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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

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

Data reduction for the MATISSE instrument

We present in this paper the general formalism and data processing steps used in the MATISSE data reduction software, as it has been developed by the MATISSE consortium. The MATISSE instrument is the mid-infrared new generation…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-16 Florentin Millour , P Berio , M Heininger , K. -H Hofmann , D Schertl , G Weigelt , F Guitton , W Jaffe , U Beckmann , R Petrov , F Allouche , S Robbe-Dubois , S Lagarde , A Soulain , A Meilland , A Matter , P Cruzalèbes , B Lopez

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

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

Mid-infrared astronomy with the E-ELT: Performance of METIS

We present results of performance modelling for METIS, the Mid-infrared European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) Imager and Spectrograph. Designed by a consortium of NOVA (Netherlands), UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK), MPIA Heidelberg…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Sarah Kendrew , Laurent Jolissaint , Bernhard Brandl , Rainer Lenzen , Eric Pantin , Alistair Glasse , Joris Blommaert , Lars Venema , Ralf Siebenmorgen , Frank Molster

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

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

METIS - the Mid-infrared E-ELT Imager and Spectrograph

METIS, the Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph (formerly called MIDIR), is a proposed instrument for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), currently undergoing a phase-A study. The study is carried out within the framework of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Bernhard R. Brandl , Rainer Lenzen , Eric Pantin , Alistair Glasse , Joris Blommaert , Lars Venema , Frank Molster , Ralf Siebenmorgen , Hermann Boehnhardt , Ewine van Dishoeck , Paul van der Werf , Thomas Henning , Wolfgang Brandner , Pierre-Olivier Lagage , Toby J. T. Moore , Maarten Baes , Christoffel Waelkens , Chris Wright , Hans Ulrich Kaeufl , Sarah Kendrew , Remko Stuik , Laurent Jolissaint

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

The MUSE second-generation VLT instrument

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-01 Bacon R. , Accardo M. , Adjali L. , Anwand H. , Bauer S. , Biswas I. , Blaizot J. , Boudon D. , Brau-Nogue S. , Brinchmann J. , Caillier P. , Capoani L. , Carollo C. M. , Contini T. , Couderc P. , Daguise E. , Deiries S. , Delabre B. , Dreizler S. , Dubois J. P. , Dupieux M. , Dupuy C. , Emsellem E. , Fechner T. , Fleischmann A. , Francois M. , Gallou G. , Gharsa T. , Glindemann A. , Gojak D. , Guiderdoni B. , Hansali G. , Hahn T. , Jarno A. , Kelz A. , Koehler C. , Kosmalski J. , Laurent F. , Le Floch M. , Lilly S. J. , Lizon J. -L. , Loupias M. , Manescau A. , Monstein C. , Nicklas H. , Olaya J-C , Pares L. , Pasquini L. , Pecontal-Rousset A. , Pello R. , Petit C. , Popow E. , Reiss R. , Remillieux A. , Renault E. , Roth M. , Rupprecht G. , Serre D. , Schaye J. , Soucail G. , Steinmetz M. , Streicher O. , Stuik R. , Valentin H. , Vernet J. , Weilbacher P. , Wisotzki L. , Yerle N

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

MOONS: The New Multi-Object Spectrograph for the VLT

MOONS is the new Multi-Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph currently under construction for the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at ESO. This remarkable instrument combines, for the first time, the collecting power of an 8-m telescope,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-03 M. Cirasuolo , the MOONS consortium

Simulating METIS SCAO System

METIS, the Mid-Infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph, is one of the four first-generation ELT instruments scheduled to see first light in 2028. Its two main science modules are supported by an adaptive optics system featuring a pyramid…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-23 Markus Feldt , Horst Steuer , Carlos Correia , Andreas Obereder , Stefan Raffetseder , Thomas Bertram , Julia Shatokina , Faustine Cantalloube

Improving the diameters of interferometric calibrators with MATISSE

A good knowledge of the angular diameters of stars used to calibrate the observables in stellar interferometry is fundamental. As the available precision for giant stars is worse than the required per cent level, we aim to improve the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-04 S. Robbe-Dubois , P. Cruzalèbes , Ph. Berio , A. Meilland , R. -G. Petrov , F. Allouche , D. Salabert , C. Paladini , A. Matter , F. Millour , S. Lagarde , B. Lopez , L. Burtscher , W. Jaffe , J. Hron , I. Percheron , R. van Boekel , G. Weigelt , Ph. Stee

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

Probing unexplored territories with MUSE: a second generation instrument for the VLT

The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is a second-generation VLT panoramic integral-field spectrograph under preliminary design study. MUSE has a field of 1x1 arcmin**2 sampled at 0.2x0.2 arcsec**2 and is assisted by the VLT ground…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 R. Bacon , S. Bauer , P. Boehm , D. Boudon , S. Brau-Nogue , P. Caillier , L. Capoani , C. M. Carollo , N. Champavert , T. Contini , E. Daguise , D. Dalle , B. Delabre , J. Devriendt , S. Dreizler , J. Dubois , M. Dupieux , J. P. Dupin , E. Emsellem , P. Ferruit , M. Franx , G. Gallou , J. Gerssen , B. Guiderdoni , T. Hahn , D. Hofmann , A. Jarno , A. Kelz , C. Koehler , W. Kollatschny , J. Kosmalski , F. Laurent , S. J. Lilly , J. Lizon , M. Loupias , S. Lynn , A. Manescau , R. M. McDermid , C. Monstein , H. Nicklas , L. Pares , L. Pasquini , A. Pecontal-Rousset , E. Pecontal , R. Pello , C. Petit , J. -P. Picat , E. Popow , A. Quirrenbach , R. Reiss , E. Renault , M. Roth , J. Schaye , G. Soucail , M. Steinmetz , S. Stroebele , R. Stuik , P. Weilbacher , H. Wozniak , P. T. de Zeeuw

Fresnel diffraction in an interferometer: application to MATISSE

While doing optical study in an instrument similar to the interferometers dedicated to the Very Large Telescope (VLT), we have to take care of the pupil and focus conjugations. Modules with artificial sources are designed to simulate the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Sylvie Robbe-Dubois , Yves Bresson , Eric Aristidi , Stephane Lagarde , Pierre Antonelli , Bruno Lopez , Romain G. Petrov

Panoramic optical and near-infrared SETI instrument: overall specifications and science program

We present overall specifications and science goals for a new optical and near-infrared (350 - 1650 nm) instrument designed to greatly enlarge the current Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) phase space. The Pulsed All-sky…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-20 Shelley A. Wright , Paul Horowitz , Jérôme Maire , Dan Werthimer , Franklin Antonio , Michael Aronson , Sam Chaim-Weismann , Maren Cosens , Frank D. Drake , Andrew W. Howard , Geoffrey W. Marcy , Rick Raffanti , Andrew P. V. Siemion , Remington P. S. Stone , Richard R. Treffers , Avinash Uttamchandani

METIS: The Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph

The Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph (METIS) will provide the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) with a unique window to the thermal- and mid-infrared (3 - 13 microns). Its single-conjugate adaptive optics (SCAO) system will enable…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-23 Bernhard Brandl , Felix Bettonvil , Roy van Boekel , Adrian Glauser , Sascha Quanz , Olivier Absil , António Amorim , Markus Feldt , Alistair Glasse , Manuel Güdel , Paul Ho , Lucas Labadie , Michael Meyer , Eric Pantin , Hans van Winckel , the METIS Consortium