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Milli-arcsecond astrophysics with VSI, the VLTI spectro-imager in the ELT era

Nowadays, compact sources like surfaces of nearby stars, circumstellar environments of stars from early stages to the most evolved ones and surroundings of active galactic nuclei can be investigated at milli-arcsecond scales only with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Malbet , D. Buscher , G. Weigelt , P. Garcia , M. Gai , D. Lorenzetti , J. Surdej , J. Hron , R. Neuhäuser , 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. Thiébaut , J. Young , G. Zins , A. Amorim , B. Aringer , T. Beckert , M. Benisty , X. Bonfils , A. Chelli , O. Chesneau , A. Chiavassa , R. Corradi , M. De Becker , A. Delboulbé , G. Duchêne , T. Forveille , C. Haniff , E. Herwats , 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

METIS high-contrast imaging: from final design to manufacturing and testing

The Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph (METIS) is one of the first-generation scientific instruments for the ELT, built under the supervision of ESO by a consortium of research institutes across and beyond Europe. Designed to cover…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-16 Olivier Absil , Matthew Kenworthy , Christian Delacroix , Gilles Orban de Xivry , Lorenzo König , Prashant Pathak , David Doelman , Emiel Por , Frans Snik , Joost van den Born , Faustine Cantalloube , Alexis Carlotti , Benjamin Courtney-Barrer , Pontus Forsberg , Mikael Karlsson , Thomas Bertram , Roy van Boekel , Dennis Dolkens , Markus Feldt , Adrian M. Glauser , Eric Pantin , Sascha P. Quanz , Felix Bettonvil , Bernhard Brandl

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

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

VLTI/MIDI atlas of disks around low- and intermediate-mass young stellar objects

Context. Protoplanetary disks show large diversity regarding their morphology and dust composition. With mid-infrared interferometry the thermal emission of disks can be spatially resolved, and the distribution and properties of the dust…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-26 J. Varga , P. Ábrahám , L. Chen , Th. Ratzka , K. É. Gabányi , Á. Kóspál , A. Matter , R. van Boekel , Th. Henning , W. Jaffe , A. Juhász , B. Lopez , J. Menu , A. Moór , L. Mosoni , N. Sipos

Multi-wavelength interferometry of evolved stars using VLTI and VLBA

We report on our project of coordinated VLTI/VLBA observations of the atmospheres and circumstellar environments of evolved stars. We illustrate in general the potential of interferometric measurements to study stellar atmospheres and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. Wittkowski , D. A. Boboltz , T. Driebe , K. Ohnaka

A near-infrared SETI experiment: instrument overview

We are designing and constructing a new SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) instrument to search for direct evidence of interstellar communications via pulsed laser signals at near-infrared wavelengths. The new instrument design…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Shelley A. Wright , Dan Werthimer , Richard R. Treffers , Jerome Maire , Geoffrey W. Marcy , Remington P. S. Stone , Frank Drake , Elliot Meyer , Patrick Dorval , Andrew Siemion

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

Single conjugate adaptive optics for the ELT instrument METIS

The ELT is a 39m large, ground-based optical and near- to mid-infrared telescope under construction in the Chilean Atacama desert. Operation is planned to start around the middle of the next decade. All first light instruments will come…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-23 Stefan Hippler , Markus Feldt , Thomas Bertram , Wolfgang Brandner , Faustine Cantalloube , Brunella Carlomagno , Olivier Absil , Andreas Obereder , Iuliia Shatokhina , Remko Stuik

A Fiber Optic Based High Voltage System for Stellar Intensity Interferometry Observations

Beginning in Fall 2018, the VERITAS high energy gamma-ray observatory (Amado, AZ) was upgraded to enable Stellar Intensity Interferometry (SII) observations during bright moon conditions. The system potentially allows VERITAS to spatially…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-09 Rylee Cardon , Nolan Matthews , A. Udara Abeysekara , David Kieda

ESO Imaging Survey. AXAF Field: Deep Optical-Infrared Observations, Data Reduction and Photometry

This paper presents ground-based data obtained from deep optical and infrared observations carried out at the ESO 3.5 New Technology Telescope (NTT) of a field selected for its low HI content for deep observations with AXAF. These data were…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Rengelink , M. Nonino , L. da Costa , S. Zaggia , T. Erben , C. Benoist , A. Wicenec , M. Scodeggio , L. F. Olsen , D. Guarnieri , E. Deul , R. Hook , A. Moorwood , R. Slijkhuis

X-shooter, the new wide band intermediate resolution spectrograph at the ESO Very Large Telescope

X-shooter is the first 2nd generation instrument of the ESO Very Large Telescope(VLT). It is a very efficient, single-target, intermediate-resolution spectrograph that was installed at the Cassegrain focus of UT2 in 2009. The instrument…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Joel Vernet , H. Dekker , S. D'Odorico , L. Kaper , P. Kjaergaard , F. Hammer , S. Randich , F. Zerbi , P. M. Groot , J. Hjorth , I. Guinouard , R. Navarro , T. Adolfse , P. W. Albers , J. -P. Amans , J. J. Andersen , M. I. Andersen , P. Binetruy , P. Bristow , R. Castillo , F. Chemla , L. Christensen , P. Conconi , R. Conzelmann , J. Dam , V. De Caprio , A. De Ugarte Postigo , B. Delabre , P. Di Marcantonio , M. Downing , E. Elswijk , G. Finger , G. Fischer , H. Flores , P. Francois , P. Goldoni , L. Guglielmi , R. Haigron , H. Hanenburg , I. Hendriks , M. Horrobin , D. Horville , N. C. Jessen , F. Kerber , L. Kern , M. Kiekebusch , P. Kleszcz , J. Klougart , J. Kragt , H. H. Larsen , J. -L. Lizon , C. Lucuix , V. Mainieri , R. Manuputy , C. Martayan , E. Mason , R. Mazzoleni , N. Michaelsen , A. Modigliani , S. Moehler , P. Møller , A. Norup Sørensen , P. Nørregaard , C. Peroux , F. Patat , E. Pena , J. Pragt , C. Reinero , F. Riga , M. Riva , R. Roelfsema , F. Royer , G. Sacco , P. Santin , T. Schoenmaker , P. Spano , E. Sweers , R. Ter Horst , M. Tintori , N. Tromp , P. van Dael , H. van der Vliet , L. Venema , M. Vidali , J. Vinther , P. Vola , R. Winters , D. Wistisen , G. Wulterkens , A. Zacchei

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

The Extremely Large Telescope Interferometer

The ELTI concept capitalizes on recent breakthroughs in large-format SPAD (Single-Photon Avalanche Diode) imaging sensors, combining them with the unprecedented collecting area and segmented architecture of the ELT to deliver a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-09 Francisco Prada , Enrique Perez , Sergio Fernandez-Acosta , Km Nitu Rai , Joel Sanchez-Bermudez

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

VLTI images of circumbinary disks around evolved stars

The new generation of VLTI instruments (GRAVITY, MATISSE) aims to produce routinely interferometric images to uncover the morphological complexity of different objects at high angular resolution. Image reconstruction is, however, not a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-15 Jacques Kluska , Rik Claes , Akke Corporaal , Hans Van Winckel , Javier Alcolea , Narsireddy Anugu , Jean-Philippe Berger , Dylan Bollen , Valentin Bujarrabal , Robert Izzard , Devika Kamath , Stefan Kraus , Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin , Michiel Min , John D. Monnier , Hans Olofsson

A report on the status of astrophotonics for interferometry and beyond

Long-baseline interferometry and high-resolution spectroscopy are two examples of areas that have benefited from astrophotonics devices, but the application range is expanding to other subareas and other wavelength ranges. The VLTI has been…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-26 Lucas Labadie

The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey

VANDELS is a uniquely-deep spectroscopic survey of high-redshift galaxies with the VIMOS spectrograph on ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). The survey has obtained ultra-deep optical (0.48 < lambda < 1.0 micron) spectroscopy of ~2100…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-04 R. J. McLure , L. Pentericci , A. Cimatti , J. S. Dunlop , D. Elbaz , A. Fontana , K. Nandra , R. Amorin , M. Bolzonella , A. Bongiorno , A. C. Carnall , M. Castellano , M. Cirasuolo , O. Cucciati , F. Cullen , S. De Barros , S. L. Finkelstein , F. Fontanot , P. Franzetti , M. Fumana , A. Gargiulo , B. Garilli , L. Guaita , W. G. Hartley , A. Iovino , M. J. Jarvis , S. Juneau , W. Karman , D. Maccagni , F. Marchi , E. Marmol-Queralto , E. Pompei , L. Pozzetti , M. Scodeggio , V. Sommariva , M. Talia , O. Almaini , I. Balestra , S. Bardelli , E. F. Bell , N. Bourne , R. A. A. Bowler , M. Brusa , F. Buitrago , K. I. Caputi , P. Cassata , S. Charlot , A. Citro , G. Cresci , S. Cristiani , E. Curtis-Lake , M. Dickinson , G. G. Fazio , H. C. Ferguson , F. Fiore , M. Franco , J. P. U. Fynbo , A. Galametz , A. Georgakakis , M. Giavalisco , A. Grazian , N. P. Hathi , I. Jung , S. Kim , A. M. Koekemoer , Y. Khusanova , O. Le Fevre , J. M. Lotz , F. Mannucci , D. T. Maltby , K. Matsuoka , D. J. McLeod , H. Mendez-Hernandez , J. Mendez-Abreu , M. Mignoli , M. Moresco , A. Mortlock , M. Nonino , M. Pannella , C. Papovich , P. Popesso , D. P. Rosario , M. Salvato , P. Santini , D. Schaerer , C. Schreiber , D. P. Stark , L. A. M. Tasca , R. Thomas , T. Treu , E. Vanzella , V. Wild , C. C. Williams , G. Zamorani , E. Zucca

SMILES Initial Data Release: Unveiling the Obscured Universe with MIRI Multi-band Imaging

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is revolutionizing our view of the Universe through unprecedented sensitivity and resolution in the infrared, with some of the largest gains realized at its longest wavelengths. We present the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-28 Stacey Alberts , Jianwei Lyu , Irene Shivaei , George H. Rieke , Pablo G. Perez-Gonzalez , Nina Bonventura , Yongda Zhu , Jakob M. Helton , Zhiyuan Ji , Jane Morrison , Brant E. Robertson , Meredith A. Stone , Yang Sun , Christina C. Williams , Christopher N. A. Willmer

Augmentation of VERITAS Telescopes for Stellar Intensity Interferometry

In 2018-2019 the VERITAS VHE gamma-ray observatory was augmented with highspeed optical instrumentation and continuous data recording electronics to create a sensitive Stellar Intensity Interferometry (SII) observatory, VERITAS-SII. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-09 D. B. Kieda , VERITAS Collaboration , S. LeBohec , R cardon