Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) for the Subaru telescope: ongoing integration and future plans

Naoyuki Tamura; Naruhisa Takato; Atsushi Shimono; Yuki Moritani; Kiyoto Yabe; Yuki Ishizuka; Yukiko Kamata; Akitoshi Ueda; Hrand Aghazarian; Stephané Arnouts; Robert H. Barkhouser; Philippe Balard; Rudy Barette; Mohamed Belhadi; Jill A. Burnham; Neven Caplar; Michael A. Carr; Pierre-Yves Chabaud; Yin-Chang Chang; Hsin-Yo Chen; Chueh-Yi Chou; You-Hua Chu; Judith G. Cohen; Rodorigo P. de Almeida; Antonio C. de Oliveira; Lígia S. de Oliveira; Richard G. Dekany; Kjetil Dohlen; Jesulino B. dos Santos; Leandro H. dos Santos; Richard S. Ellis; Maximilian Fabricius; Decio Ferreira; Hisanori Furusawa; Javier Garcia-Carpio; Mirek Golebiowski; Johannes Gross; James E. Gunn; Randolph Hammond; Albert Harding; Murdock Hart; Timothy M. Heckman; Paul T. P. Ho; Stephen C. Hope; David J. Hover; Shu-Fu Hsu; Yen-Shan Hu; Ping-Jie Huang; Sara Jamal; Marc Jaquet; Eric Jeschke; Yipeng Jing; Erin Kado-Fong; Jeniffer L. Karr; Masahiko Kimura; Matthew E. King; Michitaro Koike; Eiichiro Komatsu; Vincent Le Brun; Olivier Le Fèvre; Arnaud Le Fur; David Le Mignant; Hung-Hsu Ling; Craig P. Loomis; Robert H. Lupton; Fabrice Madec; Peter H. Mao; Danilo Marchesini; Lucas S. Marrara; Dmitry Medvedev; Sogo Mineo; Yosuke Minowa; Hitoshi Murayama; Graham J. Murray; Youichi Ohyama; Masato Onodera; Joseph Orndorff; Sandrine Pascal; Josh Peebles; Guillaume Pernot; Raphael Pourcelot; Daniel J. Reiley; Martin Reinecke; Mitsuko Roberts; Josimar A Rosa; Julien Rousselle; Alain Schmitt; Mark A. Schwochert; Micheal D. Seiffert; Hassan Siddiqui; Stephen A. Smee; Laerte Sodré Jr.; Aaron J. Steinkraus; Michael A. Strauss; Christian Surace; Philip J. Tait; Masahiro Takada; Tomonori Tamura; Masayuki Tanaka; Yoko Tanaka; Aniruddha R. Thakar; Orlando Verducci Jr.; Didier Vibert; Shiang-Yu Wang; Zuo Wang; Chih-Yi Wen; Suzanne Werner; Yoshihiko Yamada; Chi-Hung Yan; Naoki Yasuda; Hiroshige Yoshida; Michitoshi Yoshida

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27 July 2018 Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) for the Subaru telescope: ongoing integration and future plans

Naoyuki Tamura, Naruhisa Takato, Atsushi Shimono, Yuki Moritani, Kiyoto Yabe, Yuki Ishizuka, Yukiko Kamata, Akitoshi Ueda, Hrand Aghazarian, Stephané Arnouts, Robert H. Barkhouser, Philippe Balard, Rudy Barette, Mohamed Belhadi, Jill A. Burnham, Neven Caplar, Michael A. Carr, Pierre-Yves Chabaud, Yin-Chang Chang, Hsin-Yo Chen, Chueh-Yi Chou, You-Hua Chu, Judith G. Cohen, Rodorigo P. de Almeida, Antonio C. de Oliveira, Lígia S. de Oliveira, Richard G. Dekany, Kjetil Dohlen, Jesulino B. dos Santos, Leandro H. dos Santos, Richard S. Ellis, Maximilian Fabricius, Decio Ferreira, Hisanori Furusawa, Javier Garcia-Carpio, Mirek Golebiowski, Johannes Gross, James E. Gunn, Randolph Hammond, Albert Harding, Murdock Hart, Timothy M. Heckman, Paul T. P. Ho, Stephen C. Hope, David J. Hover, Shu-Fu Hsu, Yen-Shan Hu, Ping-Jie Huang, Sara Jamal, Marc Jaquet, Eric Jeschke, Yipeng Jing, Erin Kado-Fong, Jeniffer L. Karr, Masahiko Kimura, Matthew E. King, Michitaro Koike, Eiichiro Komatsu, Vincent Le Brun, Olivier Le Fèvre, Arnaud Le Fur, David Le Mignant, Hung-Hsu Ling, Craig P. Loomis, Robert H. Lupton, Fabrice Madec, Peter H. Mao, Danilo Marchesini, Lucas S. Marrara, Dmitry Medvedev, Sogo Mineo, Yosuke Minowa, Hitoshi Murayama, Graham J. Murray, Youichi Ohyama, Masato Onodera, Joseph Orndorff, Sandrine Pascal, Josh Peebles, Guillaume Pernot, Raphael Pourcelot, Daniel J. Reiley, Martin Reinecke, Mitsuko Roberts, Josimar A Rosa, Julien Rousselle, Alain Schmitt, Mark A. Schwochert, Micheal D. Seiffert, Hassan Siddiqui, Stephen A. Smee, Laerte Sodré Jr., Aaron J. Steinkraus, Michael A. Strauss, Christian Surace, Philip J. Tait, Masahiro Takada, Tomonori Tamura, Masayuki Tanaka, Yoko Tanaka, Aniruddha R. Thakar, Orlando Verducci Jr., Didier Vibert, Shiang-Yu Wang, Zuo Wang, Chih-Yi Wen, Suzanne Werner, Yoshihiko Yamada, Chi-Hung Yan, Naoki Yasuda, Hiroshige Yoshida, Michitoshi Yoshida

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Proceedings Volume 10702, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII; 107021C (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311871
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

Abstract

PFS (Prime Focus Spectrograph), a next generation facility instrument on the 8.2-meter Subaru Telescope, is a very wide-field, massively multiplexed, optical and near-infrared spectrograph. Exploiting the Subaru prime focus, 2394 reconfigurable fibers will be distributed over the 1.3 deg field of view. The spectrograph has been designed with 3 arms of blue, red, and near-infrared cameras to simultaneously observe spectra from 380nm to 1260nm in one exposure at a resolution of ~ 1.6-2.7Å. An international collaboration is developing this instrument under the initiative of Kavli IPMU. The project recently started undertaking the commissioning process of a subsystem at the Subaru Telescope side, with the integration and test processes of the other subsystems ongoing in parallel. We are aiming to start engineering night-sky operations in 2019, and observations for scientific use in 2021. This article gives an overview of the instrument, current project status and future paths forward.

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Naoyuki Tamura, Naruhisa Takato, Atsushi Shimono, Yuki Moritani, Kiyoto Yabe, Yuki Ishizuka, Yukiko Kamata, Akitoshi Ueda, Hrand Aghazarian, Stephané Arnouts, Robert H. Barkhouser, Philippe Balard, Rudy Barette, Mohamed Belhadi, Jill A. Burnham, Neven Caplar, Michael A. Carr, Pierre-Yves Chabaud, Yin-Chang Chang, Hsin-Yo Chen, Chueh-Yi Chou, You-Hua Chu, Judith G. Cohen, Rodorigo P. de Almeida, Antonio C. de Oliveira, Lígia S. de Oliveira, Richard G. Dekany, Kjetil Dohlen, Jesulino B. dos Santos, Leandro H. dos Santos, Richard S. Ellis, Maximilian Fabricius, Decio Ferreira, Hisanori Furusawa, Javier Garcia-Carpio, Mirek Golebiowski, Johannes Gross, James E. Gunn, Randolph Hammond, Albert Harding, Murdock Hart, Timothy M. Heckman, Paul T. P. Ho, Stephen C. Hope, David J. Hover, Shu-Fu Hsu, Yen-Shan Hu, Ping-Jie Huang, Sara Jamal, Marc Jaquet, Eric Jeschke, Yipeng Jing, Erin Kado-Fong, Jeniffer L. Karr, Masahiko Kimura, Matthew E. King, Michitaro Koike, Eiichiro Komatsu, Vincent Le Brun, Olivier Le Fèvre, Arnaud Le Fur, David Le Mignant, Hung-Hsu Ling, Craig P. Loomis, Robert H. Lupton, Fabrice Madec, Peter H. Mao, Danilo Marchesini, Lucas S. Marrara, Dmitry Medvedev, Sogo Mineo, Yosuke Minowa, Hitoshi Murayama, Graham J. Murray, Youichi Ohyama, Masato Onodera, Joseph Orndorff, Sandrine Pascal, Josh Peebles, Guillaume Pernot, Raphael Pourcelot, Daniel J. Reiley, Martin Reinecke, Mitsuko Roberts, Josimar A Rosa, Julien Rousselle, Alain Schmitt, Mark A. Schwochert, Micheal D. Seiffert, Hassan Siddiqui, Stephen A. Smee, Laerte Sodré Jr., Aaron J. Steinkraus, Michael A. Strauss, Christian Surace, Philip J. Tait, Masahiro Takada, Tomonori Tamura, Masayuki Tanaka, Yoko Tanaka, Aniruddha R. Thakar, Orlando Verducci Jr., Didier Vibert, Shiang-Yu Wang, Zuo Wang, Chih-Yi Wen, Suzanne Werner, Yoshihiko Yamada, Chi-Hung Yan, Naoki Yasuda, Hiroshige Yoshida, and Michitoshi Yoshida "Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) for the Subaru telescope: ongoing integration and future plans", Proc. SPIE 10702, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII, 107021C (27 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311871

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