DIVISION VIII: GALAXIES AND THE UNIVERSE
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Cambridge University Press (CUP) 4:T27A (2008) 283-285
SERVS: the Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey
Spitzer Proposal (2008) 60024-60024
Molecular gas and star formation in the red-sequence counter-rotating disc galaxy NGC 4550
(2008)
SWIFT de-magnifying image slicer: Diffraction limited image slicing at optical wavelengths
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 7018 (2008)
Abstract:
We present the manufacturing and first results from testing and characterising the SWIFT image slicer. The SWIFT image slicer design is based on the MPE-3D and SPIFFI image slicers. It uses plane mirrors to slice the input field but through a novel, de-magnifying design, using a mosaic of spherical lenses, it achieves a considerable de-magnification. Classical polishing techniques can be applied to manufacture both plane and spherical surfaces with very high surface accuracy and quality reducing aberrations and scattered light. The SWIFT image slicer was manufactured over a 18 months period and was delivered to Oxford in September 2007. The commissioning of the SWIFT instrument will take place in August/September 2008.Stellar Velocity Profiles and Line-Strengths out to Four Effective Radii in the Early-Type Galaxy NGC 3379
(2008)