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The Oxford SWIFT integral field spectrograph - art. no. 62693L

P SOC PHOTO-OPT INS 6269 (2006) L2693-L2693

Authors:

N Thatte, M Tecza, F Clarke, T Goodsall, J Lynn, D Freeman, RL Davies

Abstract:

We present the design of the Oxford SWIFT integral field spectrograph, a dedicated I and z band instrument (0.65 mu m - 1.0 mu m at R similar to 4000), designed to be used in conjunction with the Palomar laser guide star adaptive optics system (PALAO, and its planned upgrade PALM-3000). It builds on two recent developments (i) the improved ability of second generation adaptive optics systems to correct for atmospheric turbulence at wavelengths <= 1 mu m, and (ii) the availability of CCD array detectors with high quantum efficiency at very red wavelengths (close to the silicon band edge). Combining these with a state-of-the-art integral field unit design using an all-glass image slicer, SWIFT's design provides very high throughput and low scattered light.SWIFT simultaneously provides spectra of similar to 4000 spatial elements, arranged in a rectangular field-of-view of 44 x 89 pixels. It has three on-the-fly selectable pixel scales of 0."24, 0."16 and 0."08. First light is expected in spring 2008.
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The SAURON project -: IV.: The mass-to-light ratio, the virial mass estimator and the Fundamental Plane of elliptical and lenticular galaxies

MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 366:4 (2006) 1126-1150

Authors:

M Cappellari, R Bacon, M Bureau, MC Damen, RL Davies, PT de Zeeuw, E Emsellem, J Falcón-Barroso, D Krajnovic, H Kuntschner, RM McDermid, RF Peletier, M Sarzi, RCE van den Bosch, G van de Ven
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The SCUBA half-degree extragalactic survey -: II.: Submillimetre maps, catalogue and number counts

MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 372:4 (2006) 1621-1652

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K Coppin, EL Chapin, AMJ Mortier, SE Scott, C Borys, JS Dunlop, M Halpern, DH Hughes, A Pope, D Scott, S Serjeant, J Wagg, DM Alexander, O Almaini, I Aretxaga, T Babbedge, PN Best, A Blain, S Chapman, DL Clements, M Crawford, L Dunne, SA Eales, AC Edge, D Farrah, E Gaztanaga, WK Gear, GL Granato, TR Greve, M Fox, RJ Ivison, MJ Jarvis, T Jenness, C Lacey, K Lepage, RG Mann, G Marsden, A Martinez-Sansigre, S Oliver, MJ Page, JA Peacock, CP Pearson, WJ Percival, RS Priddey, S Rawlings, M Rowan-Robinson, RS Savage, M Seigar, K Sekiguchi, L Silva, C Simpson, I Smail, JA Stevens, T Takagi, M Vaccari, E van Kampen, CJ Willott
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The black hole in NGC 3379:: a comparison of gas and stellar dynamical mass measurements with HST and integral-field data

MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 370:2 (2006) 559-579

Authors:

Kristen L Shapiro, Michele Cappellari, Tim de Zeeuw, Richard M McDermid, Karl Gebhardt, Remco CE van den Bosch, Thomas S Statler
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The fundamental plane in RX J0142.0+2131:: A galaxy cluster merger at z=0.28

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 649:1 (2006) L1-L4

Authors:

Jordi Barr, Inger Jorgensen, Kristin Chiboucas, Roger Davies, Marcel Bergmann
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