ELT-HIRES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: results from the Phase A study

A. Marconi; C. Allende Prieto; P. J. Amado; M. Amate; S. R. Augusto; S. Becerril; N. Bezawada; I. Boisse; F. Bouchy; A. Cabral; B. Chazelas; R. Cirami; I. Coretti; S. Cristiani; G. Cupani; I. de Castro Leão; J. R. de Medeiros; M. A. F. de Souza; P. Di Marcantonio; I. Di Varano; V. D'Odorico; H. Drass; P. Figueira; A. B. Fragoso; J. P. U. Fynbo; M. Genoni; J. I. González Hernández; M. Haehnelt; I. Hughes; P. Huke; H. Kjeldsen; A. J. Korn; M. Landoni; J. Liske; C. Lovis; R. Maiolino; T. Marquart; C. J. A. P. Martins; E. Mason; M. A. Monteiro; T. Morris; G. Murray; A. Niedzielski; E. Oliva; L. Origlia; E. Pallé; P. Parr-Burman; V. C. Parro; F. Pepe; N. Piskunov; J. L. Rasilla; P. Rees; R. Rebolo; M. Riva; S. Rousseau; N. Sanna; N. C. Santos; T.-C. Shen; F. Sortino; D. Sosnowska; S. Sousa; E. Stempels; K. Strassmeier; F. Tenegi; A. Tozzi; S. Udry; L. Valenziano; L. Vanzi; M. Weber; M. Woche; M. Xompero; E. Zackrisson

doi:10.1117/12.2311664

6 July 2018 ELT-HIRES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: results from the Phase A study

A. Marconi, C. Allende Prieto, P. J. Amado, M. Amate, S. R. Augusto, S. Becerril, N. Bezawada, I. Boisse, F. Bouchy, A. Cabral, B. Chazelas, R. Cirami, I. Coretti, S. Cristiani, G. Cupani, I. de Castro Leão, J. R. de Medeiros, M. A. F. de Souza, P. Di Marcantonio, I. Di Varano, V. D'Odorico, H. Drass, P. Figueira, A. B. Fragoso, J. P. U. Fynbo, M. Genoni, J. I. González Hernández, M. Haehnelt, I. Hughes, P. Huke, H. Kjeldsen, A. J. Korn, M. Landoni, J. Liske, C. Lovis, R. Maiolino , T. Marquart, C. J. A. P. Martins, E. Mason, M. A. Monteiro, T. Morris, G. Murray, A. Niedzielski, E. Oliva, L. Origlia, E. Pallé, P. Parr-Burman, V. C. Parro, F. Pepe, N. Piskunov, J. L. Rasilla, P. Rees, R. Rebolo, M. Riva, S. Rousseau, N. Sanna, N. C. Santos, T.-C. Shen, F. Sortino, D. Sosnowska, S. Sousa, E. Stempels, K. Strassmeier, F. Tenegi, A. Tozzi, S. Udry, L. Valenziano, L. Vanzi, M. Weber, M. Woche, M. Xompero, E. Zackrisson

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Proceedings Volume 10702, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII; 107021Y (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311664
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

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We present the results from the phase A study of ELT-HIRES, an optical-infrared High Resolution Spectrograph for ELT, which has just been completed by a consortium of 30 institutes from 12 countries forming a team of about 200 scientists and engineers. The top science cases of ELT-HIRES will be the detection of life signatures from exoplanet atmospheres, tests on the stability of Nature’s fundamental couplings, the direct detection of the cosmic acceleration. However, the science requirements of these science cases enable many other groundbreaking science cases. The baseline design, which allows to fulfil the top science cases, consists in a modular fiber- fed cross-dispersed echelle spectrograph with two ultra-stable spectral arms providing a simultaneous spectral range of 0.4-1.8 μm at a spectral resolution of ~100,000. The fiber-feeding allows ELT-HIRES to have several, interchangeable observing modes including a SCAO module and a small diffraction-limited IFU.

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A. Marconi, C. Allende Prieto, P. J. Amado, M. Amate, S. R. Augusto, S. Becerril, N. Bezawada, I. Boisse, F. Bouchy, A. Cabral, B. Chazelas, R. Cirami, I. Coretti, S. Cristiani, G. Cupani, I. de Castro Leão, J. R. de Medeiros, M. A. F. de Souza, P. Di Marcantonio, I. Di Varano, V. D'Odorico, H. Drass, P. Figueira, A. B. Fragoso, J. P. U. Fynbo, M. Genoni, J. I. González Hernández, M. Haehnelt, I. Hughes, P. Huke, H. Kjeldsen, A. J. Korn, M. Landoni, J. Liske, C. Lovis, R. Maiolino , T. Marquart, C. J. A. P. Martins, E. Mason, M. A. Monteiro, T. Morris, G. Murray, A. Niedzielski, E. Oliva, L. Origlia, E. Pallé, P. Parr-Burman, V. C. Parro, F. Pepe, N. Piskunov, J. L. Rasilla, P. Rees, R. Rebolo, M. Riva, S. Rousseau, N. Sanna, N. C. Santos, T.-C. Shen, F. Sortino, D. Sosnowska, S. Sousa, E. Stempels, K. Strassmeier, F. Tenegi, A. Tozzi, S. Udry, L. Valenziano, L. Vanzi, M. Weber, M. Woche, M. Xompero, and E. Zackrisson "ELT-HIRES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: results from the Phase A study", Proc. SPIE 10702, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII, 107021Y (6 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311664

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