Status of the KMOS multi-object near-infrared integral field spectrograph

Ray Sharples; Ralf Bender; Alex Agudo Berbel; Richard Bennett; Naidu Bezawada; Michele Cirasuolo; Paul Clark; George Davidson; Richard Davies; Roger Davies; Marc Dubbeldam; Alasdair Fairley; Gert Finger; Reinhard Genzel; Reinhold Haefner; Achim Hess; Ian Lewis; David Montgomery; John Murray; Bernard Muschielok; Natascha Förster-Schreiber; Jeff Pirard; Suzanne Ramsay; Phil Rees; Josef Richter; David Robertson; Ian Robson; Stephen Rolt; Roberto Saglia; Jörg Schlichter; Mathias Tecza; Stephen Todd; Michael Wegner; Erich Wiezorrek

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24 September 2012 Status of the KMOS multi-object near-infrared integral field spectrograph

Ray Sharples, Ralf Bender, Alex Agudo Berbel, Richard Bennett, Naidu Bezawada, Michele Cirasuolo, Paul Clark, George Davidson, Richard Davies, Roger Davies, Marc Dubbeldam, Alasdair Fairley, Gert Finger, Reinhard Genzel, Reinhold Haefner, Achim Hess, Ian Lewis, David Montgomery, John Murray, Bernard Muschielok, Natascha Förster-Schreiber, Jeff Pirard, Suzanne Ramsay, Phil Rees, Josef Richter, David Robertson, Ian Robson, Stephen Rolt, Roberto Saglia, Jörg Schlichter, Mathias Tecza, Stephen Todd, Michael Wegner, Erich Wiezorrek

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Proceedings Volume 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV; 84460K (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926021
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

KMOS is a multi-object near-infrared integral field spectrograph being built by a consortium of UK and German institutes. We report on the final integration and test phases of KMOS, and its performance verification, prior to commissioning on the ESO VLT later this year.

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Ray Sharples, Ralf Bender, Alex Agudo Berbel, Richard Bennett, Naidu Bezawada, Michele Cirasuolo, Paul Clark, George Davidson, Richard Davies, Roger Davies, Marc Dubbeldam, Alasdair Fairley, Gert Finger, Reinhard Genzel, Reinhold Haefner, Achim Hess, Ian Lewis, David Montgomery, John Murray, Bernard Muschielok, Natascha Förster-Schreiber, Jeff Pirard, Suzanne Ramsay, Phil Rees, Josef Richter, David Robertson, Ian Robson, Stephen Rolt, Roberto Saglia, Jörg Schlichter, Mathias Tecza, Stephen Todd, Michael Wegner, and Erich Wiezorrek "Status of the KMOS multi-object near-infrared integral field spectrograph", Proc. SPIE 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV, 84460K (24 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926021

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