EAGLE: an MOAO fed multi-IFU working in the NIR on the E-ELT

Jean-Gabriel Cuby; Simon Morris; Philip Parr-Burman; Matthew Lehnert; Chris Evans; Thierry Fusco; Pascal Jagourel; David Le Mignant; Richard Myers; Gérard Rousset; Hermine Schnetler; Jean-Philippe Amans; Francois Assemat; Stephen Beard; Mathieu Cohen; Nigel Dipper; Marc Ferrari; Eric Gendron; Jean-Luc Gimenez; Peter Hastings; Zoltan Hubert; Emmanuel Hugot; Philippe Laporte; Brice Leroux; Fabrice Madec; Helen McGregor; Tim Morris; Benoit Neichel; Mathieu Puech; Clelia Robert; Stephen Rolt; Mark Swinbank; Gordon Talbot; William Taylor; Francois Vidal; Sébastien Vivès; Pascal Vola; Martyn Wells

doi:10.1117/12.829213

17 September 2009 EAGLE: an MOAO fed multi-IFU working in the NIR on the E-ELT

Jean-Gabriel Cuby, Simon Morris, Philip Parr-Burman, Matthew Lehnert, Chris Evans, Thierry Fusco, Pascal Jagourel, David Le Mignant, Richard Myers, Gérard Rousset, Hermine Schnetler, Jean-Philippe Amans, Francois Assemat, Stephen Beard, Mathieu Cohen, Nigel Dipper, Marc Ferrari, Eric Gendron, Jean-Luc Gimenez, Peter Hastings, Zoltan Hubert, Emmanuel Hugot, Philippe Laporte, Brice Leroux, Fabrice Madec, Helen McGregor, Tim Morris, Benoit Neichel, Mathieu Puech, Clelia Robert, Stephen Rolt, Mark Swinbank, Gordon Talbot, William Taylor, Francois Vidal, Sébastien Vivès, Pascal Vola, Martyn Wells

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Proceedings Volume 7439, Astronomical and Space Optical Systems; 74390J (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.829213
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2009, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

EAGLE is an instrument for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). EAGLE will be installed at the Gravity Invariant Focal Station of the E-ELT, covering a field of view of 50 square arcminutes. Its main scientific drivers are the physics and evolution of high-redshift galaxies, the detection and characterization of first-light objects and the physics of galaxy evolution from stellar archaeology. These key science programs, generic to all ELT projects and highly complementary to JWST, require 3D spectroscopy on a limited (~20) number of targets, full near IR coverage up to 2.4 micron and an image quality significantly sharper than the atmospheric seeing. The EAGLE design achieves these requirements with innovative, yet simple, solutions and technologies already available or under the final stages of development. EAGLE relies on Multi-Object Adaptive Optics (MOAO) which is being demonstrated in the laboratory and on sky. This paper provides a summary of the phase A study instrument design.

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Jean-Gabriel Cuby, Simon Morris, Philip Parr-Burman, Matthew Lehnert, Chris Evans, Thierry Fusco, Pascal Jagourel, David Le Mignant, Richard Myers, Gérard Rousset, Hermine Schnetler, Jean-Philippe Amans, Francois Assemat, Stephen Beard, Mathieu Cohen, Nigel Dipper, Marc Ferrari, Eric Gendron, Jean-Luc Gimenez, Peter Hastings, Zoltan Hubert, Emmanuel Hugot, Philippe Laporte, Brice Leroux, Fabrice Madec, Helen McGregor, Tim Morris, Benoit Neichel, Mathieu Puech, Clelia Robert, Stephen Rolt, Mark Swinbank, Gordon Talbot, William Taylor, Francois Vidal, Sébastien Vivès, Pascal Vola, and Martyn Wells "EAGLE: an MOAO fed multi-IFU working in the NIR on the E-ELT", Proc. SPIE 7439, Astronomical and Space Optical Systems, 74390J (17 September 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.829213

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