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INTEGRAL/SPI is a space-based coded mask telescope featuring a 19-element Germanium detector array for high-resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy, encapsulated in a scintillation detector assembly that provide a veto for background from charged…

This paper traces the 37 years of my career dedicated to the development of integral field spectroscopy (IFS), highlighting significant milestones and advancements. This extensive journey encompasses three generations of IFS: the initial…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-04 Roland Bacon

Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) as a standard candle is an ideal tool to measure cosmic distance and expansion history of the Universe. Here we investigate the SN Ia photometric measurement in the China Space Station Telescope Ultra Deep Field…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-24 Minglin Wang , Yan Gong , Furen Deng , Haitao Miao , Xuelei Chen , Hu Zhan

The China Space Station Telescope (CSST) is a two-meter space telescope with multiple back-end instruments. The Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) is an essential subsystem of the CSST Precision Image Stability System to ensure the required…

Interferometric scattering microscopy is a powerful technique that enables various applications, such as mass photometry and particle tracking. Here we present a numerical toolbox to simulate images obtained in interferometric scattering,…

Galaxy-galaxy strong gravitational lensing (GGSL) is a powerful probe for the formation and evolution of galaxies and cosmology, while the sample size of GGSLs leads to considerable uncertainties and potential bias. The China Space Station…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-31 Xiaoyue Cao , Ran Li , Nan Li , Rui Li , Yun Chen , Keyi Ding , Huanyuan Shan , Hu Zhan , Xin Zhang , Wei Du , Shuo Cao

We describe the scheme and design features of the new IFU unit (Integral Field Unit) meant to perform integral-field spectroscopy as a part of SCORPIO-2 focal reducer, which is mounted in the prime focus of the 6-m telescope of the Special…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-20 V. L. Afanasiev , O. V. Egorov , A. E. Perepelitsyn

An Integral Field Unit (IFU) based on image-slicers has been added to the GREGOR Infrared Spectrograph (GRIS). This upgrade to the instrument makes possible 2D spectropolarimetry in the near-infrared by simultaneously recording the full…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-30 C. Dominguez-Tagle , M. Collados , R. Lopez , J. J. Vaz Cedillo , M. A. Esteves , O. Grassin , N. Vega , A. Mato , J. Quintero , H. Rodriguez , S. Regalado , F. Gonzalez

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…

We simulate the scientific performance of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) High Latitude Survey (HLS) on dark energy and modified gravity. The 1.6 year HLS Reference survey is currently envisioned to image 2000 deg$^2$ in…

As a space telescope, the China Space Station Survey Telescope (CSST) will face significant challenges from cosmic ray (CR) contamination. These CRs will severely degrade image quality and further influence scientific analysis. Due to the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-04 Yan Yu , Bin Ma , Tianmeng Zhang , Yi Hu , Yajie Zhang

Integral Field Spectroscopy (IFS) is well known for providing detailed insight of extended sources thanks to the possibility of handling space resolved spectroscopic information. Simple and straightforward analysis such as single line…

The World Space Observatory - Ultraviolet (WSO-UV) space telescope is equipped with high dispersion (55,000) spectrographs working in the 1150-3100 {\AA} spectral range. To evaluate the impact of the design on the scientific objectives of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-13 Pablo Marcos-Arenal , Ana I. Gómez de Castro , Belén Perea Abarca , Mikhail Sachkov

The Isochronous Mass Spectrometry (IMS) is a powerful tool for mass measurements of exotic nuclei with half-lives as short as several tens of micro-seconds in storage rings. In order to improve the mass resolving power while preserving the…

The Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST) spectroscopic survey aims to deliver high-quality low-resolution ($R > 200$) slitless spectra for hundreds of millions of targets down to a limiting magnitude of about 21 mag, distributed within a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-05 Haibo Yuan , Dingshan Deng , Yang Sun

This paper describes the design and implementation of a facility simulator for the 4 metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) project, a new survey instrument proposed for the ESO VISTA telescope. The 4MOST Facility Simulator…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Th. Boller , T. Dwelly

EIFIS (Extreme Integral FIeld Spectrograph) is a modular integral field spectrograph, based on image slicers, and makes use of new, large format detectors. The concept is thought to cover the largest possible field of view while producing…

HST is commonly thought of as an optical-IR imaging or UV-spectroscopy observatory. However, the advent of WFC3-IR made it possible to do slitless infrared spectroscopic surveys over an area significant for galaxy evolution studies (~0.15…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-10 Benjamin J. Weiner

Integral field spectroscopy (IFS) represents a powerful technique for the detection and characterization of extrasolar planets through high contrast imaging, since it allows to obtain simultaneously a large number of monochromatic images.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Jacopo Antichi , Kjetil Dohlen , Raffaele G. Gratton , Dino Mesa , Riccardo U. Claudi , Enrico Giro , Anthony Boccaletti , David Mouillet , Pascal Puget , Jean-Luc Beuzit

The InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) is a first-light instrument for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). It combines a diffraction limited imager and an integral field spectrograph. This paper focuses on the electrical system of IRIS.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-24 A. C. Trapp , James Larkin , Ken Magnone , Timothee Greffe , Tim Hardy , Jennifer Dunn , Eric Chisholm , Chris Johnson , Ryuji Suzuki