GMTIFS: The Giant Magellan Telescope integral fields spectrograph and imager

Rob Sharp; G. Bloxham; R. Boz; D. Bundy; J. Davies; B. Espeland; B. Fordham; J. Hart; N. Herrald; J. Nielsen; A. Vaccarella; C. Vest; P. Young; P. McGregor

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GMTIFS: The Giant Magellan Telescope integral fields spectrograph and imager

Rob Sharp, G. Bloxham, R. Boz, D. Bundy, J. Davies, B. Espeland, B. Fordham, J. Hart, N. Herrald, J. Nielsen, A. Vaccarella, C. Vest, P. Young, P. McGregor

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GMTIFS is the first-generation adaptive optics integral-field spectrograph for the GMT, having been selected through a competitive review process in 2011. The GMTIFS concept is for a workhorse single-object integral-field spectrograph, operating at intermediate resolution (R∼5,000 and 10,000) with a parallel imaging channel. The IFS offers variable spaxel scales to Nyquist sample the diffraction limited GMT PSF from λ ∼ 1-2.5 μm as well as a 50 mas scale to provide high sensitivity for low surface brightness objects. The GMTIFS will operate with all AO modes of the GMT (Natural guide star - NGSAO, Laser Tomography - LTAO, and, Ground Layer - GLAO) with an emphasis on achieving high sky coverage for LTAO observations. We summarize the principle science drivers for GMTIFS and the major design concepts that allow these goals to be achieved.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
Editors	Luc Simard, Christopher J. Evans, Hideki Takami
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510601956
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231561
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 26 Jun 2016 → 30 Jun 2016

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9908
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	26/06/16 → 30/06/16

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Sharp, R., Bloxham, G., Boz, R., Bundy, D., Davies, J., Espeland, B., Fordham, B., Hart, J., Herrald, N., Nielsen, J., Vaccarella, A., Vest, C., Young, P., & McGregor, P. (2016). GMTIFS: The Giant Magellan Telescope integral fields spectrograph and imager. In L. Simard, C. J. Evans, & H. Takami (Eds.), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI Article 99081Y (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9908). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231561

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Sharp, R, Bloxham, G, Boz, R, Bundy, D, Davies, J, Espeland, B, Fordham, B, Hart, J, Herrald, N, Nielsen, J, Vaccarella, A, Vest, C, Young, P & McGregor, P 2016, GMTIFS: The Giant Magellan Telescope integral fields spectrograph and imager. in L Simard, CJ Evans & H Takami (eds), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI., 99081Y, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9908, SPIE, Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 26/06/16. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231561

GMTIFS: The Giant Magellan Telescope integral fields spectrograph and imager. / Sharp, Rob; Bloxham, G.; Boz, R. et al.
Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI. ed. / Luc Simard; Christopher J. Evans; Hideki Takami. SPIE, 2016. 99081Y (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9908).

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