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most citedThe MUSE second-generation VLT instrument

879 citations · 1.2k across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.IM2024★ 2 cited

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

Johan Richard, Rémi Giroud, Florence Laurent +47

BlueMUSE is a blue-optimised, medium spectral resolution, panoramic integral field spectrograph under development for the Very Large Telescope (VLT). With an optimised transmission…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 879 cited

The MUSE second-generation VLT instrument

Bacon R., Accardo M., Adjali L. +65

The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is a second-generation VLT panoramic integral-field spectrograph currently in manufacturing, assembly and integration phase. MUSE has a…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 311 cited

4MOST: Project overview and information for the First Call for Proposals

R. S. de Jong, O. Agertz, A. Agudo Berbel +335

We introduce the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST), a new high-multiplex, wide-field spectroscopic survey facility under development for the four-metre-class Vis…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 7 cited

The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer Book 2018

Alexis Hill, Nicolas Flagey, Alan McConnachie +122

(Abridged) This is the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer 2018 book. It is intended as a concise reference guide to all aspects of the scientific and technical design of MSE, for the…

astro-ph.IM2018

Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer Low Moderate Resolution Spectrograph Conceptual Design

Patrick Caillier, Will Saunders, Pierre-Henri Carton +5

The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) Project is a planned replacement for the existing 3.6-m Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) into a 10-m class dedicated wide field highl…

astro-ph.IM2018

ELT HARMONI: Image Slicer Preliminary Design

Florence Laurent, Didier Boudon, Johan Kosmalski +8

Harmoni is the ELT's first light visible and near-infrared integral field spectrograph. It will provide four different spatial scales, ranging from coarse spaxels of 60 x 30 mas be…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 2 cited

Collimating Slicer for Optical Integral Field Spectroscopy

Florence Laurent, Francois Henault

Integral Field Spectroscopy (IFS) is a technique that gives simultaneously the spectrum of each spatial sampling element in a given object field. It is a powerful tool which rearra…

physics.ins-det2016

Optical design of a multi-resolution, single shot spectrograph

Francois Henault, Florence Laurent

Multi-object or integral field spectrographs are recognized techniques for achieving simultaneous spectroscopic observations of different or extended sky objects with a high multip…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 8 cited

4MOST - 4m Multi Object Spectroscopic Telescope

Eric Depagne, the 4MOST consortium

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 foun…

astro-ph2006★ 15 cited

Probing unexplored territories with MUSE: a second generation instrument for the VLT

R. Bacon, S. Bauer, P. Boehm +57

The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is a second-generation VLT panoramic integral-field spectrograph under preliminary design study. MUSE has a field of 1x1 arcmin**2 samp…