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Searching for close-in planets around TWA 7 with SPIRou

We outline in this paper observations of the young pre-main-sequence low-mass star TWA 7, hosting a debris disk and a distant planet. Using data collected with the near-infrared SPIRou spectropolarimeter / precision velocimeter at the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-21 J. -F. Donati , P. I. Cristofari , C. Moutou , A. Lavail , J. Bouvier , S. H. P. Alencar , P. Petit , A. Carmona , X. Delfosse , the SPIRou science team

The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, IX: Predicted Sensitivity

We present an estimate of the performance that will be achieved during on orbit operations of the JWST Mid Infrared Instrument, MIRI. The efficiency of the main imager and spectrometer systems in detecting photons from an astronomical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 Alistair Glasse , G. H. Rieke , E. Bauwens , Macarena Garcıa-Marın , M. E. Ressler , Steffen Rost , T. V. Tikkanen , B. Vandenbussche , G. S. Wright

JWST MIRI Flight Performance: Imaging

The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) aboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provides the observatory with a huge advance in mid-infrared imaging and spectroscopy covering the wavelength range of 5 to 28 microns. This paper describes the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-28 Dan Dicken , Macarena García Marín , Irene Shivaei , Pierre Guillard , Mattia Libralato , Alistair Glasse , Karl D. Gordon , Christophe Cossou , Patrick Kavanagh , Tea Temim , Nicolas Flagey , Pamela Klaassen , George H. Rieke , Gillian Wright , Stacey Alberts , Ruyman Azzollini , Javier Álvarez-Márquez , Patrice Bouchet , Stacey Bright , Misty Cracraft , Alain Coulais , Ors Hunor Detre , Mike Engesser , Ori D. Fox , Andras Gaspar , René Gastaud , Adrian M. Glauser , Dean C. Hines , Sarah Kendrew , Alvaro Labiano , Pierre-Oliver Lagage , David Lee , David R. Law , Jane E. Morrison , Alberto Noriega-Crespo , Olivia Jones , Polychronis Patapis , Silvia Scheithauer , Greg C. Sloan , Laszlo Tamaz

In-orbit Performance of the Near-Infrared Spectrograph NIRSpec on the James Webb Space Telescope

The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) is one of the four focal plane instruments on the James Webb Space Telescope. In this paper, we summarize the in-orbit performance of NIRSpec, as derived from data collected during its commissioning…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-29 T. Böker , T. L. Beck , S. M. Birkmann , G. Giardino , C. Keyes , N. Kumari , J. Muzerolle , T. Rawle , P. Zeidler , Y. Abul-Huda , C. Alves de Oliveira , S. Arribas , K. Bechtold , R. Bhatawdekar , N. Bonaventura , A. J. Bunker , A. J. Cameron , S. Carniani , S. Charlot , M. Curti , N. Espinoza , P. Ferruit , M. Franx , P. Jakobsen , D. Karakla , M. López-Caniego , N. Lützgendorf , R. Maiolino , E. Manjavacas , A. P. Marston , S. H. Moseley , P. Ogle , M. Perna , M. Peña-Guerrero , N. Pirzkal , R. Plesha , C. R. Proffitt , B. J. Rauscher , H. -W. Rix , B. Rodríguez del Pino , Z. Rustamkulov , E. Sabbi , D. K. Sing , M. Sirianni , M. te Plate , L. Úbeda , G. M. Wahlgren , E. Wislowski , R. Wu , C. J. Willott

Multi-purpose InSTRument for Astronomy at Low-resolution: MISTRAL@OHP

MISTRAL is the new Faint Object Spectroscopic Camera mounted at the folded Cassegrain focus of the 1.93m telescope of Haute-Provence Observatory. We describe the design and components of the instrument and give some details about its…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-08 J. Schmitt , C. Adami , M. Dennefeld , F. Agneray , S. Basa , J. C. Brunel , V. Buat , D. Burgarella , C. Carvalho , G. Castagnoli , N. Grosso , F. Huppert , C. Moreau , F. Moreau , L. Moreau , E. Muslimov , S. Pascal , S. Perruchot , D. Russeil , J. L. Beuzit , F. Dolon , M. Ferrari , B. Hamelin , A. LevanSuu , K. Aravind , D. Gotz , E. Jehin , E. LeFloc'h , J. Palmerio , A. Saccardi , B. Schneider , F. Schüssler , D. Turpin , S. D. Vergani

New constraints on the HR 8799 planetary system from mid-infrared direct imaging

Direct imaging is a tried and tested method of detecting exoplanets in the near infrared, but has so far not been extended to longer wavelengths. New data at mid-IR wavelengths (8-20{\mu}m) canprovide additional constraints on planetary…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-14 D. J. M. Petit dit de la Roche , M. E. van den Ancker , M. Kissler-Patig , V. D. Ivanov , D. Fedele

Upgrading the high contrast imaging facility SPHERE: science drivers and instrument choices

SPHERE+ is a proposed upgrade of the SPHERE instrument at the VLT, which is intended to boost the current performances of detection and characterization for exoplanets and disks. SPHERE+ will also serve as a demonstrator for the future…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-07 A. Boccaletti , G. Chauvin , F. Wildi , J. Milli , E. Stadler , E. Diolaiti , R. Gratton , F. Vidal , M. Loupias , M. Langlois , F. Cantalloube , M. N'Diaye , D. Gratadour , F. Ferreira , M. Tallon , J. Mazoyer , D. Segransan , D. Mouillet , J. -L. Beuzit , M. Bonnefoy , R. Galicher , A. Vigan , I. Snellen , M. Feldt , S. Desidera , S. Rousseau , A. Baruffolo , C. Goulas , P. Baudoz , C. Bechet , M. Benisty , A. Bianco , B. Carry , E. Cascone , B. Charnay , E. Choquet , V. Christiaens , F. Cortecchia , V. de Caprio , A. De Rosa , C. Desgrange , V. D'Orazi , S. Douté , M. Frangiamore , E. Gendron , C. Ginski , E. Huby , C. Keller , C. Kulcsár , R. Landman , S. Lagarde , E. Lagadec , A. -M. Lagrange , M. Lombini M. Kasper , F. Ménard , Y. Magnard , G. Malaguti , D. Maurel , D. Mesa , G. Morgante , E. Pantin , T. Pichon , A. Potier , P. Rabou , S. Rochat , L. Terenzi , E. Thiébaut , I. Tallon-Bosc , H. -F. Raynaud , D. Rouan , A. Sevin , F. Schiavone , L. Schreiber , A. Zanutta

Characterizing planetary systems with SPIRou: a temperate sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting the nearby fully-convective star GJ 1289 and a candidate around GJ 3378

We report the discovery of two new exoplanet systems around fully convective stars, found from the radial-velocity (RV) variations of their host stars measured with the nIR spectropolarimeter CFHT/SPIRou over multiple years. GJ 3378 b is a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-28 C. Moutou , M. Ould-Elhkim , J. -F. Donati , P. Charpentier , C. Cadieux , X. Delfosse , E. Artigau , L. Arnold , C. Baruteau , A. Carmona , N. J. Cook , P. Cortes-Zuleta , R. Doyon , G. Hebrard , the SLS consortium

RISTRETTO: high-resolution spectroscopy at the diffraction limit of the VLT

RISTRETTO is a visible high-resolution spectrograph fed by an extreme adaptive optics (XAO) system, to be proposed as a visitor instrument on ESO VLT. The main science goal of RISTRETTO is the detection and atmospheric characterization of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-01 Christophe Lovis , Nicolas Blind , Bruno Chazelas , Jonas G. Kühn , Ludovic Genolet , Ian Hughes , Michaël Sordet , Robin Schnell , Martin Turbet , Thierry Fusco , Jean-François Sauvage , Maddalena Bugatti , Nicolas Billot , Janis Hagelberg , Eddy Hocini , Olivier Guyon , Christoph Mordasini

Towards Doppler eclipse mapping of hot Jupiters. An observational perspective on WASP-33 b with SPIRou

In the last decade, ground-based high-resolution spectroscopy (HRS) has emerged as a powerful method to probe exoplanet atmospheres both in transit and thermal emission. With HRS science now maturing to reveal these planet's thermal,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-25 Vincent Yariv , Xavier Bonfils , Nicolas Cowan , Thierry Forveille , Florian Debras , Andres Carmona , Xavier Delfosse , Adrien Masson , Vivien Parmentier , Romain Allart

The Fizeau Interferometer Testbed

The Fizeau Interferometer Testbed (FIT) is a collaborative effort between NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the Naval Research Laboratory, Sigma Space Corporation, and the University of Maryland. The testbed will be used to explore the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Xiaolei Zhang , Kenneth G. Carpenter , Richard G. Lyon , Hubert Huet , Joe Marzouk , Gregory Solyar

The Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: Instrument Overview

IRIS is a near-infrared (0.84 to 2.4 microns) integral field spectrograph and wide-field imager being developed for first light with the Thirty Meter (TMT). It mounts to the advanced optics (AO) system NFIRAOS and has integrated…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 James E. Larkin , Anna M. Moore , Shelley A. Wright , James E. Wincentsen , David Anderson , Eric M. Chisholm , Richard G. Dekany , Jennifer S. Dunn , Brent L. Ellerbroek , Yutaka Hayano , Andrew C. Phillips , Luc Simard , Roger Smith , Ryuji Suzuki , Robert W. Weber , Jason L. Weiss , Kai Zhang

Euclid. III. The NISP Instrument

The Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) on board the Euclid satellite provides multiband photometry and R>=450 slitless grism spectroscopy in the 950-2020nm wavelength range. In this reference article we illuminate the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-30 Euclid Collaboration , K. Jahnke , W. Gillard , M. Schirmer , A. Ealet , T. Maciaszek , E. Prieto , R. Barbier , C. Bonoli , L. Corcione , S. Dusini , F. Grupp , F. Hormuth , S. Ligori , L. Martin , G. Morgante , C. Padilla , R. Toledo-Moreo , M. Trifoglio , L. Valenziano , R. Bender , F. J. Castander , B. Garilli , P. B. Lilje , H. -W. Rix , N. Auricchio , A. Balestra , J. -C. Barriere , P. Battaglia , M. Berthe , C. Bodendorf , T. Boenke , W. Bon , A. Bonnefoi , A. Caillat , V. Capobianco , M. Carle , R. Casas , H. Cho , A. Costille , F. Ducret , S. Ferriol , E. Franceschi , J. -L. Gimenez , W. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , M. Jhabvala , R. Kohley , B. Kubik , R. Laureijs , D. Le Mignant , I. Lloro , E. Medinaceli , Y. Mellier , G. Polenta , G. D. Racca , A. Renzi , J. -C. Salvignol , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , M. Seiffert , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , P. Strada , G. Smadja , L. Stanco , S. Wachter , S. Anselmi , E. Borsato , L. Caillat , F. Cogato , C. Colodro-Conde , P. -E. Crouzet , V. Conforti , M. D'Alessandro , Y. Copin , J. -C. Cuillandre , J. E. Davies , S. Davini , A. Derosa , J. J. Diaz , S. Di Domizio , D. Di Ferdinando , R. Farinelli , A. G. Ferrari , F. Fornari , L. Gabarra , C. M. Gutierrez , F. Giacomini , P. Lagier , F. Gianotti , O. Krause , F. Madrid , F. Laudisio , J. Macias-Perez , G. Naletto , M. Niclas , J. Marpaud , N. Mauri , R. da Silva , F. Passalacqua , K. Paterson , L. Patrizii , I. Risso , B. G. B. Solheim , M. Scodeggio , P. Stassi , J. Steinwagner , M. Tenti , G. Testera , R. Travaglini , S. Tosi , A. Troja , O. Tubio , C. Valieri , C. Vescovi , S. Ventura , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , J. Amiaux , S. Andreon , H. Aussel , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , A. Basset , A. Bonchi , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , P. -Y. Chabaud , A. Cimatti , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , J. -G. Cuby , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , A. M. Di Giorgio , J. Dinis , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , M. Fabricius , M. Farina , S. Farrens , F. Faustini , P. Fosalba , S. Fotopoulou , N. Fourmanoit , M. Frailis , P. Franzetti , S. Galeotta , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , P. Gómez-Alvarez , B. R. Granett , A. Grazian , L. Guzzo , M. Hailey , S. V. H. Haugan , J. Hoar , H. Hoekstra , I. Hook , P. Hudelot , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , T. Kitching , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , O. Lahav , V. Lindholm , J. Lorenzo Alvarez , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , J. Martignac , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , D. C. Masters , S. Maurogordato , H. J. McCracken , S. Mei , M. Melchior , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , J. J. Mohr , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , R. Nakajima , R. C. Nichol , S. -M. Niemi , T. Nutma , K. Paech , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , J. A. Peacock , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Refregier , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , C. Rosset , E. Rossetti , H. J. A. Rottgering , R. Saglia , D. Sapone , M. Sauvage , R. Scaramella , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , S. Serrano , P. Tallada-Crespí , D. Tavagnacco , A. N. Taylor , H. I. Teplitz , I. Tereno , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , D. Vibert , Y. Wang , J. Weller , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , F. M. Zerbi , J. Zoubian , E. Zucca , P. N. Appleton , C. Baccigalupi , A. Biviano , M. Bolzonella , A. Boucaud , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , M. Calabrese , P. Casenove , M. Crocce , G. De Lucia , J. A. Escartin Vigo , G. Fabbian , F. Finelli , K. George , J. Gracia-Carpio , S. Ilić , P. Liebing , C. Liu , G. Mainetti , S. Marcin , M. Martinelli , P. W. Morris , C. Neissner , A. Pezzotta , M. Pöntinen , C. Porciani , Z. Sakr , V. Scottez , E. Sefusatti , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , V. Allevato , E. Aubourg , M. Ballardini , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , S. Borgani , A. S. Borlaff , S. Bruton , R. Cabanac , A. Calabro , G. Calderone , G. Canas-Herrera , A. Cappi , C. S. Carvalho , G. Castignani , T. Castro , K. C. Chambers , Y. Charles , R. Chary , J. Colbert , S. Contarini , T. Contini , A. R. Cooray , M. Costanzi , O. Cucciati , B. De Caro , S. de la Torre , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , H. Dole , S. Escoffier , P. G. Ferreira , I. Ferrero , A. Finoguenov , A. Fontana , K. Ganga , J. García-Bellido , V. Gautard , E. Gaztanaga , G. Gozaliasl , A. Gregorio , A. Hall , W. G. Hartley , S. Hemmati , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , S. Hosseini , M. Huertas-Company , O. Ilbert , J. Jacobson , S. Joudaki , J. J. E. Kajava , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , C. C. Kirkpatrick , F. Lacasa , V. Le Brun , J. Le Graet , L. Legrand , G. Libet , S. J. Liu , A. Loureiro , M. Magliocchetti , C. Mancini , F. Mannucci , R. Maoli , C. J. A. P. Martins , S. Matthew , L. Maurin , C. J. R. McPartland , R. B. Metcalf , M. Migliaccio , M. Miluzio , P. Monaco , C. Moretti , S. Nadathur , L. Nicastro , Nicholas A. Walton , J. Odier , M. Oguri , V. Popa , D. Potter , A. Pourtsidou , P. -F. Rocci , R. P. Rollins , B. Rusholme , M. Sahlén , A. G. Sánchez , C. Scarlata , J. Schaye , J. A. Schewtschenko , A. Schneider , M. Schultheis , M. Sereno , F. Shankar , A. Shulevski , G. Sikkema , A. Silvestri , P. Simon , A. Spurio Mancini , J. Stadel , S. A. Stanford , K. Tanidis , C. Tao , N. Tessore , R. Teyssier , S. Toft , M. Tucci , J. Valiviita , D. Vergani , F. Vernizzi , G. Verza , P. Vielzeuf , J. R. Weaver , L. Zalesky , I. A. Zinchenko , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , C. L. Bennett , T. Bouvard , F. Caro , S. Conseil , P. Dimauro , P. -A. Duc , Y. Fang , A. M. N. Ferguson , T. Gasparetto , I. Kova{č}ić , S. Kruk , A. M. C. Le Brun , T. I. Liaudat , A. Montoro , A. Mora , C. Murray , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , M. Radovich , E. Sarpa , E. Tommasi , A. Viitanen , J. Lesgourgues , M. E. Levi , J. Martín-Fleitas

Focal Plane Alignment and Detector Characterization for the Subaru Prime Focus Spectrograph

We describe the infrastructure being developed to align and characterize the detectors for the Subaru Measurement of Images and Redshifts (SuMIRe) Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS). PFS will employ four three-channel spectrographs with an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Murdock Hart , Robert H. Barkhouser , Michael Carr , Mirek Golebiowski , James E. Gunn , Stephen C. Hope , Stephen A. Smee

Where is the Water? Jupiter-like C/H ratio but strong H$_2$O depletion found on $\tau$ Bo\"otis b using SPIRou

The present-day envelope of gaseous planets is a relic of how these giant planets originated and evolved. Measuring their elemental composition therefore presents a powerful opportunity to answer long-standing questions regarding planet…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-26 Stefan Pelletier , Björn Benneke , Antoine Darveau-Bernier , Anne Boucher , Neil J. Cook , Caroline Piaulet , Louis-Philippe Coulombe , Étienne Artigau , David Lafrenière , Simon Delisle , Romain Allart , René Doyon , Jean-François Donati , Pascal Fouqué , Claire Moutou , Charles Cadieux , Xavier Delfosse , Guillaume Hébrard , Jorge H. C. Martins , Eder Martioli , Thomas Vandal

SPIDER: CMB polarimetry from the edge of space

SPIDER is a balloon-borne instrument designed to map the polarization of the millimeter-wave sky at large angular scales. SPIDER targets the B-mode signature of primordial gravitational waves in the cosmic microwave background (CMB), with a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-14 R. Gualtieri , J. P. Filippini , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , A. S. Bergman , R. Bihary , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , O. Doré , A. J. Duivenvoorden , H. K. Eriksen , M. Farhang , L. M. Fissel , A. A. Fraisse , K. Freese , M. Galloway , A. E. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , K. Ganga , R. V. Gramillano , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , J. Hartley , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , Z. Huang , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , C. L. Kuo , Z. D. Kermish , S. Li , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , M. Nolta , B. Osherson , I. L. Padilla , B. Racine , A. S. Rahlin , C. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , T. M. Ruud , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , X. Song , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , J. F. van der List , A. C. Weber , I. K. Wehus , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

280 GHz Focal Plane Unit Design and Characterization for the SPIDER-2 Suborbital Polarimeter

We describe the construction and characterization of the 280 GHz bolometric focal plane units (FPUs) to be deployed on the second flight of the balloon-borne SPIDER instrument. These FPUs are vital to SPIDER's primary science goal of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-22 A. S. Bergman , P. A. R. Ade , S. Akers , M. Amiri , J. A. Austermann , J. A. Beall , D. T. Becker , S. J. Benton , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , R. S Domagalski , O. Doré , S. M. Duff , A. J. Duivenvoorden , H. K. Eriksen , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , L. M. Fissel , A. A. Fraisse , K. Freese , M. Galloway , A. E. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , K. Ganga , A. Grigorian , R. Gualtieri , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , J. Hartley , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , Z. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , A. Khan , C. L. Kuo , Z. D. Kermish , S. Li , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , M. Nolta , B. Osherson , I. L. Padilla , B. Racine , A. S. Rahlin , S. Redmond , C. Reintsema , L. J. Romualdez , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , T. M. Ruud , J. A. Shariff , E. C. Shaw , C. Shiu , J. D. Soler , X. Song , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , J. Ullom , J. F. van der List , J. Van Lanen , M. R. Vissers , A. C. Weber , I. K. Wehus , S. Wen , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

PRIMAger General Observer programs: a {\Large $\pi$}-sr Infrared Survey and other General Observer wide-field programs

The PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) is a cryogenically-cooled, far-infrared (far-IR) observatory expected to begin serving the astronomical community by early 2030. The mission features two advanced instruments: PRIMAger…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-23 Denis Burgarella , Matthieu Bethermin , Alessandro Boselli , James Donnelan , Charles Darren Dowell , Guilaine Lagache , Seb Oliver , Herve Dole

BISOU: a balloon project to measure the CMB spectral distortions

The BISOU (Balloon Interferometer for Spectral Observations of the Universe) project aims to study the viability and prospects of a balloon-borne spectrometer, pathfinder of a future space mission dedicated to the measurements of the CMB…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-02 B. Maffei , M. H. Abitbol , N. Aghanim , J. Aumont , E. Battistelli , J. Chluba , X. Coulon , P. De Bernardis , M. Douspis , J. Grain , S. Gervasoni , J. C. Hill , A. Kogut , S. Masi , T. Matsumura , C. O Sullivan , L. Pagano , G. Pisano , M. Remazeilles , A. Ritacco , A. Rotti , V. Sauvage , G. Savini , S. L. Stever , A. Tartari , L. Thiele , N. Trappe

The near infrared camera for the Subaru Prime Focus Spectrograph

We present the detailed design of the near infrared camera for the SuMIRe (Subaru Measurement of Images and Redshifts) Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) being developed for the Subaru Telescope. The PFS spectrograph is designed to collect…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Stephen A. Smee , James E. Gunn , Mirek Golebiowski , Robert Barkhouser , Sebastien Vives , Sandrine Pascal , Michael Carr , Stephen C. Hope , Craig Loomis , Murdock Hart , Hajime Sugai , Naoyuki Tamura , Atsushi Shimono