Publications (16)
The GMOS integral field unit: first integral field spectroscopy with an 8m telescope
Jeremy Allington-Smith, Graham Murray, Robert Content +8
The Gemini Multiobject Spectrograph (GMOS) installed on the Gemini-North telescope has a facility for integral field spectroscopy over the wavelength range 0.4-1.0um. GMOS is conve…
White Paper on MAAT@GTC
Francisco Prada, Robert Content, Ariel Goobar +41
MAAT is proposed as a visitor mirror-slicer optical system that will allow the OSIRIS spectrograph on the 10.4-m Gran telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) the capability to perform Integral F…
Hector Galaxy Survey: Optical IFU and Chandra Reveal a Low-Luminosity AGN Behind Extended LINER Emission
Kyuseok Oh, Gabriella Quattropani, Pratyush Kumar Das +25
We present evidence that the Hector Galaxy Survey galaxy C901005481609968 (), which exhibits spatially extended LINER-like emission in optical integral-field spe…
Hector - a new massively multiplexed IFS instrument for the Anglo-Australian Telescope
Julia J. Bryant, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Jon Lawrence +14
Hector will be the new massively-multiplexed integral field spectroscopy (IFS) instrument for the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) in Australia and the next main dark-time instrume…
The origin of [Fe II] emission in NGC 4151
James E. H. Turner, Jeremy Allington-Smith, Scott Chapman +5
The centre of NGC 4151 has been observed in the J-band with the SMIRFS integral field unit (IFU) on the UK Infrared Telescope. A map of [Fe II] emission is derived, and compared wi…
ATLAS Probe: Breakthrough Science of Galaxy Evolution, Cosmology, Milky Way, and the Solar System
Yun Wang, Mark Dickinson, Lynne Hillenbrand +45
ATLAS (Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy) is a concept for a NASA probe-class space mission. It is the spectroscopic follow-up mission to WFIRST, boosting its scie…
ATLAS Probe: Breakthrough Science of Galaxy Evolution, Cosmology, Milky Way, and the Solar System
Yun Wang, Massimo Robberto, Mark Dickinson +37
ATLAS (Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy) Probe is a concept for a NASA probe-class space mission. It is the follow-up space mission to WFIRST, boosting its scient…
Multiple Integral Field Spectroscopy
Gillian Wright, Rob Ivison, Peter Hastings +4
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…
A Million Element Integral Field Unit (MEIFU)
Simon Morris, Robert Content, Ray Sharples +3
We describe an instrument concept that will provide simultaneous spectra for a million spatial samples on the sky. With the proposed field of view and spectral resolution, it will…
PRAXIS: low thermal emission high efficiency OH suppressed fibre spectrograph
Robert Content, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Simon Ellis +12
PRAXIS is a second generation instrument that follows on from GNOSIS, which was the first instrument using fibre Bragg gratings for OH background suppression. The Bragg gratings re…
Illuminating the Physics of Cosmic Origin and Evolution: A UK Space Frontiers 2035 White Paper
Florian Beutler, Eva-Maria Mueller, Seshadri Nadathur +61
Understanding the Universe's origins and evolution remains one of the most fundamental challenges in modern cosmology. This white paper explores three key science priorities in thi…
Multiple object and integral field near-infrared spectroscopy using fibers
Roger Haynes, David Lee, Jeremy Allington-Smith +10
We describe a new system for multiple object spectroscopy and integral field spectroscopy at near-infrared wavelengths using optical fibers. Both modes of the SMIRFS instrument hav…
Photonic lantern behaviour and implications for instrument design
Anthony Horton, Robert Content, Simon Ellis +1
Photonic lanterns are an important enabling technology for astrophotonics with a wide range of potential applications including fibre Bragg grating OH suppression, integrated photo…
Hector Galaxy Survey: Linking the low- and high-mass ends of the initial mass function in star-forming galaxies
Diego Salvador, Andrew Hopkins, Matt Owers +30
The stellar initial mass function (IMF) is a fundamental ingredient in galaxy evolution, linking observed integrated light to galaxy properties. Constraining the full IMF shape bey…
Extreme multiplex spectroscopy at wide-field 4-m telescopes
Robert Content, Tom Shanks
We describe the design and science case for a spectrograph for the prime focus of classical 4-m wide-field telescopes that can deliver at least 4000 MOS slits over a 1 degree field…
Design of 2-m to 6-m Liquid Mirror Containers
Robert Content
A new design is proposed for large (up to 6-m) liquid mirror containers. The design uses Kevlar, foam and aluminum, as in previous designs, but with a different configuration that…