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| Paper: |
MEGARA, the Next Generation Optical MOS and IFU for GTC |
| Volume: |
507, Multi-Object Spectroscopy in the Next Decade: Big Questions, Large Surveys, and Wide Fields |
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103 |
| Authors: |
Gil de Paz, A.; Gallego, J.; Carrasco, E.; Iglesias, J.; Sánchez, F.; Vílchez, J.; García Vargas, M.; Andrés, P.; Arrillaga, X.; Avilés, J.; Bonache, J.; Carrera, M.; Castillo, A.; Castillo, E.; Cedazo, R.; Dormido, J.; Eliche Moral, C.; Esteban, S.; Ferrusca, D.; González, E.; Lefort, B.; López, J.; Maldonado, M.; Marino, R.; Martínez, I.; Morales, I.; Mujica, E.; Páez, G.; Pascual, S.; Pérez, A.; Sánchez, A.; Sánchez, E.; Tolloch, S.; Velázquez, M.; Zamorano, J.; Aguerri, A.; Barrado, D.; Bertone, E.; Cardiel, N.; Cava, A.; Cenarro, A.; Chávez, M.; García, M.; González Delgado, R.; Guichard, J.; Guzmán, R.; Herrero, A.; Huélamo, N.; Hughes, D.; Jiménez, J.; Kehrig, C.; Márquez, I.; Masegosa, J.; Mayya, D.; Méndez Abreu, J.; Mollá, M.; Muñoz Tuñón, C.; Peimbert, M.; Pérez González, P.; Pérez Montero, E.; Rodríguez, M.; Rodríguez Espinosa, J.M.; Rodríguez, L.; Rosa, D.; Sánchez Almeida, J.; Sánchez Contreras, C.; Sánchez Blázquez, P.; Sánchez, S.F.; Sarajedini, A.; Silich, S.; Simón Díaz, S.; Tenorio Tagle, G.; Terlevich, E.; Terlevich, R.; Torres-Peimbert, S.; Trujillo, I.; Tsamis, Y.; Vega, O.; Villar, V. |
| Abstract: |
MEGARA (Multi-Espectrógrafo en GTC de Alta Resolución
para Astronomía) is the new optical spectrograph for the
10.4 m Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC). Once installed at GTC by the
end of 2016, MEGARA will provide both Integral Field Unit and
Multi-Object Spectroscopy capabilities covering a field-of-view of
12.5×11.3 arcsec2 and 3.5×3.5 arcmin2,
respectively. The MEGARA spectrograph will yield spectral
resolutions in the range R=6,000-18,700 across the entire optical
window with superb image quality and throughput, thanks to the use
of state-of-the-art optical fibers, pupil elements (VPHs) and CCD
detector. In this contribution we provide a brief description of the
status of the instrument construction and of the science that our
Science Team is aiming to pursue with MEGARA, with special emphasis
on potential synergies with the future Multi-Object Spectrograph for
the William Herschel Telescope (WHT), WEAVE. |
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