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HIRES, the high-resolution spectrograph for the ELT

HIRES will be the high-resolution spectrograph of the European Extremely Large Telescope at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. It consists of three fibre-fed spectrographs providing a wavelength coverage of 0.4-1.8 mic (goal 0.35-1.8…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-10 Alessandro Marconi , Manuel Abreu , Vardan Adibekyan , Matteo Aliverti , Carlos Allende Prieto , Pedro J. Amado , Manuel Amate , Etienne Artigau , Sergio R. Augusto , Susana Barros , Santiago Becerril , Bjorn Benneke , Edwin Bergin , Philippe Berio , Naidu Bezawada , Isabelle Boisse , Xavier Bonfils , Francois Bouchy , Christopher Broeg , Alexandre Cabral , Rocio Calvo-Ortega , Bruno Leonardo Canto Martins , Bruno Chazelas , Andrea Chiavassa , Lise B. Christensen , Roberto Cirami , Igor Coretti , Stefano Cristiani , Vanderlei Cunha Parro , Guido Cupani , Izan de Castro Leao , Jose Renan de Medeiros , Marco Antonio Furlan de Souza , Paolo Di Marcantonio , Igor Di Varano , Valentina D'Odorico , Rene Doyon , Holger Drass , Pedro Figueira , Ana Belen Fragoso , Johan Peter Uldall Fynbo , Elena Gallo , Matteo Genoni , Jonay I. Gonzalez Hernandez , Martin Haehnelt , Julie Hlavacek Larrondo , Ian Hughes , Philipp Huke , Andrew Humphrey , Hans Kjeldsen , Andreas Korn , Driss Kouach , Marco Landoni , Jochen Liske , Christophe Lovis , David Lunney , Roberto Maiolino , Lison Malo , Thomas Marquart , Carlos J. A. P. Martins , Elena Mason , John Monnier , Manuel A. Monteiro , Christoph Mordasini , Tim Morris , Graham J. Murray , Andrzej Niedzielski , Nelson Nunes , Ernesto Oliva , Livia Origlia , Enric Palle , Giorgio Pariani , Phil Parr-Burman , Jose Penate , Francesco Pepe , Enrico Pinna , Nikolai Piskunov , Jose Luis Rasilla , Phil Rees , Rafael Rebolo , Ansgar Reiners , Marco Riva , Sylvain Rousseau , Nicoletta Sanna , Nuno C. Santos , Mirsad Sarajlic , Tzu-Chiang Shen , Francesca Sortino , Danuta Sosnowska , Sergio Sousa , Eric Stempels , Klaus G. Strassmeier , Fabio Tenegi , Andrea Tozzi , Stephane Udry , Luca Valenziano , Leonardo Vanzi , Michael Weber , Manfred Woche , Marco Xompero , Erik Zackrisson , Maria Rosa Zapatero Osorio

Astrophotonic micro-spectrographs in the era of ELTs

The next generation of Extremely Large Telescopes (ELT), with diameters up to 39 meters, will start opera- tion in the next decade and promises new challenges in the development of instruments. The growing field of astrophotonics (the use…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-07 N. Blind , E. Le Coarer , P. Kern , J. Bland-Hawthorn

Massive stars in the era of ELTs

Plans for the next generation of optical-infrared telescopes, the Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs), are well advanced. With primary apertures in excess of 20m, they will revolutionise our ground-based capabilities. In this review I…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-09-24 C. J. Evans

The Era of Extremely Large Optical Telescopes: The ELT

The advent of Extremely Large Telescopes ELTs, ground-based optical or infrared observatories with primary mirrors exceeding 20 m heralds a transformative epoch in observational astronomy. This article examines the dawn of this new era and…

Popular Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 Priya Hasan

Spectrographs for astrophotonics

The next generation of Extremely Large Telescopes (ELT), with diameters up to 39 meters, is planned to begin operation in the next decade and promises new challenges in the development of instruments since the instrument size increases in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-03 N. Blind , E. Le Coarer , P. Kern , S. Gousset

Exoplanet Science with the European Extremely Large Telescope. The Case for Visible and Near-IR Spectroscopy at High Resolution

Exoplanet science is booming. In 20 years our knowledge has expanded considerably, from the first discovery of a Hot Jupiter, to the detection of a large population of Neptunes and super-Earths, to the first steps toward the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-03 S. Udry , C. Lovis , F. Bouchy , A. Collier Cameron , T. Henning , M. Mayor , F. Pepe , N. Piskunov , D. Pollacco , D. Queloz , A. Quirrenbach , H. Rauer , R. Rebolo , N. C. Santos , I. Snellen , F. Zerbi

Stars and exoplanets in Stokes IQUV: a decadal opportunity for HIRES at the ELT

We proposed that the European ELT will be equipped with an ultra-high-precision polarimetric light feed as part of its high resolution optical and near-IR spectrograph HIRES. Such a feed is unique among the new ELTs and only possible in a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-11 Klaus G. Strassmeier

ELT-MOS White Paper: Science Overview & Requirements

The workhorse instruments of the 8-10m class observatories have become their multi-object spectrographs (MOS), providing comprehensive follow-up to both ground-based and space-borne imaging. With the advent of deeper imaging surveys from,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-04 Chris Evans , Mathieu Puech , Beatriz Barbuy , Nate Bastian , Piercarlo Bonifacio , Elisabetta Caffau , Jean-Gabriel Cuby , Gavin Dalton , Ben Davies , Jim Dunlop , Hector Flores , Francois Hammer , Lex Kaper , Bertrand Lemasle , Simon Morris , Laura Pentericci , Patrick Petitjean , Daniel Schaerer , Eduardo Telles , Niraj Welikala , Bodo Ziegler

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

A Community Science Case for E-ELT HIRES

Building on the experience of the high-resolution community with the suite of VLT high-resolution spectrographs, which has been tremendously successful, we outline here the (science) case for a high-fidelity, high-resolution spectrograph…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-21 R. Maiolino , M. Haehnelt , M. T. Murphy , D. Queloz , L. Origlia , J. Alcala , Y. Alibert , P. J. Amado , C. Allende Prieto , M. Ammler-von Eiff , M. Asplund , M. Barstow , G. Becker , X. Bonfils , F. Bouchy , A. Bragaglia , M. R. Burleigh , A. Chiavassa , D. A. Cimatti , M. Cirasuolo , S. Cristiani , V. D'Odorico , D. Dravins , E. Emsellem , J. Farihi , P. Figueira , J. Fynbo , B. T. Gansicke , M. Gillon , B. Gustafsson , V. Hill , G. Israelyan , A. Korn , S. Larsen , P. De Laverny , J. Liske , C. Lovis , A. Marconi , C. Martins , P. Molaro , B. Nisini , E. Oliva , P. Petitjean , M. Pettini , A. Recio Blanco , R. Rebolo , A. Reiners , C. Rodriguez-Lopez , N. Ryde , N. C. Santos , S. Savaglio , I. Snellen , K. Strassmeier , N. Tanvir , L. Testi , E. Tolstoy , A. Triaud , L. Vanzi , M. Viel , M. Volonteri

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

EAGLE Spectroscopy of Resolved Stellar Populations Beyond the Local Group

Valuable insights into galaxy evolution can be gleaned from studies of resolved stellar populations in the local Universe. Deep photometric surveys have provided tracers of the star-formation histories in galaxies from 0.8-16 Mpc, but…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Chris Evans , Yanbin Yang , Mathieu Puech , Matthew Lehnert , Michael Barker , Annette Ferguson , Jean-Gabriel Cuby , Simon Morris , Gerard Rousset , Francois Assemat , Hector Flores

ANDES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: science goals, project overview and future developments

The first generation of ELT instruments includes an optical-infrared high-resolution spectrograph, indicated as ELT-HIRES and recently christened ANDES (ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph). ANDES consists of three fibre-fed…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-23 A. Marconi , M. Abreu , V. Adibekyan , V. Alberti , S. Albrecht , J. Alcaniz , M. Aliverti , C. Allende Prieto , J. D. Alvarado Gómez , C. S. Alves , P. J. Amado , M. Amate , M. I. Andersen , S. Antoniucci , E. Artigau , C. Bailet , C. Baker , V. Baldini , A. Balestra , S. A. Barnes , F. Baron , S. C. C. Barros , S. M. Bauer , M. Beaulieu , O. Bellido-Tirado , B. Benneke , T. Bensby , E. A. Bergin , P. Berio , K. Biazzo , L. Bigot , A. Bik , J. L. Birkby , N. Blind , O. Boebion , I. Boisse , E. Bolmont , J. S. Bolton , M. Bonaglia , X. Bonfils , L. Bonhomme , F. Borsa , J. -C. Bouret , A. Brandeker , W. Brandner , C. H. Broeg , M. Brogi , D. Brousseau , A. Brucalassi , J. Brynnel , L. A. Buchhave , D. F. Buscher , L. Cabona , A. Cabral , G. Calderone , R. Calvo-Ortega , F. Cantalloube , B. L. Canto Martins , L. Carbonaro , Y. Caujolle , G. Chauvin , B. Chazelas , A. -L. Cheffot , Y. S. Cheng , A. Chiavassa , L. Christensen , R. Cirami , M. Cirasuolo , N. J. Cook , R. J. Cooke , I. Coretti , S. Covino , N. Cowan , G. Cresci , S. Cristiani , V. Cunha Parro , G. Cupani , V. D'Odorico , K. Dadi , I. de Castro Leão , A. De Cia , J. R. De Medeiros , F. Debras , M. Debus , A. Delorme , O. Demangeon , F. Derie , M. Dessauges-Zavadsky , P. Di Marcantonio , S. Di Stefano , F. Dionies , A. Domiciano de Souza , R. Doyon , J. Dunn , S. Egner , D. Ehrenreich , J. P. Faria , D. Ferruzzi , C. Feruglio , M. Fisher , A. Fontana , B. S. Frank , C. Fuesslein , M. Fumagalli , T. Fusco , J. Fynbo , O. Gabella , W. Gaessler , E. Gallo , X. Gao , L. Genolet , M. Genoni , P. Giacobbe , E. Giro , R. S. Goncalves , O. A. Gonzalez , J. I. González Hernández , C. Gouvret , F. Gracia Temich , M. G. Haehnelt , C. Haniff , A. Hatzes , R. Helled , H. J. Hoeijmakers , I. Hughes , P. Huke , Y. Ivanisenko , A. S. Järvinen , S. P. Järvinen , A. Kaminski , J. Kern , J. Knoche , A. Kordt , H. Korhonen , A. J. Korn , D. Kouach , G. Kowzan , L. Kreidberg , M. Landoni , A. A. Lanotte , A. Lavail , B. Lavie , D. Lee , M. Lehmitz , J. Li , W. Li , J. Liske , C. Lovis , S. Lucatello , D. Lunney , M. J. MacIntosh , N. Madhusudhan , L. Magrini , R. Maiolino , J. Maldonado , L. Malo , A. W. S. Man , T. Marquart , C. M. J. Marques , E. L. Marques , P. Martinez , A. Martins , C. J. A. P. Martins , J. H. C. Martins , P. Maslowski , C. A. Mason , E. Mason , R. A. McCracken , M. A. F. Melo e Sousa , P. Mergo , G. Micela , D. Milaković , P. Molliere , M. A. Monteiro , D. Montgomery , C. Mordasini , J. Morin , A. Mucciarelli , M. T. Murphy , M. N'Diaye , N. Nardetto , B. Neichel , N. Neri , A. T. Niedzielski , E. Niemczura , B. Nisini , L. Nortmann , P. Noterdaeme , N. J. Nunes , L. Oggioni , F. Olchewsky , E. Oliva , H. Onel , L. Origlia , G. Ostlin , N. N. -Q. Ouellette , E. Palle , P. Papaderos , G. Pariani , L. Pasquini , J. Peñate Castro , F. Pepe , C. Peroux , L. Perreault Levasseur , S. Perruchot , P. Petit , O. Pfuhl , L. Pino , J. Piqueras , N. Piskunov , A. Pollo , K. Poppenhaeger , M. Porru , J. Puschnig , A. Quirrenbach , E. Rauscher , R. Rebolo , E. M. A. Redaelli , S. Reffert , D. T. Reid , A. Reiners , P. Richter , M. Riva , S. Rivoire , C. Rodriguez-López , I. U. Roederer , D. Romano , M. Roth , S. Rousseau , J. Rowe , A. Saccardi , S. Salvadori , N. Sanna , N. C. Santos , P. Santos Diaz , J. Sanz-Forcada , M. Sarajlic , J. -F. Sauvage , D. Savio , A Scaudo , S. Schäfer , R. P. Schiavon , T. M. Schmidt , C. Selmi , R. Simoes , A. Simonnin , S. Sivanandam , M. Sordet , R. Sordo , F. Sortino , D. Sosnowska , S. G. Sousa , A. Spang , R. Spiga , E. Stempels , J. R. Y. Stevenson , K. G. Strassmeier , A. Suárez Mascareño , A. Sulich , X. Sun , N. R. Tanvir , F. Tenegi-Sangines , S. Thibault , S. J. Thompson , P. Tisserand , A. Tozzi , M. Turbet , J. -P. Veran , P. Vallee , I. Vanni , R. Varas , A. Vega-Moreno , K. A. Venn , A. Verma , J. Vernet , M. Viel , G. Wade , C. Waring , M. Weber , J. Weder , B. Wehbe , J. Weingrill , M. Woche , M. Xompero , E. Zackrisson , A. Zanutta , M. R. Zapatero Osorio , M. Zechmeister , J. Zimara

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 physics of galaxy evolution with EAGLE

One of the prominent science goal of the ELTs will be to study the physics and mass assembly of galaxies at very high redshifts. Here, we present the galaxy evolution science case for EAGLE, which is a NIR multi-integral field spectrograph…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 M. Puech , M. Lehnert , Y. Yang , J. -G. Cuby , S. Morris , C. Evans , B. Neichel , T. Fusco , G. Rousset , H. Flores

The Mid-infrared E-ELT Imager and Spectrograph (METIS)

METIS will be among the first generation of scientific instruments on the E-ELT. Focusing on highest angular resolution and high spectral resolution, METIS will provide diffraction limited imaging and coronagraphy from 3-14um over an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Bernhard R. Brandl , Markus Feldt , Alistair Glasse , Manuel Guedel , Stephanie Heikamp , Matthew Kenworthy , Rainer Lenzen , Michael R. Meyer , Frank Molster , Sander Paalvast , Eric J. Pantin , Sascha P. Quanz , Eva Schmalzl , Remko Stuik , Lars Venema , Christoffel Waelkens , the NOVA-Astron Instrumentation Group

A Statistical Framework for the Utilization of Simultaneous Pupil Plane and Focal Plane Telemetry for Exoplanet Imaging, Part I: Accounting for Aberrations in Multiple Planes

A new generation of telescopes with mirror diameters of 20 m or more, called extremely large telescopes (ELTs) has the potential to provide unprecedented imaging and spectroscopy of exo-planetary systems, if the difficulties in achieving…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 Richard A. Frazin

Finding and Characterizing Other Worlds: the Thermal-IR ELT Opportunity

The next generation ground-based extremely large telescopes (ELTs) present incredible opportunities to discover and characterize diverse planetary systems, even potentially habitable worlds. Adaptive-optics assisted thermal-IR (3-14 micron)…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-11 Michael R. Meyer , Thayne Currie , Olivier Guyon , Yasuhiro Hasegawa , Markus Kasper , Christian Marois , John Monnier , Katie Morzinski , Chris Packham , Sascha Quanz

Supernovae and Cosmology with Future European Facilities

Prospects for future supernova surveys are discussed, focusing on the ESA Euclid mission and the European Extremely Large Telescope(E-ELT), both expected to be in operation around the turn of the decade. Euclid is a 1.2m space survey…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 I. M. Hook

The EAGLE instrument for the E-ELT: developments since delivery of Phase A

The EAGLE instrument is a Multi-Object Adaptive Optics (MOAO) fed, multiple Integral Field Spectrograph (IFS), working in the Near Infra-Red (NIR), on the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). A Phase A design study was delivered to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Simon L. Morris , Jean-Gabriel Cuby , Marc Dubbeldam , Christopher Evans , Thierry Fusco , Pascal Jagourel , Richard Myers , Phil Parr-Burman , Gerard Rousset , Hermine Schnetler