The MUSE second-generation VLT instrument

R. Bacon; M. Accardo; L. Adjali; H. Anwand; S. Bauer; I. Biswas; J. Blaizot; D. Boudon; S. Brau-Nogue; J. Brinchmann; P. Caillier; L. Capoani; C. M. Carollo; T. Contini; P. Couderc; E. Daguisé; S. Deiries; B. Delabre; S. Dreizler; J. Dubois; M. Dupieux; C. Dupuy; E. Emsellem; T. Fechner; A. Fleischmann; M. François; G. Gallou; T. Gharsa; A. Glindemann; D. Gojak; B. Guiderdoni; G. Hansali; T. Hahn; A. Jarno; A. Kelz; C. Koehler; J. Kosmalski; F. Laurent; M. Le Floch; S. J. Lilly; J.-L. Lizon; M. Loupias; A. Manescau; C. Monstein; H. Nicklas; J.-C. Olaya; L. Pares; L. Pasquini; A. Pécontal-Rousset; R. Pelló; C. Petit; E. Popow; R. Reiss; A. Remillieux; E. Renault; M. Roth; G. Rupprecht; D. Serre; J. Schaye; G. Soucail; M. Steinmetz; O. Streicher; R. Stuik; H, Valentin; J. Vernet; P. Weilbacher; L. Wisotzki; N. Yerle

doi:10.1117/12.856027

14 July 2010 The MUSE second-generation VLT instrument

R. Bacon, M. Accardo, L. Adjali, H. Anwand, S. Bauer, I. Biswas, J. Blaizot, D. Boudon, S. Brau-Nogue, J. Brinchmann, P. Caillier, L. Capoani, C. M. Carollo, T. Contini, P. Couderc, E. Daguisé, S. Deiries, B. Delabre, S. Dreizler, J. Dubois, M. Dupieux, C. Dupuy, E. Emsellem, T. Fechner, A. Fleischmann, M. François, G. Gallou, T. Gharsa, A. Glindemann, D. Gojak, B. Guiderdoni, G. Hansali, T. Hahn, A. Jarno, A. Kelz, C. Koehler, J. Kosmalski, F. Laurent, M. Le Floch, S. J. Lilly, J.-L. Lizon, M. Loupias, A. Manescau, C. Monstein, H. Nicklas, J.-C. Olaya, L. Pares, L. Pasquini, A. Pécontal-Rousset, R. Pelló, C. Petit, E. Popow, R. Reiss, A. Remillieux, E. Renault, M. Roth, G. Rupprecht, D. Serre, J. Schaye, G. Soucail, M. Steinmetz, O. Streicher, R. Stuik, H, Valentin, J. Vernet, P. Weilbacher, L. Wisotzki, N. Yerle

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Proceedings Volume 7735, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III; 773508 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856027
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

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Summary: The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is a second-generation VLT panoramic integral-field spectrograph currently in manufacturing, assembly and integration phase. MUSE has a field of 1x1 arcmin² sampled at 0.2x0.2 arcsec² and is assisted by the VLT ground layer adaptive optics ESO facility using four laser guide stars. The instrument is a large assembly of 24 identical high performance integral field units, each one composed of an advanced image slicer, a spectrograph and a 4kx4k detector. In this paper we review the progress of the manufacturing and report the performance achieved with the first integral field unit.

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R. Bacon, M. Accardo, L. Adjali, H. Anwand, S. Bauer, I. Biswas, J. Blaizot, D. Boudon, S. Brau-Nogue, J. Brinchmann, P. Caillier, L. Capoani, C. M. Carollo, T. Contini, P. Couderc, E. Daguisé, S. Deiries, B. Delabre, S. Dreizler, J. Dubois, M. Dupieux, C. Dupuy, E. Emsellem, T. Fechner, A. Fleischmann, M. François, G. Gallou, T. Gharsa, A. Glindemann, D. Gojak, B. Guiderdoni, G. Hansali, T. Hahn, A. Jarno, A. Kelz, C. Koehler, J. Kosmalski, F. Laurent, M. Le Floch, S. J. Lilly, J.-L. Lizon, M. Loupias, A. Manescau, C. Monstein, H. Nicklas, J.-C. Olaya, L. Pares, L. Pasquini, A. Pécontal-Rousset, R. Pelló, C. Petit, E. Popow, R. Reiss, A. Remillieux, E. Renault, M. Roth, G. Rupprecht, D. Serre, J. Schaye, G. Soucail, M. Steinmetz, O. Streicher, R. Stuik, H, Valentin, J. Vernet, P. Weilbacher, L. Wisotzki, and N. Yerle "The MUSE second-generation VLT instrument", Proc. SPIE 7735, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III, 773508 (14 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856027

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