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EELT-HIRES the high-resolution spectrograph for the E-ELT

The first generation of E-ELT instruments will include an optical-infrared High Resolution Spectrograph, conventionally indicated as EELT-HIRES, which will be capable of providing unique breakthroughs in the fields of exoplanets, star and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 A. Marconi , P. Di Marcantonio , V. D'Odorico , S. Cristiani , R. Maiolino , E. Oliva , L. Origlia , M. Riva , L. Valenziano , F. M. Zerbi , M. Abreu , V. Adibekyan , C. Allende Prieto , P. J. Amado , W. Benz , I. Boisse , X. Bonfils , F. Bouchy , L. Buchhave , D. Buscher , A. Cabral , B. L. Canto Martins , A. Chiavassa , J. Coelho , L. B. Christensen , E. Delgado-Mena , J. R. De Medeiros , I. Di Varano , P. Figueira , M. Fisher , J. P. U. Fynbo , A. C. H. Glasse , M. Haehnelt , C. Haniff , C. J. Hansen , A. Hatzes , P. Huke , A. J. Korn , I. C. Leao , J. Liske , C. Lovis , P. Maslowski , I. Matute , R. A. McCracken , C. J. A. P. Martins , M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro , S. Morris , T. Morris , H. Nicklas , A. Niedzielski , N. J. Nunes , E. Palle , P. Parr-Burman , V. Parro , I. Parry , F. Pepe , N. Piskunov , D. Queloz , A. Quirrenbach , R. Rebolo Lopez , A. Reiners , D. T. Reid , N. Santos , W. Seifert , S. Sousa , H. C. Stempels , K. Strassmeier , X. Sun , S. Udry , L. Vanzi , M. Vestergaard , M. Weber , E. Zackrisson

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

Trade-off study for high resolution spectroscopy in the near infrared with ELT telescopes: seeing-limited vs. diffraction limited instruments

HIRES, a high resolution spectrometer, is one of the first five instruments foreseen in the ESO roadmap for the E-ELT. This spectrograph should ideally provide full spectral coverage from the UV limit to 2.5 microns, with a resolving power…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 N. Sanna , E. Oliva , F. Massi , G. Cresci , L. Origlia

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

First light of VLT/HiRISE: High-resolution spectroscopy of young giant exoplanets

A major endeavor of this decade is the direct characterization of young giant exoplanets at high spectral resolution to determine the composition of their atmosphere and infer their formation processes and evolution. Such a goal represents…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-27 A. Vigan , M. El Morsy , M. Lopez , G. P. P. L. Otten , J. Garcia , J. Costes , E. Muslimov , A. Viret , Y. Charles , G. Zins , G. Murray , A. Costille , J. Paufique , U. Seemann , M. Houllé , H. Anwand-Heerwart , M. Phillips , A. Abinanti , P. Balard , I. Baraffe , J. -A. Benedetti , P. Blanchard , L. Blanco , J. -L. Beuzit , E. Choquet , P. Cristofari , S. Desidera , K. Dohlen , R. Dorn , T. Ely , E. Fuenteseca , N. Garcia , M. Jaquet , F. Jaubert , M. Kasper , J. Le Merrer , A. -L. Maire , M. N'Diaye , L. Pallanca , D. Popovic , R. Pourcelot , A. Reiners , S. Rochat , C. Sehim , R. Schmutzer , A. Smette , N. Tchoubaklian , P. Tomlinson , J. Valenzuela Soto

Connecting SPHERE and CRIRES+ for the characterisation of young exoplanets at high spectral resolution: status update of VLT/HiRISE

New generation exoplanet imagers on large ground-based telescopes are highly optimised for the detection of young giant exoplanets in the near-infrared, but they are intrinsically limited for their characterisation by the low spectral…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-15 A. Vigan , M. Lopez , M. El Morsy , E. Muslimov , A. Viret , G. Zins , G. Murray , A. Costille , G. P. P. L. Otten , U. Seemann , H. Anwand-Heerwart , K. Dohlen , P. Blanchard , J. Garcia , Y. Charles , N. Tchoubaklian , T. Ely , M. Phillips , J. Paufique , J. -L. Beuzit , M. Houllé , J. Costes , R. Pourcelot , I. Baraffe , R. Dorn , M. Jaquet , M. Kasper , A. Reiners , A. Smette , L. Blanco , L. Pallanca , A. Carlotti , É. Choquet , D. Mouillet , M. N'Diaye

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

Bringing high-spectral resolution to VLT/SPHERE with a fibre coupling to VLT/CRIRES+

Atmospheric composition provides essential markers of the most fundamental properties of giant exoplanets, such as their formation mechanism or internal structure. New-generation exoplanet imagers, like VLT/SPHERE or Gemini/GPI, have been…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-29 A. Vigan , G. P. P. L. Otten , E. Muslimov , K. Dohlen , M. W. Phillips , U. Seemann , J. -L. Beuzit , R. Dorn , M. Kasper , D. Mouillet , I. Baraffe , A. Reiners

Mid-Infrared Instrumentation for the European Extremely Large Telescope

MIDIR is the proposed thermal/mid-IR imager and spectrograph for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). It will cover the wavelength range of 3 to at least 20 microns. Designed for diffraction-limited performance over the entire…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Kendrew , B. Brandl , R. Lenzen , L. Venema , H. U. Käufl , G. Finger , A. Glasse , R. Stuik

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

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

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

SOFIA - HIRMES: Looking forward to the HIgh-Resolution Mid-infrarEd Spectrometer

The HIgh-Resolution Mid-infrarEd Spectrometer (HIRMES) is the 3rd Generation Instrument for the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), currently in development at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), and due for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-29 Samuel N. Richards , Samuel H. Moseley , Gordon Stacey , Matthew Greenhouse , Alexander Kutyrev , Richard Arendt , Hristo Atanasoff , Stuart Banks , Regis P. Brekosky , Ari-David Brown , Berhanu Bulcha , Tony Cazeau , Michael Choi , Felipe Colazo , Chuck Engler , Theodore Hadjimichael , James Hays-Wehle , Chuck Henderson , Wen-Ting Hsieh , Jeffrey Huang , Iver Jenstrom , Jim Kellogg , Mark Kimball , Attila Kovacs , Steve Leiter , Steve Maher , Robert McMurray , Gary J. Melnick , Eric Mentzell , Vilem Mikula , Timothy M. Miller , Peter Nagler , Thomas Nikola , Joseph Oxborrow , Klaus M. Pontoppidan , Naseem Rangwala , Alan Rhodes , Aki Roberge , Stefan Rosner , Karwan Rostem , Nancy Rustemeyer , Elmer Sharp , Leroy Sparr , Dejan Stevanovic , Peter Taraschi , Pasquale Temi , William D. Vacca , Jordi Vila Hernandez de Lorenzo , Bill Wohler , Edward J. Wollack , Shannon Wilks

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

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 InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: Overview of innovative science programs

IRIS (InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph) is a first light near-infrared diffraction limited imager and integral field spectrograph being designed for the future Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). IRIS is optimized to perform astronomical studies…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Shelley A. Wright , James E. Larkin , Anna M. Moore , Tuan Do , Luc Simard , Mate Adamkovics , Lee Armus , Aaron J. Barth , Elizabeth Barton , Hope Boyce Jeffrey Cooke , Patrick Cote , Timothy Davidge , Brent Ellerbroek , Andrea Ghez , Michael C. Liu , Jessica R. Lu , Bruce A. Macintosh , Shude Mao , Christian Marois , Mathias Schoeck , Ryuji Suzuki , Jonathan C. Tan , Tommaso Treu , Lianqi Wang , Jason Weiss

The Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph for the VLT

ERIS, the Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph, is an instrument that both extends and enhances the fundamental diffraction limited imaging and spectroscopy capability for the VLT. It replaces two instruments that were being…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-05 R. Davies , O. Absil , G. Agapito , A. Agudo Berbel , A. Baruffolo , V. Biliotti , M. Bonaglia , M. Bonse , R. Briguglio , P. Campana , Y. Cao , L. Carbonaro , A. Cortes , G. Cresci , Y. Dallilar , F. Dannert , R. J. De Rosa , M. Deysenroth , I. Di Antonio , A. Di Cianno , G. Di Rico , D. Doelman , M. Dolci , R. Dorn , F. Eisenhauer , S. Esposito , D. Fantinel , D. Ferruzzi , H. Feuchtgruber , G. Finger , N. M. Förster Schreiber , X. Gao , H. Gemperlein , R. Genzel , S. Gillessen , C. Ginski , A. M. Glauser , A. Glindemann , P. Grani , M. Hartl , J. Hayoz , M. Heida , D. Henry , R. Hofmann , H. Huber , M. Kasper , C. Keller , M. Kenworthy , K. Kravchenko , H. Kuntschner , S. Lacour , J. Lightfoot , D. Lunney , D. Lutz , M. Macintosh , F. Mannucci , M. Marsset , A. Modigliani , M. Neeser , G. Orban de Xivry , T. Ott , L. Pallanca , P. Patapis , D. Pearson , E. Peña , I. Percheron , A. Puglisi , S. P. Quanz , S. Rabien , C. Rau , A. Riccardi , B. Salasnich , H. -M. Schmid , J. Schubert , B. Serra , T. Shimizu , F. Snik , E. Sturm , L. Tacconi , W. Taylor , A. Valentini , C. Waring , E. Wiezorrek , M. Xompero

The Far-Infrared Enhanced Survey Spectrometer (FIRESS) for PRIMA: Science Drivers

We present the science drivers for the Far-Infrared Enhanced Survey Spectrometer (FIRESS), one of two science instrument on the PRobe Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA). FIRESS is designed to meet science objectives in the areas of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-03 Klaus M. Pontoppidan , Alberto Bolatto , J D Smith , C. M. , Bradford , Cara Battersby , Alexandra Pope , Tiffany Kataria , Jason Glenn , Margaret Meixner , Lee Armus , Jochem Baselmans , Edwin A. Bergin , Denis Burgurella , Laure Ciesla , L. Ilsedore Cleeves , Anna DiGiorgio , Carlotta Gruppioni , Thomas Henning , Brandon Hensley , Willem Jellema , Oliver Krause , Elisabeth Mills , Arielle Moullet , Marc Sauvage , Rachel Somerville , Johannes Staguhn , Steve Unwin

The infrared imaging spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: spectrograph design

The Infra-Red Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) is one of the three first light instruments for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) and is the only one to directly sample the diffraction limit. The instrument consists of a parallel imager and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Anna M. Moore , Brian J. Bauman , Elizabeth J. Barton , David Crampton , Alex Delacroix , James E. Larkin , Luc Simard , Ryuji Suzuki , Shelley A. Wright

HERMES: a high-resolution fibre-fed spectrograph for the Mercator telescope

The HERMES high-resolution spectrograph project aims at exploiting the specific potential of small but flexible telescopes in observational astrophysics. The optimised optical design of the spectrograph is based on the well-proven concept…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Gert Raskin , Hans Van Winckel , Herman Hensberge , Alain Jorissen , Holger Lehmann , Christoffel Waelkens , Gerardo Avila , Jean-Pierre De Cuyper , Pieter Degroote , Rene Dubosson , Louis Dumortier , Yves Fremat , Uwe Laux , Bernard Michaud , Johan Morren , Jesus Perez Padilla , Wim Pessemier , Saskia Prins , Kristof Smolders , Sophie Van Eck , Johannes Winkler