The MANIFEST pre-concept design

J. Lawrence; S. Ben-Ami; A. Braulio; M. Colless; A. Contos; D. DePoy; D. Faes; P. Gillingham; M. Goodwin; E. Houston; K. Kuehn; C. Lacombe; N. Lorente; S. Mali; J. Marshall; H. McGregor; R. Millan-Gabet; V. Nichani; V. Neves Hartmann; E. O'Brien; C. Mendes de Oliveira; H. Ortolan; P. Pires; R. Ribeiro; W. Saunders; L. Schmidt; A. Souza; A. Szentgyorgyi; L. Waller; T. Zafar; J. Zheng

doi:10.1117/12.2563238

The MANIFEST pre-concept design

J. Lawrence^*
, S. Ben-Ami
, A. Braulio
, M. Colless
, A. Contos
, D. DePoy
, D. Faes
, P. Gillingham
, M. Goodwin
, E. Houston
, K. Kuehn
, C. Lacombe
, N. Lorente
, S. Mali
, J. Marshall
, H. McGregor
, R. Millan-Gabet
, V. Nichani
, V. Neves Hartmann
, E. O'Brien

C. Mendes de Oliveira, H. Ortolan, P. Pires, R. Ribeiro, W. Saunders, L. Schmidt, A. Souza, A. Szentgyorgyi, L. Waller, T. Zafar, J. Zheng

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

MANIFEST is a multi-object fibre positioner for the Giant Magellan Telescope that uses 'Starbug' robots to accurately position fibre units across the telescope's focal plane. MANIFEST, when coupled to the telescope's planned seeing-limited instruments, GMACS and GCLEF, offers access to: larger fields of view; higher multiplex gains; versatile focal plane reformatting of the focal plane via multiple integral-field-units; increased spectral resolution using image-slicers; the capability for simultaneous observations with multiple instruments; the possibility of a gravity-invariant spectrograph mounting; the potential for OH suppression via fiber systems in the near-infrared; and the versatility of adding new instruments in the future. We have now completed the pre-concept phase for MANIFEST. This phase has focused on developing the science case and requirements, further developing high risk aspects of the instrument design, designing the opto-mechanical interfaces to the GMACS and GCLEF instruments, and detailing the interfaces to the GMT.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII
Editors	Christopher J. Evans, Julia J. Bryant, Kentaro Motohara
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510636811
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563238
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII 2020 - Virtual, Online, United States Duration: 14 Dec 2020 → 22 Dec 2020

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	11447
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Virtual, Online
Period	14/12/20 → 22/12/20

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Lawrence, J., Ben-Ami, S., Braulio, A., Colless, M., Contos, A., DePoy, D., Faes, D., Gillingham, P., Goodwin, M., Houston, E., Kuehn, K., Lacombe, C., Lorente, N., Mali, S., Marshall, J., McGregor, H., Millan-Gabet, R., Nichani, V., Hartmann, V. N., ... Zheng, J. (2020). The MANIFEST pre-concept design. In C. J. Evans, J. J. Bryant, & K. Motohara (Eds.), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII Article 1144728 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 11447). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563238

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Lawrence, J, Ben-Ami, S, Braulio, A, Colless, M, Contos, A, DePoy, D, Faes, D, Gillingham, P, Goodwin, M, Houston, E, Kuehn, K, Lacombe, C, Lorente, N, Mali, S, Marshall, J, McGregor, H, Millan-Gabet, R, Nichani, V, Hartmann, VN, O'Brien, E, de Oliveira, CM, Ortolan, H, Pires, P, Ribeiro, R, Saunders, W, Schmidt, L, Souza, A, Szentgyorgyi, A, Waller, L, Zafar, T & Zheng, J 2020, The MANIFEST pre-concept design. in CJ Evans, JJ Bryant & K Motohara (eds), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII., 1144728, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 11447, SPIE, Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII 2020, Virtual, Online, United States, 14/12/20. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563238

The MANIFEST pre-concept design. / Lawrence, J.; Ben-Ami, S.; Braulio, A. et al.
Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII. ed. / Christopher J. Evans; Julia J. Bryant; Kentaro Motohara. SPIE, 2020. 1144728 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 11447).

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