The second-generation VLT instrument MUSE: science drivers and instrument design

Roland Bacon; Svend-Marian Bauer; Richard Bower; Sylvie Cabrit; Michele Cappellari; Marcella Carollo; Francoise Combes; Roger L. Davies; Bernard Delabre; Hans Dekker; Julien Devriendt; Slimane Djidel; Michel Duchateau; Jean-Pierre Dubois; Eric Emsellem; Pierre Ferruit; Marijn Franx; Gerard F. Gilmore; Bruno Guiderdoni; Francois Henault; Norbert Hubin; Bruno Jungwiert; Andreas Kelz; Miska Le Louarn; Ian J. Lewis; Jean-Louis Lizon; Richard McDermid; Simon L. Morris; Uwe Laux; Olivier Le Fèvre; Blandine Lantz; Simon Lilly; James Lynn; Luca Pasquini; Arlette Pecontal; Patrick Pinet; Dan Popovic; Andreas Quirrenbach; Roland Reiss; Martin M. Roth; Matthias Steinmetz; Remko Stuik; Luc Wisotzki; P. Tim de Zeeuw

doi:10.1117/12.549009

30 September 2004 The second-generation VLT instrument MUSE: science drivers and instrument design

Roland Bacon, Svend-Marian Bauer, Richard Bower, Sylvie Cabrit, Michele Cappellari, Marcella Carollo, Francoise Combes, Roger L. Davies, Bernard Delabre, Hans Dekker, Julien Devriendt, Slimane Djidel, Michel Duchateau, Jean-Pierre Dubois, Eric Emsellem, Pierre Ferruit, Marijn Franx, Gerard F. Gilmore, Bruno Guiderdoni, Francois Henault, Norbert Hubin, Bruno Jungwiert, Andreas Kelz, Miska Le Louarn, Ian J. Lewis, Jean-Louis Lizon, Richard McDermid, Simon L. Morris, Uwe Laux, Olivier Le Fèvre, Blandine Lantz, Simon Lilly, James Lynn, Luca Pasquini, Arlette Pecontal, Patrick Pinet, Dan Popovic, Andreas Quirrenbach, Roland Reiss, Martin M. Roth, Matthias Steinmetz, Remko Stuik, Luc Wisotzki, P. Tim de Zeeuw

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Proceedings Volume 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.549009
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

The Multi Unit spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is a second generation VLT panoramic integral-field spectrograph operating in the visible wavelength range. MUSE has a field of 1 x 1 arcmin² sampled at 0.2x0.2 arcsec² and is assisted by a ground layer adaptive optics system using four laser guide stars. The simultaneous spectral range is 0.465-0.93 μm, at a resolution of R~3000. MUSE couples the discovery potential of a large imaging device to the measuring capabilities of a high-quality spectrograph, while taking advantage of the increased spatial resolution provided by adaptive optics. This makes MUSE a unique and tremendously powerful instrument for discovering and characterizing objects that lie beyond the reach of even the deepest imaging surveys. MUSE has also a high spatial resolution mode with 7.5 x 7.5 arcse² field of view sampled at 25 milli-arcsec. In this mode MUSE should be able to get diffraction limited data-cube in the 0.6-1 μm wavelength range. Although MUSE design has been optimized for the study of galaxy formation and evolution, it has a wide range of possible applications; e.g. monitoring of outer planets atmosphere, young stellar objects environment, supermassive black holes and active nuclei in nearby galaxies or massive spectroscopic survey of stellar fields.

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Roland Bacon, Svend-Marian Bauer, Richard Bower, Sylvie Cabrit, Michele Cappellari, Marcella Carollo, Francoise Combes, Roger L. Davies, Bernard Delabre, Hans Dekker, Julien Devriendt, Slimane Djidel, Michel Duchateau, Jean-Pierre Dubois, Eric Emsellem, Pierre Ferruit, Marijn Franx, Gerard F. Gilmore, Bruno Guiderdoni, Francois Henault, Norbert Hubin, Bruno Jungwiert, Andreas Kelz, Miska Le Louarn, Ian J. Lewis, Jean-Louis Lizon, Richard McDermid, Simon L. Morris, Uwe Laux, Olivier Le Fèvre, Blandine Lantz, Simon Lilly, James Lynn, Luca Pasquini, Arlette Pecontal, Patrick Pinet, Dan Popovic, Andreas Quirrenbach, Roland Reiss, Martin M. Roth, Matthias Steinmetz, Remko Stuik, Luc Wisotzki, and P. Tim de Zeeuw "The second-generation VLT instrument MUSE: science drivers and instrument design", Proc. SPIE 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy, (30 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.549009

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