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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

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

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

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

4MOST - 4m Multi Object Spectroscopic Telescope

4MOST (4m Multi Object Spectroscopic Telescope) is a spectroscopic facility that will be installed on ESO's VISTA around 2020. The science rationale of this facility are to be found in the ASTRONET Science Vision for European Astronomy (de…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Eric Depagne , the 4MOST consortium

Replicated Spectrographs in Astronomy

As telescope apertures increase, the challenge of scaling spectrographic astronomical instruments becomes acute. The next generation of extremely large telescopes (ELTs) strain the availability of glass blanks for optics and engineering to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-21 Gary J. Hill

ESPRESSO@VLT -- On-sky performance and first results

ESPRESSO is the new high-resolution spectrograph of ESO's Very-Large Telescope (VLT). It was designed for ultra-high radial-velocity precision and extreme spectral fidelity with the aim of performing exoplanet research and fundamental…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-27 F. Pepe , S. Cristiani , R. Rebolo , N. C. Santos , H. Dekker , A. Cabral , P. Di Marcantonio , P. Figueira , G. Lo Curto , C. Lovis , M. Mayor , D. Mégevand , P. Molaro , M. Riva , M. R. Zapatero Osorio , M. Amate , A. Manescau , L. Pasquini , F. M. Zerbi , V. Adibekyan , M. Abreu , M. Affolter , Y. Alibert , M. Aliverti , R. Allart , C. Allende Prieto , D. Álvarez , D. Alves , G. Avila , V. Baldini , T. Bandy , S. C. C. Barros , W. Benz , A. Bianco , F. Borsa , V. Bourrier , F. Bouchy , C. Broeg , G. Calderone , R. Cirami , J. Coelho , P. Conconi , I. Coretti , C. Cumani , G. Cupani , V. D'Odorico , M. Damasso , S. Deiries , B. Delabre , O. D. S. Demangeon , X. Dumusque , D. Ehrenreich , J. P. Faria , A. Fragoso , L. Genolet , M. Genoni , R. Génova Santos , J. I. González Hernández , I. Hughes , O. Iwert , F. Kerber , J. Knudstrup , M. Landoni , B. Lavie , J. Lillo-Box , J. -L. Lizon , C. Maire , C. J . A. P. Martins , A. Mehner , G. Micela , A. Modigliani , M. A. Monteiro , M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro , M. Moschetti , M. T. Murphy , N. Nunes , L. Oggioni , A. Oliveira , M. Oshagh , E. Pallé , G. Pariani , E. Poretti , J. L. Rasilla , J. Rebordão , E. M. Redaelli , S. Santana Tschudi , P. Santin , P. Santos , D. Ségransan , T. M. Schmidt , A. Segovia , D. Sosnowska , A. Sozzetti , S. G. Sousa , P. Spanò , A. Suárez Mascareño , H. Tabernero , F. Tenegi , S. Udry , A. Zanutta

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. Perez Sarmiento , F. Perrotta , P. Phakathi , L. Piccirillo , E. Pierpaoli , T. Pinsonneault-Marotte , G. Pisano , D. Poletti , R. Puddu , G. Puglisi , F. J. Qu , M. J. Randall , C. Ranucci , C. Raum , R. Reeves , C. L. Reichardt , M. Remazeilles , Y. Rephaeli , D. Riechers , J. Robe , M. F. Robertson , N. Robertson , K. Rogers , F. Rojas , A. Romero , E. Rosenberg , A. Rotti , S. Rowe , A. Roy , S. Sadeh , N. Sailer , K. Sakaguri , T. Sakuma , Y. Sakurai , M. Salatino , G. H. Sanders , D. Sasaki , M. Sathyanarayana Rao , T. P. Satterthwaite , L. Saunders , L. Scalcinati , E. Schaan , B. Schmitt , M. Schmittfull , N. Sehgal , J. Seibert , Y. Seino , U. Seljak , S. Shaikh , E. Shaw , P. Shellard , B. Sherwin , M. Shimon , J. E. Shroyer , C. Sierra , J. Sievers , C. Sifón , P. Sikhosana , M. Silva-Feaver , S. M. Simon , A. Sinclair , K. Smith , W. Sohn , X. Song , R. F. Sonka , D. Spergel , J. Spisak , S. T. Staggs , G. Stein , J. R. Stevens , R. Stompor , E. Storer , R. Sudiwala , J. 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

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

The ESO's Extremely Large Telescope Working Groups

Since 2005 ESO has been working with its community and industry to develop an extremely large optical/infrared telescope. ESO's Extremely Large Telescope, or ELT for short, is a revolutionary ground-based telescope that will have a 39-metre…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-01 Paolo Padovani , Michele Cirasuolo , Remco van der Burg , Faustine Cantalloube , Elizabeth George , Markus Kasper , Kieran Leschinski , Carlos Martins , Julien Milli , Sabine Möhler , Mark Neeser , Benoit Neichel , Angel Otarola , Rubén Sánchez-Janssen , Benoit Serra , Alain Smette , Elena Valenti , Christophe Verinaud , Joël Vernet , Olivier Absil , Guido Agapito , Morten Andersen , Carmelo Arcidiacono , Matej Arko , Pierre Baudoz , Olivier Beltramo-Martin , Enrico Biancalani , Thomas Bierwirth , Leonard Burtscher , Giulia Carlà , Julio A. Castro-Almazán , Anne-Laure Cheffot , Lodovico Coccato , Carlos Correia , Romain Fetick , Giuliana Fiorentino , Thierry Fusco , Begoña García-Lorenzo , Nicola Gentile Fusillo , Oscar Gonzalez , Andrea Grazian , Marco Gullieuszik , Olivier Hainaut , Valentin Ivanov , Melanie Kaasinen , Darshan Kaddad , Tomasz Kamiński , Wolfgang Kausch , Florian Kerber , Stefan Kimeswenger , Rosita Kokotanekova , Arseniy Kuznetsov , Alexis Lau , Miska Le Louarn , Frédéric Lemmel , Jochen Liske , Gaspare Lo Curto , David Lucsanyi , Lars Lundin , Stefan Noll , Sylvain Oberti , James Osborn , Elena Masciadri , Dinko Milaković , Michael T. Murphy , Fernando Pedichini , Miguel Pereira Santaella , Roberto Piazzesi , Javier Piqueras López , Cédric Plantet , Thibaut Prod'homme , Norbert Przybilla , Mathieu Puech , Derryck T. Reid , Ansgar Reiners , Rutger Rijnenberg , Myriam Rodrigues , Fabio Rossi , Laurence Routledge , Hans Smit , Mathias Tecza , Niranjan Thatte , Roy van Boekel , Aprajita Verma , Arthur Vigan

GNOMOS: The Gemini NIR-Optical Multi Object Spectrograph

This paper is a response to a call for white papers solicited by Gemini Observatory and its Science and Technology Advisory Committee, to help define the science case and requirements for a new Gemini instrument, envisaged to consist of a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-26 Ricardo P. Schiavon , Andy Adamson , Kristin Chiboucas , Ruben Diaz , Tom Geballe , German Gimeno , Percy Gomez , Pascale Hibon , Paul Hirst , Inger Jorgensen , Kathleen Labrie , Sandy Leggett , Marie Lemoine-Busserolle , Nancy Levenson , Rachel Mason , Richard McDermid , Bryan Miller , Atsuko Nitta , Peter Pessev , Bernadette Rodgers , Mischa Schirmer , Chad Trujillo , James Turner

SOXS: a wide band spectrograph to follow up transients

SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) will be a spectrograph for the ESO NTT telescope capable to cover the optical and NIR bands, based on the heritage of the X-Shooter at the ESO-VLT. SOXS will be built and run by an international consortium, carrying…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-09 P. Schipani , S. Campana , R. Claudi , H. U. Käufl , M. Accardo , M. Aliverti , A. Baruffolo , S. Ben-Ami , F. Biondi , A. Brucalassi , G. Capasso , R. Cosentino , F. D'Alessio , P. D'Avanzo , O. Hershko , D. Gardiol , H. Kuncarayakti , M. Munari , A. Rubin , S. Scuderi , F. Vitali , J. Achrén , J. Antonio Araiza-Duran , I. Arcavi , A. Bianco , E. Cappellaro , M. Colapietro , M. Della Valle , O. Diner , S. D'Orsi , D. Fantinel , J. Fynbo , A. Gal-Yam , M. Genoni , M. Hirvonen , J. Kotilainen , T. Kumar , M. Landoni , J. Lehti , G. Li Causi , D. Loreggia , L. Marafatto , S. Mattila , G. Pariani , G. Pignata , M. Rappaport , D. Ricci , M. Riva , B. Salasnich , R. Zanmar Sanchez , S. Smartt , M. Turatto

The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey: The spectroscopic measurements catalogue

VANDELS is a deep spectroscopic survey, performed with the VIMOS instrument at VLT, aimed at studying in detail the physical properties of high-redshift galaxies. VANDELS targeted about 2100 sources at 1<z<6.5 in the CANDELS Chandra…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-04 M. Talia , C. Schreiber , B. Garilli , L. Pentericci , L. Pozzetti , G. Zamorani , F. Cullen , M. Moresco , A. Calabrò , M. Castellano , J. P. U. Fynbo , L. Guaita , F. Marchi , S. Mascia , R. McLure , M. Mignoli , E. Pompei , E. Vanzella , A. Bongiorno , G. Vietri , R. O. Amorín , M. Bolzonella , A. C. Carnall , A. Cimatti , G. Cresci , S. Cristiani , O. Cucciati , J. S. Dunlop , F. Fontanot , P. Franzetti , A. Gargiulo , M. L. Hamadouche , N. P. Hathi , P. Hibon , A. Iovino , A. M. Koekemoer , F. Mannucci , D. J. McLeod , A. Saldana-Lopez

Regaining the FORS: making optical ground-based transmission spectroscopy of exoplanets with VLT+FORS2 possible again

Transmission spectroscopy facilitates the detection of molecules and/or clouds in the atmospheres of exoplanets. Such studies rely heavily on space-based or large ground-based observatories, as one needs to perform time- resolved, high…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 Henri M. J. Boffin , Elyar Sedaghati , Guillaume Blanchard , Oscar Gonzalez , Sabine Moehler , Neale Gibson , Mario van den Ancker , Jonathan Smoker , Joseph Anderson , Christian Hummel , Danuta Dobrzycka , Alain Smette , Gero Rupprecht

MIFS: A Mega Integral Field Spectrograph for the VLT

We describe MIFS, a second generation integral-field spectrograph for the VLT, operating in the visible wavelength range. It combines a 1'x1' field of view with the improved spatial resolution provided by multi-conjugate adaptive optics and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 R. Bacon , G. Adam , S. Cabrit , F. Combes , R. L. Davies , E. Emsellem , P. Ferruit , M. Franx , G. Gilmore , B. Guiderdoni , O. Lefevre , S. Morris , E. Pecontal , E. Prieto , R. Sharples , P. van der Werf , P. T. de Zeeuw

The Fibre Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) for Subaru Telescope

Fibre Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) is the first near-infrared instrument with a wide field of view capable of acquiring spectra simultaneously from up to 400 objects. It has been developed as a common-use instrument for the F/2…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-06-17 Masahiko Kimura , Toshinori Maihara , Fumihide Iwamuro , Masayuki Akiyama , Naoyuki Tamura , Gavin B. Dalton , Naruhisa Takato , Philip Tait , Kouji Ohta , Shigeru Eto , Daisaku Mochida , Brian Elms , Kaori Kawate , Tomio Kurakami , Yuuki Moritani , Junichi Noumaru , Norio Ohshima , Masanao Sumiyoshi , Kiyoto Yabe , Jurek Brzeski , Tony Farrell , Gabriella Frost , Peter R. Gillingham , Roger Haynes , Anna M. Moore , Rolf Muller , Scott Smedley , Greg Smith , David G. Bonfield , Charles B. Brooks , Alan R. Holmes , Emma Curtis Lake , Hanshin Lee , Ian J. Lewis , Tim R. Froud , Ian A. Tosh , Guy F. Woodhouse , Colin Blackburn , Nigel Dipper , Graham Murray , Ray Sharples , David J. Robertson

The focal-plane instruments on board WSO-UV

Dedicated to spectroscopic and imaging observations of the ultraviolet sky, the World Space Observatory for Ultraviolet Project is a Russia led international collaboration presently involving also China, Germany, Italy, Spain and Ukraine.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-05 I. Pagano , M. Sachkov , A. I. Gomez de Castro , M. Huang , N. Kappelmann , S. Scuderi , B. Shustov , K. Werner , G. Zhao

Multiple Integral Field Spectroscopy

Integral-field spectroscopy is the most effective method of exploiting the superb image quality of the ESO-VLT, allowing complex astrophysical processes to be probed on the angular scales currently accessible only for imaging data, but with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Gillian Wright , Rob Ivison , Peter Hastings , Martyn Wells , Ray Sharples , Jeremy Allington-Smith , Robert Content

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 ELT-MOS (MOSAIC): towards the construction phase

When combined with the huge collecting area of the ELT, MOSAIC will be the most effective and flexible Multi-Object Spectrograph (MOS) facility in the world, having both a high multiplex and a multi-Integral Field Unit (Multi-IFU)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-10 Simon Morris , François Hammer , Pascal Jagourel , Christopher J. Evans , Mathieu Puech , Gavin B. Dalton , Myriam Rodrigues , Ruben Sanchez-Janssen , Ewan Fitzsimons , Beatriz Barbuy , Jean-Gabriel Cuby , Lex Kaper , Martin Roth , Gérard Rousset , Richard Myers , Olivier Le Fèvre , Alexis Finogenov , Jari Kotilainen , Bruno Castilho , Goran Ostlin , Sofia Feltzing , Andreas Korn , Jesus Gallego , África Castillo Morales , Jorge Iglesias-Páramo , Laura Pentericci , Bodo Ziegler , Jose Afonso , Marc Dubbledam , Madeline Close , Phil Parr-Burman , Timothy J. Morris , Fanny Chemla , Fatima De Frondat , Andreas Kelz , Isabelle Guinouard , Ian J. Lewis , Kevin Middleton , Ramon Navarro , Marie LarrieuJohan Pragt , Annemieke Janssen , Kjetil Dohlen , Kacem El Hadi , Éric Gendron , Yanbin Yang , Martyn Wells , Jean-Marc Conan , Thierry Fusco , Daniel Schaerer , Ted Bergin , Sylvestre Taburet , Mickaël Frotin , Nadia Berkourn