S. Esposito , A. Gaspar , C. A. Haniff , G. M. Kennedy , J. M. Leisenring , L. Marion , M. Nowak , E. Pinna , K. Powell , A. Puglisi , G. Rieke , A. Roberge , E. Serabyn , R. Sosa , K. Stapeldfeldt , K. Su , A. J. Weinberger , M. C. Wyatt

GRAVITY for MATISSE -- Improving the MATISSE performance with the GRAVITY fringe tracker

Context: MATISSE, the mid-infrared spectro-imaging instrument of VLTI, was designed to deliver its advertised performance when paired with an external second generation fringe tracker. Science observation started in 2019, demonstrating…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-21 J. Woillez , R. Petrov , R. Abuter , F. Allouche , P. Berio , R. Dembet , F. Eisenhauer , R. Frahm , F. Gonté , X. Haubois , M. Houllé , W. Jaffe , S. Lacour , S. Lagarde , J. Leftley , B. Lopez , A. Matter , A. Meilland , F. Millour , M. Nowak , C. Paladini , T. Rivinius , D. Salabert , N. Schuhler , J. Varga , G. Zins