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Canada and the SKA from 2020-2030
Kristine Spekkens, Cynthia Chiang, Roland Kothes +57
This white paper submitted for the 2020 Canadian Long-Range Planning process (LRP2020) presents the prospects for Canada and the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) from 2020-2030, focuss…
SITELLE: An Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer for the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
Laurent Drissen, Thomas Martin, Laurie Rousseau-Nepton +11
We present an overview of SITELLE, an Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (iFTS) available at the 3.6-meter Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. SITELLE is a Michelson-type interfero…
The Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: closed-loop adaptive optics while dithering
Edward L. Chapin, Jennifer Dunn, David Andersen +17
The InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) is the first-light client instrument for the Narrow Field Infrared Adaptive Optics System (NFIRAOS) on the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). IR…
The Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: advancing the data reduction system
Gregory L. Walth, Shelley A. Wright, Nils-Erik Rundquist +19
Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) is the first light instrument for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) that consists of a near-infrared (0.84 to 2.4 micron) imager and integral fi…
Gemini Infrared Multi-Object Spectrograph: Instrument Overview
Suresh Sivanandam, Scott Chapman, Luc Simard +27
The Gemini Infrared Multi-Object Spectrograph (GIRMOS) is a powerful new instrument being built to facility-class standards for the Gemini telescope. It takes advantage of the late…
The Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: Instrument Overview
James E. Larkin, Anna M. Moore, Shelley A. Wright +14
IRIS is a near-infrared (0.84 to 2.4 microns) integral field spectrograph and wide-field imager being developed for first light with the Thirty Meter (TMT). It mounts to the advanc…
The InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: latest science cases and simulations
Shelley A. Wright, Gregory Walth, Tuan Do +36
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) first light instrument IRIS (Infrared Imaging Spectrograph) will complete its preliminary design phase in 2016. The IRIS instrument design includes…
The Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: Data Reduction System
Gregory Walth, Shelley A. Wright, Jason Weiss +15
IRIS (InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph) is the diffraction-limited first light instrument for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) that consists of a near-infrared (0.84 to 2.4 m) imag…
The Detailed Science Case for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer: the Composition and Dynamics of the Faint Universe
Alan McConnachie, Carine Babusiaux, Michael Balogh +173
MSE is an 11.25m aperture observatory with a 1.5 square degree field of view that will be fully dedicated to multi-object spectroscopy. More than 3200 fibres will feed spectrograph…
The InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: Reflective ruled diffraction grating performance testing and discussion
Elliot Meyer, Shaojie Chen, Shelley A. Wright +6
We present the efficiency of near-infrared reflective ruled diffraction gratings designed for the InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS). IRIS is a first light, integral field spectr…
The Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: Volume phase holographic grating performance testing and discussion
Shaojie Chen, Elliot Meyer, Shelley A. Wright +5
Maximizing the grating efficiency is a key goal for the first light instrument IRIS (Infrared Imaging Spectrograph) currently being designed to sample the diffraction limit of the…
The InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: Overview of innovative science programs
Shelley A. Wright, James E. Larkin, Anna M. Moore +22
IRIS (InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph) is a first light near-infrared diffraction limited imager and integral field spectrograph being designed for the future Thirty Meter Telescope…
The infrared imaging spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: on-instrument wavefront sensors and NFIRAOS interface
David Loop, Vlad Reshetov, Murray Fletcher +10
The InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) is a first light client science instrument for the TMT observatory that operates as a client of the NFIRAOS facility multi-conjugate adapti…
The Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: the atmospheric dispersion corrector
Andrew C. Phillips, Brian J. Bauman, James E. Larkin +4
We present a conceptual design for the atmospheric dispersion corrector (ADC) for TMT's Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS). The severe requirements of this ADC are reviewed, as a…
The infrared imaging spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: the science case
Elizabeth J. Barton, James E. Larkin, Anna M. Moore +11
The InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) is a first-light instrument being designed for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). IRIS is a combination of an imager that will cover a 16.4"…
The infrared imaging spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: sensitivities and simulations
Shelley A. Wright, Elizabeth J. Barton, James E. Larkin +4
We present sensitivity estimates for point and resolved astronomical sources for the current design of the InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) on the future Thirty Meter Telescope…
The Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: Instrument Overview
James E. Larkin, Anna M. Moore, Elizabeth J. Barton +16
We present an overview of the design of IRIS, an infrared (0.85 - 2.5 micron) integral field spectrograph and imaging camera for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). With extremely lo…