MATISSE: a four beam combiner in the mid-infrared for the VLTI

S. Lagarde; B. Lopez; P. Antonelli; U. Beckman; J. Behrend; Y. Bresson; O. Chesneau; M. Dugué; A. Glazenborg; U. Graser; K. H. Hofmann; W. Jaffe; Ch. Leinert; F. Millour; J. L. Menut; R. G. Petrov; T. Ratzka; G. Weigelt; S. Wolf; P. Abraham; C. Connot; T. Henning; M. Heininger; Y. Hugues; S. Kraus; W. Laun; A. Matter; U. Neumann; E. Nussbaum; A. Niedzielski; L. Mosoni; S. Robbe-Dubois; A. Roussel; D. Schertl; F. Vakili; K. Wagner; L.B.F.M. Waters

doi:10.1117/12.671690

28 June 2006 MATISSE: a four beams combiner in the mid-infrared for the VLTI

S. Lagarde, B. Lopez, P. Antonelli, U. Beckman, J. Behrend, Y. Bresson, O. Chesneau, M. Dugué, A. Glazenborg, U. Graser, K. H. Hofmann, W. Jaffe, Ch. Leinert, F. Millour, J. L. Menut, R. G. Petrov, T. Ratzka, G. Weigelt, S. Wolf, P. Abraham, C. Connot, T. Henning, M. Heininger, Y. Hugues, S. Kraus, W. Laun, A. Matter, U. Neumann, E. Nussbaum, A. Niedzielski, L. Mosoni, S. Robbe-Dubois, A. Roussel, D. Schertl, F. Vakili, K. Wagner, L.B.F.M. Waters

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Proceedings Volume 6268, Advances in Stellar Interferometry; 62683M (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671690
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2006, Orlando, Florida , United States

Abstract

A first generation of VLTI (Very Large Telescopes Interferometer) focal instruments, AMBER in the near-infrared and MIDI in the mid-infrared, has been already integrated and tested. New and important science results have been obtained. These instruments combine two (for MIDI) or three (for AMBER) beams coming from the eight telescopes installed at Cerro Paranal (four 8-meters and four 1.8-meters telescopes). In order to improve the capabilities of the interferometer and to engage a new scientific prospective, the second generation of VLTI instruments is currently under study. MATISSE belongs to this second generation. MATISSE objective is the image reconstruction. It will extend the astrophysical potential of the VLTI by overcoming the ambiguities existing in the interpretation of simple visibility measurements. It is a spectro-interferometer combining up to four beams with a large spectral coverage ranging from 3 to 25 μm (L, M, N and Q bands). Different spectral resolutions (between 30 and 1500) are foreseen. MATISSE will measure closure phase relations thus offering an efficient capability for image reconstruction. The concept of MATISSE is presented in this paper. The recombination mode of MATISSE is similar to the AMBER beam combination, but has been adapted to the constraints specific to the mid-infrared domain.

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S. Lagarde, B. Lopez, P. Antonelli, U. Beckman, J. Behrend, Y. Bresson, O. Chesneau, M. Dugué, A. Glazenborg, U. Graser, K. H. Hofmann, W. Jaffe, Ch. Leinert, F. Millour, J. L. Menut, R. G. Petrov, T. Ratzka, G. Weigelt, S. Wolf, P. Abraham, C. Connot, T. Henning, M. Heininger, Y. Hugues, S. Kraus, W. Laun, A. Matter, U. Neumann, E. Nussbaum, A. Niedzielski, L. Mosoni, S. Robbe-Dubois, A. Roussel, D. Schertl, F. Vakili, K. Wagner, and L.B.F.M. Waters "MATISSE: a four beams combiner in the mid-infrared for the VLTI", Proc. SPIE 6268, Advances in Stellar Interferometry, 62683M (28 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671690

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