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astro-ph2004
Design and construction of the IMACS-IFU, a 2000-element integral field unit
J. Schmoll, G. N. Dodsworth, R. Content +1
The IMACS-IFU is an Integral Field Unit built for the IMACS spectrograph at the Magellan-I-Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory. It consists of two rectangular fields of 5 by 7 ar…
astro-ph2004
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…
astro-ph2004
Mechanical and Thermal Tests of the Containers of Liquid Mirrors
E. F. Borra, R. Content, G. Tremblay +2
We give a generic description of a liquid mirror system and summarize some practical information useful to making them. We compare laboratory measurements of deformations, due to t…