The second generation VLT instrument MUSE: Science drivers and instrument design
The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is a second generation VLT panoramic integral-field spectrograph operating in the visible wavelength range. MUSE has a field of 1x1 arcmin(2) sampled at 0.20.2 arcsec(2) and is assisted by a ground layer adaptive optics system using four laser guide stars...
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| author | Bacon, R Bauer, S Bower, R Cabrit, S Cappellari, M Carollo, M Combes, F Davies, R Delabre, B Dekker, H Devriendt, J Djidel, S Duchateau, M Dubois, J Emsellem, E Ferruit, P Franx, M Gilmore, G Guiderdoni, B Henault, F Hubin, N Jungwiert, B Kelz, A Le Louarn, M Lewis, I |
| author_facet | Bacon, R Bauer, S Bower, R Cabrit, S Cappellari, M Carollo, M Combes, F Davies, R Delabre, B Dekker, H Devriendt, J Djidel, S Duchateau, M Dubois, J Emsellem, E Ferruit, P Franx, M Gilmore, G Guiderdoni, B Henault, F Hubin, N Jungwiert, B Kelz, A Le Louarn, M Lewis, I |
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| description | The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is a second generation VLT panoramic integral-field spectrograph operating in the visible wavelength range. MUSE has a field of 1x1 arcmin(2) sampled at 0.20.2 arcsec(2) and is assisted by a ground layer adaptive optics system using four laser guide stars. The simultaneous spectral range is 0.465-0.93 mum, at a resolution of Rsimilar to3000. MUSE couples the discovery potential of a large imaging device to the measuring capabilities of a high-quality spectrograph, while taking advantage of the increased spatial resolution provided by adaptive optics. This makes MUSE a unique and tremendously powerful instrument for discovering and characterizing objects that lie beyond the reach of even the deepest imaging surveys. MUSE has also a high spatial resolution mode with 7.5x7.5 arcsec(2) field of view sampled at 25 milli-arcsec. In this mode MUSE should be able to get diffraction limited data-cube in the 0.6-1 mum wavelength range. Although MUSE design has been optimized for the study of galaxy formation and evolution, it has a wide range of possible applications; e.g. monitoring of outer planets atmosphere, young stellar objects environment, supermassive black holes and active nuclei in nearby galaxies or massive spectroscopic survey of stellar fields. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:5132318c-db4a-4fc2-b586-1893a47ca42b2022-03-26T16:18:07ZThe second generation VLT instrument MUSE: Science drivers and instrument designConference itemhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794uuid:5132318c-db4a-4fc2-b586-1893a47ca42bSymplectic Elements at Oxford2004Bacon, RBauer, SBower, RCabrit, SCappellari, MCarollo, MCombes, FDavies, RDelabre, BDekker, HDevriendt, JDjidel, SDuchateau, MDubois, JEmsellem, EFerruit, PFranx, MGilmore, GGuiderdoni, BHenault, FHubin, NJungwiert, BKelz, ALe Louarn, MLewis, IThe Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is a second generation VLT panoramic integral-field spectrograph operating in the visible wavelength range. MUSE has a field of 1x1 arcmin(2) sampled at 0.20.2 arcsec(2) and is assisted by a ground layer adaptive optics system using four laser guide stars. The simultaneous spectral range is 0.465-0.93 mum, at a resolution of Rsimilar to3000. MUSE couples the discovery potential of a large imaging device to the measuring capabilities of a high-quality spectrograph, while taking advantage of the increased spatial resolution provided by adaptive optics. This makes MUSE a unique and tremendously powerful instrument for discovering and characterizing objects that lie beyond the reach of even the deepest imaging surveys. MUSE has also a high spatial resolution mode with 7.5x7.5 arcsec(2) field of view sampled at 25 milli-arcsec. In this mode MUSE should be able to get diffraction limited data-cube in the 0.6-1 mum wavelength range. Although MUSE design has been optimized for the study of galaxy formation and evolution, it has a wide range of possible applications; e.g. monitoring of outer planets atmosphere, young stellar objects environment, supermassive black holes and active nuclei in nearby galaxies or massive spectroscopic survey of stellar fields. |
| spellingShingle | Bacon, R Bauer, S Bower, R Cabrit, S Cappellari, M Carollo, M Combes, F Davies, R Delabre, B Dekker, H Devriendt, J Djidel, S Duchateau, M Dubois, J Emsellem, E Ferruit, P Franx, M Gilmore, G Guiderdoni, B Henault, F Hubin, N Jungwiert, B Kelz, A Le Louarn, M Lewis, I The second generation VLT instrument MUSE: Science drivers and instrument design |
| title | The second generation VLT instrument MUSE: Science drivers and instrument design |
| title_full | The second generation VLT instrument MUSE: Science drivers and instrument design |
| title_fullStr | The second generation VLT instrument MUSE: Science drivers and instrument design |
| title_full_unstemmed | The second generation VLT instrument MUSE: Science drivers and instrument design |
| title_short | The second generation VLT instrument MUSE: Science drivers and instrument design |
| title_sort | second generation vlt instrument muse science drivers and instrument design |
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