HIRES, the high-resolution spectrograph for the ELT

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Title: HIRES, the high-resolution spectrograph for the ELT
Authors: Marconi, Alessandro, Abreu, Manuel, Adibekyan, Vardan, Aliverti, Matteo, Prieto, Carlos Allende, Amado, Pedro J., Amate, Manuel, Artigau, Etienne, Augusto, Sergio R., Barros, Susana, Becerril, Santiago, Benneke, Bjorn, Bergin, Edwin, Berio, Philippe, Bezawada, Naidu, Boisse, Isabelle, Bonfils, Xavier, Bouchy, Francois, Broeg, Christopher, Cabral, Alexandre, Calvo-Ortega, Rocio, Martins, Bruno Leonardo Canto, Chazelas, Bruno, Chiavassa, Andrea, Christensen, Lise B., Cirami, Roberto, Coretti, Igor, Cristiani, Stefano, Parro, Vanderlei Cunha, Cupani, Guido, Leao, Izan de Castro, de Medeiros, Jose Renan, de Souza, Marco Antonio Furlan, Di Marcantonio, Paolo, Di Varano, Igor, D'Odorico, Valentina, Doyon, Rene, Drass, Holger, Figueira, Pedro, Fragoso, Ana Belen, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Gallo, Elena, Genoni, Matteo, Hernandez, Jonay I. Gonzalez, Haehnelt, Martin, Larrondo, Julie Hlavacek, Hughes, Ian, Huke, Philipp, Humphrey, Andrew, Kjeldsen, Hans, Korn, Andreas, Kouach, Driss, Landoni, Marco, Liske, Jochen, Lovis, Christophe, Lunney, David, Maiolino, Roberto, Malo, Lison, Marquart, Thomas, Martins, Carlos J. A. P., Mason, Elena, Monnier, John, Monteiro, Manuel A., Mordasini, Christoph, Morris, Tim, Murray, Graham J., Niedzielski, Andrzej, Nunes, Nelson, Oliva, Ernesto, Origlia, Livia, Palle, Enric, Pariani, Giorgio, Parr-Burman, Phil, Penate, Jose, Pepe, Francesco, Pinna, Enrico, Piskunov, Nikolai, Rasilla, Jose Luis, Rees, Phil, Rebolo, Rafael, Reiners, Ansgar, Riva, Marco, Rousseau, Sylvain, Sanna, Nicoletta, Santos, Nuno C., Sarajlic, Mirsad, Shen, Tzu-Chiang, Sortino, Francesca, Sosnowska, Danuta, Sousa, Sergio, Stempels, Eric, Strassmeier, Klaus G., Tenegi, Fabio, Tozzi, Andrea, Udry, Stephane, Valenziano, Luca, Vanzi, Leonardo, Weber, Michael, Woche, Manfred, Xompero, Marco, Zackrisson, Erik, Osorio, Maria Rosa Zapatero
Publication Year: 2020
Collection: Astrophysics
Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
More Details: HIRES will be the high-resolution spectrograph of the European Extremely Large Telescope at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. It consists of three fibre-fed spectrographs providing a wavelength coverage of 0.4-1.8 mic (goal 0.35-1.8 mic) at a spectral resolution of ~100,000. The fibre-feeding allows HIRES to have several, interchangeable observing modes including a SCAO module and a small diffraction-limited IFU in the NIR. Therefore, it will be able to operate both in seeing and diffraction-limited modes. ELT-HIRES has a wide range of science cases spanning nearly all areas of research in astrophysics and even fundamental physics. Some of the top science cases will be the detection of bio signatures from exoplanet atmospheres, finding the fingerprints of the first generation of stars (PopIII), tests on the stability of Nature's fundamental couplings, and the direct detection of the cosmic acceleration. The HIRES consortium is composed of more than 30 institutes from 14 countries, forming a team of more than 200 scientists and engineers.
Comment: to appear in the ESO Messenger No.182, December 2020
Document Type: Working Paper
DOI: 10.18727/0722-6691/5219
Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2011.12317
Accession Number: edsarx.2011.12317
Database: arXiv
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DOI:10.18727/0722-6691/5219