Gemini infrared multi-object spectrograph: instrument overview

Suresh Sivanandam; Scott Chapman; Luc Simard; Paul Hickson; Kim Venn; Simon Thibault; Marcin Sawicki; Adam Muzzin; Darren Erickson; Roberto Abraham; Masayuki Akiyama; David Andersen; Colin Bradley; Raymond Carlberg; Shaojie Chen; Carlos Correia; Tim Davidge; Sara Ellison; Kamal El-Sankary; Gregory Fahlman; Masen Lamb; Olivier Lardière; Marie Lemoine-Busserolle; Dae-Sik Moon; Norman Murray; Alison Peck; Cyrus Shafai; Gaetano Sivo; Jean-Pierre Veran; Howard Yee

doi:10.1117/12.2313924

10 July 2018 Gemini infrared multi-object spectrograph: instrument overview

Suresh Sivanandam, Scott Chapman, Luc Simard, Paul Hickson, Kim Venn, Simon Thibault, Marcin Sawicki, Adam Muzzin, Darren Erickson, Roberto Abraham, Masayuki Akiyama, David Andersen, Colin Bradley, Raymond Carlberg, Shaojie Chen, Carlos Correia, Tim Davidge, Sara Ellison, Kamal El-Sankary, Gregory Fahlman, Masen Lamb, Olivier Lardière, Marie Lemoine-Busserolle, Dae-Sik Moon, Norman Murray, Alison Peck, Cyrus Shafai, Gaetano Sivo, Jean-Pierre Veran, Howard Yee

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Proceedings Volume 10702, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII; 107021J (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313924
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

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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 latest developments in adaptive optics and integral field spectrographs. GIRMOS will carry out simultaneous high-angular-resolution, spatially-resolved infrared (1 - 2.4 µm) spectroscopy of four objects within a two-arcminute field-of-regard by taking advantage of multi-object adaptive optics. This capability does not currently exist anywhere in the world and therefore offers significant scientific gains over a very broad range of topics in astronomical research. For example, current programs for high redshift galaxies are pushing the limits of what is possible with infrared spectroscopy at 8 -10- meter class facilities by requiring up to several nights of observing time per target. Therefore, the observation of multiple objects simultaneously with adaptive optics is absolutely necessary to make effective use of telescope time and obtain statistically significant samples for high redshift science. With an expected commissioning date of 2023, GIRMOS’s capabilities will also make it a key followup instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope when it is launched in 2021, as well as a true scientific and technical pathfinder for future Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) multi-object spectroscopic instrumentation. In this paper, we will present an overview of this instrument’s capabilities and overall architecture. We also highlight how this instrument lays the ground work for a future TMT early-light instrument.

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Suresh Sivanandam, Scott Chapman, Luc Simard, Paul Hickson, Kim Venn, Simon Thibault, Marcin Sawicki, Adam Muzzin, Darren Erickson, Roberto Abraham, Masayuki Akiyama, David Andersen, Colin Bradley, Raymond Carlberg, Shaojie Chen, Carlos Correia, Tim Davidge, Sara Ellison, Kamal El-Sankary, Gregory Fahlman, Masen Lamb, Olivier Lardière, Marie Lemoine-Busserolle, Dae-Sik Moon, Norman Murray, Alison Peck, Cyrus Shafai, Gaetano Sivo, Jean-Pierre Veran, and Howard Yee "Gemini infrared multi-object spectrograph: instrument overview", Proc. SPIE 10702, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII, 107021J (10 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313924

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