MANIFEST instrument concept and related technologies

Michael Goodwin; Jurek Brzeski; Scott Case; Matthew Colless; Tony Farrell; Luke Gers; James Gilbert; Jeroen Heijmans; Andrew Hopkins; Jon Lawrence; Stan Miziarski; Guy Monnet; Rolf Muller; Will Saunders; Greg Smith; Julia Tims; Lewis Waller

doi:10.1117/12.925125

24 September 2012 MANIFEST instrument concept and related technologies

Michael Goodwin, Jurek Brzeski, Scott Case, Matthew Colless, Tony Farrell, Luke Gers, James Gilbert, Jeroen Heijmans, Andrew Hopkins, Jon Lawrence, Stan Miziarski, Guy Monnet, Rolf Muller, Will Saunders, Greg Smith, Julia Tims, Lewis Waller

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Proceedings Volume 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV; 84467I (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925125
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

The Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) has recently completed a feasibility study for a fiber-positioner facility proposed for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), called MANIFEST (the Many Instrument Fiber System). The MANIFEST instrument takes full advantage of the wide-field focal plane to efficiently feed other instruments. About 2000 individually deployable fiber units are envisaged, with a wide variety of aperture types (single-aperture, image- or pupil-slicing, IFU). MANIFEST allows (a) full use of the GMT's 20' field-of-view, (b) a multiplexed IFU capability, (c) greatly increased spectral resolution via image-slicing, (d) the possibility of OH-suppression in the near-infrared.

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Michael Goodwin, Jurek Brzeski, Scott Case, Matthew Colless, Tony Farrell, Luke Gers, James Gilbert, Jeroen Heijmans, Andrew Hopkins, Jon Lawrence, Stan Miziarski, Guy Monnet, Rolf Muller, Will Saunders, Greg Smith, Julia Tims, and Lewis Waller "MANIFEST instrument concept and related technologies", Proc. SPIE 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV, 84467I (24 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925125

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