KMOS: A multi-object deployable-IFU spectrometer for the ESO VLT
NEW ASTRON REV 50:4-5 (2006) 370-373
Abstract:
We describe the design of a 2nd generation instrument for the ESO VLT which uses 24 cryogenic pickoff arms linked to diamond-machined image slicing integral field units to deliver a unique multiple deployable integral field capability in the near-infrared (1-2.5 mu m). The science requirements for the instrument are presented and linked to the functional specification. The baseline instrument concept is described with emphasis on technological innovations. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.The Monitor project: Rotation of low-mass stars in the open cluster M34
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The central kinematics of NGC 1399 measured with 14 pc resolution
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 367 (2006) 2-18
Monitor: Transiting planets and brown dwarfs in star forming regions and young open clusters
Astronomische Nachrichten 327:1 (2006) 9-13
Abstract:
The Monitor project** is a large scale photometric monitoring survey of ten star forming regions and open clusters aged between 1 and 200 Myr using wide-field optical cameras on 2-4 m telescopes worldwide. The primary goal of the project is to search for close-in planets and brown dwarfs at young ages through the detection of transit events. Such detections would provide unprecedented constraints on planet formation and migration time-scales, as well as on evolutionary models of planets and brown dwarfs in an age range where such constraints are very scarce. Additional science goals include rotation period measurements and the analysis of flares and accretion-related variability. © 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.Climate Change: A Catastrophe in Slow Motion
Chicago Journal of International Law 6:2 (2006) 6