KOOLS--IFU: Kyoto Okayama Optical Low-dispersion Spectrograph with Optical-Fiber Integral Field Unit

Abstract

Observations of transient objects, such as short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave sources, require prompt spectroscopy. To carry out prompt spectroscopy, we developed an optical-fiber integral field unit (IFU) and connected it with an existing optical spectrograph KOOLS. KOOLS with IFU, hereafter KOOLS--IFU, was mounted on the Okayama Astrophysical Observatory 188-cm telescope. The fiber core and cladding diameters of the fiber bundle are 100 $\mu$m and 125 $\mu$m, respectively, and 127 fibers are hexagonally close-packed in the sleeve of the two-dimensional (2D) fiber array. We conducted test observations to measure the KOOLS--IFU performance and obtained the following conclusions: (1) the spatial sampling is 2''.34 $\pm$ 0''.05 per fiber, and the total field of view (FoV) is 30''.4 $\pm$ 0''.65 with 127 fibers; (2) the observable wavelength and the spectral resolving power of the grisms of KOOLS are 4030--7310 A and 400--600; 5020--8830 A and 600--900; 4160--6000 A and 1000--1200; and 6150--7930 A and 1800--2400, respectively; and (3) the estimated limiting magnitude is 18.2--18.7 AB mag during 30-min exposure under the optimal condition.

arXiv comment18 pages, 13 figures, and 7 tables. Submitted to PASJ

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