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The Blue Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (BlueMUSE) on the VLT: science drivers and overview of instrument design

BlueMUSE is a blue-optimised, medium spectral resolution, panoramic integral field spectrograph under development for the Very Large Telescope (VLT). With an optimised transmission down to 350 nm, spectral resolution of R$\sim$3500 on…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-29 Johan Richard , Rémi Giroud , Florence Laurent , Davor Krajnović , Alexandre Jeanneau , Roland Bacon , Manuel Abreu , Angela Adamo , Ricardo Araujo , Nicolas Bouché , Jarle Brinchmann , Zhemin Cai , Norberto Castro , Ariadna Calcines , Diane Chapuis , Adélaïde Claeyssens , Luca Cortese , Emanuele Daddi , Christopher Davison , Michael Goodwin , Robert Harris , Matthew Hayes , Mathilde Jauzac , Andreas Kelz , Jean-Paul Kneib , Audrey A. Lanotte , Jon Lawrence , Vianney Le Bouteiller , Rémy Le Breton , Matthew Lehnert , Angel Lopez Sanchez , Helen McGregor , Anna F. McLeod , Manuel Monteiro , Simon Morris , Cyrielle Opitom , Arlette Pécontal , David Robertson , Martin M. Roth , Jesse van de Sande , Russell Smith , Matthias Steinmetz , Mark Swinbank , Tanya Urrutia , Anne Verhamme , Peter M. Weilbacher , Martin Wendt , François Wildi , Jessica Zheng , The BlueMUSE consortium

Science Case for a Wide Field-of-View Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Observatory in the Southern Hemisphere

We outline the science motivation for SGSO, the Southern Gamma-Ray Survey Observatory. SGSO will be a next-generation wide field-of-view gamma-ray survey instrument, sensitive to gamma-rays in the energy range from 100 GeV to hundreds of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-25 A. Albert , R. Alfaro , H. Ashkar , C. Alvarez , J. Álvarez , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , H. A. Ayala Solares , R. Arceo , J. A. Bellido , S. BenZvi , T. Bretz , C. A. Brisbois , A. M. Brown , F. Brun , K. S. Caballero-Mora , A. Carosi , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , P. M. Chadwick , G. Cotter , S. Coutiño De León , P. Cristofari , S. Dasso , E. de la Fuente , B. L. Dingus , P. Desiati , F. de O. Salles , V. de Souza , D. Dorner , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , J. A. García-González , M. A. DuVernois , G. Di Sciascio , K. Engel , H. Fleischhack , N. Fraija , S. Funk , J-F. Glicenstein , J. Gonzalez , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , J. P. Harding , A. Haungs , J. Hinton , B. Hona , D. Hoyos , P. Huentemeyer , A. Iriarte , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , S. Kaufmann , K. Kawata , S. Kunwar , J. Lefaucheur , J. -P. Lenain , K. Link , R. López-Coto , V. Marandon , M. Mariotti , J. Martínez-Castro , H. Martínez-Huerta , M. Mostafá , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , R. D. Parsons , B. Patricelli , A. Pichel , Q. Piel , E. Prandini , E. Pueschel , S. Procureur , A. Reisenegger , C. Rivière , J. Rodriguez , A. C. Rovero , G. Rowell , E. L. Ruiz-Velasco , A. Sandoval , M. Santander , T. Sako , T. K. Sako , K. Satalecka , H. Schoorlemmer , F. Schüssler , M. Seglar-Arroyo , A. J. Smith , S. Spencer , P. Surajbali , E. Tabachnick , A. M. Taylor , O. Tibolla , I. Torres , B. Vallage , A. Viana , J. J. Watson , T. Weisgarber , F. Werner , R. White , R. Wischnewski , R. Yang , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

BlueMUSE: Project Overview and Science Cases

We present the concept of BlueMUSE, a blue-optimised, medium spectral resolution, panoramic integral field spectrograph based on the MUSE concept and proposed for the Very Large Telescope. With an optimised transmission down to 350 nm, a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-11 Johan Richard , Roland Bacon , Jérémy Blaizot , Samuel Boissier , Alessandro Boselli , NicolasBouché , Jarle Brinchmann , Norberto Castro , Laure Ciesla , Paul Crowther , Emanuele Daddi , Stefan Dreizler , Pierre-Alain Duc , David Elbaz , Benoit Epinat , Chris Evans , Matteo Fossati , Michele Fumagalli , Miriam Garcia , Thibault Garel , Matthew Hayes , Angela Adamo , Artemio Herrero , Emmanuel Hugot , Andrew Humphrey , Pascale Jablonka , Sebastian Kamann , Lex Kaper , Andreas Kelz , Jean-Paul Kneib , Alex de Koter , Davor Krajnović , Rolf-Peter Kudritzki , Norbert Langer , Carmela Lardo , Floriane Leclercq , Danny Lennon , Guillaume Mahler , Fabrice Martins , Richard Massey , Peter Mitchell , Ana Monreal-Ibero , Paco Najarro , Cyrielle Opitom , Polychronis Papaderos , Céline Péroux , Yves Revaz , Martin M. Roth , Philippe Rousselot , Andreas Sander , Charlotte Simmonds Wagemann , Ian Smail , Anthony Mark Swinbank , Frank Tramper , Tanya Urrutia , Anne Verhamme , Jorick Vink , Jeremy Walsh , Peter Weilbacher , Martin Wendt , Lutz Wisotzki , Bin Yang

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

A new concept and a preliminary design for a high resolution (HR) and very-high resolution (VHR) spectrograph for the LBT

A way to fully exploit the large collecting area of modern 8-10m class telescopes is high resolution spectroscopy. Many astrophysical problems from planetary science to cosmology benefit from spectroscopic observations at the highest…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 F. M. Zerbi , P. Spano' , P. Conconi , E. Molinari , R. Mazzoleni , R. Pallavicini , K. G. Strassmeier

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

Integration of the VIMOS control system

The VIRMOS consortium of French and Italian Institutes (PI: O. Le Fevre, co-PI: G. Vettolani) is manufacturing two wide field imaging multi-object spectrographs for the European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope (VLT), with emphasis…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Mancini , P. Schipani , O. Caputi , G. Mancini , M. Brescia

The LUVOIR Ultraviolet Multi-Object Spectrograph (LUMOS): Instrument Definition and Design

The Large Ultraviolet / Optical / Infrared Surveyor (LUVOIR) is one of four large mission concepts currently undergoing community study for consideration by the 2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey. The LUVOIR Ultraviolet…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-20 Kevin France , Brian Fleming , Garrett West , Stephan R. McCandliss , Matthew R. Bolcar , Walter Harris , Leonidas Moustakas , John M. O'Meara , Ilaria Pascucci , Jane Rigby , David Schiminovich , Jason Tumlinson , Jean-Claude Bouret , Christopher J. Evans , Miriam Garcia

The Future of Multi-Object Spectroscopy: a ESO Working Group Report

(Abridged) We consider the scientific case for a large aperture (10-12m class) optical spectroscopic survey telescope with a field of view comparable to that of LSST. Such a facility could enable transformational progress in several areas…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-10 Richard S. Ellis , Joss Bland-Hawthorn , Malcolm Bremer , Jarle Brinchmann , Luigi Guzzo , Johan Richard , Hans-Walter Rix , Eline Tolstoy , Darach Watson

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

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

The Pollux European instrument concept for HWO: a high-resolution spectrograph and spectropolarimeter from the far-UV to the near-IR

Pollux is a high-resolution spectrograph and spectropolarimeter working from 100 nm to 1.8 microns proposed for HWO by a European consortium. Pollux will allow us to study stellar and (exo)planetary systems, as well as cosmic ecosystems.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-11 Coralie Neiner , Jean-Claude Bouret , Luca Fossati , David le Mignant , Eduard Muslimov , Ana Ines Gomez de Castro , Frédéric Marin

The VIRMOS-VLT Deep Survey

The aim of the VIRMOS VLT Deep Survey (VVDS) is to study of the evolution of galaxies, large scale structures and AGNs from a sample of more than 150,000 galaxies with measured redshifts in the range 0<z<5+. The VVDS will rely on the VIMOS…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 O. Le Fèvre , G. Vettolani , D. Maccagni , D. Mancini , A. Mazure , Y. Mellier , J. P. Picat , M. Arnaboldi , S. Bardelli , E. Bertin , G. Busarello , A. Cappi , S. Charlot , G. Chincarini , S. Colombi , B. Garilli , L. Guzzo , A. Iovino , V. Le Brun , M. Longhetti , G. Mathez , P. Merluzzi , H. J. McCracken , R. Pellò , L. Pozzetti , M. Radovich , V. Ripepi , P. Saracco , R. Scaramella , M. Scodeggio , L. Tresse , G. Zamorani , E. Zucca

Science with the XEUS High Time Resolution Spectrometer

XEUS has been recently selected by ESA for an assessment study. XEUS is a large mission candidate for the Cosmic Vision program, aiming for a launch date as early as 2018. XEUS is a follow-on to ESA's Cornerstone X-Ray Spectroscopy Mission…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Barret , T. Belloni , S. Bhattacharyya , E. Cackett , M. Gilfanov , E. Gigus , J. Homan , M. Mendez , J. M. Miller , M. C. Miller , S. Mereghetti , S. Paltani , J. Poutanen , J. Wilms , A. A. Zdziarski

Characterizing Earth analogs may require a moderate or high-resolution spectrograph

A primary goal of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is to detect and measure the abundance of biosignature molecules, such as water (H2O) and oxygen (O2), in the atmosphere of Earth analogs. This is expected to require deep…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-21 Jean-Baptiste Ruffio , Sarah Steiger , Corey Spohn , Bruce Macintosh , Dimitri Mawet , Laurent Pueyo , Bertrand Mennesson , Beck Dacus , Nicole Wolff , Tyler D. Robinson , Renyu Hu , Kielan Hoch , Quinn M. Konopacky , Marshall D. Perrin , Dmitry Savransky , Michael W. McElwain , Shelley A. Wright , Ji Wang , Pin Chen

SALT HRS capabilities for time resolved pulsation analysis: a test with the roAp star $\alpha$ Circini

Spectroscopy is a powerful tool for detecting variability in the rapidly oscillating Ap (roAp) stars. The technique requires short integrations times and high resolution, and so is limited to only a few telescopes and instruments. To test…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-09 D. L. Holdsworth , E. Brunsden

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

The E-ELT Multi-Object Spectrograph: latest news from MOSAIC

There are 8000 galaxies, including 1600 at z larger than 1.6, which could be simultaneously observed in an E-ELT field of view of 40 sq. arcmin. A considerable fraction of astrophysical discoveries require large statistical samples, which…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-07 F. Hammer , S. Morris , L. Kaper , B. Barbuy , J. G. Cuby , M. Roth , P. Jagourel , C. J. Evans , M. Puech , E. Fitzsimons , G. Dalton , M. Rodrigues

The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph and the Future of Ultraviolet Astronomy

I describe the capabilities of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, scheduled for May 2009 installation on the Hubble Space Telescope. With a factor-of-ten increase in far-UV throughput for moderate resolution spectroscopy, COS will enable a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 J. Michael Shull

ESO-Athena Synergy White Paper

The Advanced Telescope for High ENergy Astrophysics (Athena) is the X-ray observatory mission selected by ESA within its Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 programme to address the Hot and Energetic Universe scientific theme. The ESO-Athena Synergy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-18 P. Padovani , F. Combes , M. Diaz Trigo , S. Ettori , E. Hatziminaoglou , P. Jonker , M. Salvato , S. Viti , C. Adami , J. Aird , D. Alexander , P. Casella , C. Ceccarelli , E. Churazov , M. Cirasuolo , E. Daddi , A. Edge , C. Feruglio , V. Mainieri , S. Markoff , A. Merloni , F. Nicastro , P. O'Brien , L. Oskinova , F. Panessa , E. Pointecouteau , A. Rau , J. Robrade , J. Schaye , F. Stoehr , L. Testi , F. Tombesi