A Million Element Integral Field Unit (MEIFU)
Scientific Drivers for ESO Future VLT/VLTI Instrumentation Springer (2003)
Abstract:
We describe an instrument concept that will provide simultaneous spectra for a million spatial samples on the sky. With the proposed field of view and spectral resolution, it will be able to measure redshifts and line strengths for around 2-4000 z~3-7 galaxies in a 16 night campaign. The main science driver is to obtain a complete census of the star formation properties of galaxies with 2.5The Stellar Content of the Bulge of M31**Based on observations with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., for NASA under contract NAS 5-26555.
The Astronomical Journal American Astronomical Society 125:5 (2003) 2473-2493
Gemini-North Multiobject Spectrograph Stability Performance
Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics 4841 (2003) 1189-1200
Gemini-north multiobject spectrograph integration, test, and commissioning
Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics 4841 (2003) 1645-1656
Gemini-north multiobject spectrograph: integral field unit
Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics 4841 (2003) 1750-1759