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astro-ph2008★ 2 cited
LIINUS/SERPIL: a design study for interferometric imaging spectroscopy at the LBT
F. Mueller Sanchez, C. Gal, F. Eisenhauer +4
We present two design concepts and the science drivers of a proposed near-infrared interferometric integral field spectrograph for the LBT. This instrument will expand the capabili…
astro-ph2008★ 72 cited
GRAVITY: getting to the event horizon of Sgr A*
F. Eisenhauer, G. Perrin, W. Brandner +45
We present the second-generation VLTI instrument GRAVITY, which currently is in the preliminary design phase. GRAVITY is specifically designed to observe highly relativistic motion…