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MATISSE status report and science forecast

Authors :
S. Bonhomme
Marco Delbo
Andrea Richichi
J.-U. Pott
Martin Vannier
Paul Jolley
M. Heininger
Farrokh Vakili
Johana Panduro
Gero Rupprecht
S. Ottogalli
Jean-Philippe Berger
P. Antonelli
J. L. Lizon
A. Jaskó
William C. Danchi
Francoise Delplancke
Jan Kragt
G. Martinot-Lagarde
Eric Pantin
Lucas Labadie
Isabelle Percheron
Dieter Schertl
Felix Bettonvil
Udo Neumann
Frank Przygodda
M. Lehmitz
Th. Henning
Jean-Charles Augereau
Michiel R. Hogerheijde
Yves Bresson
E. Nussbaum
Uwe Graser
Gert Finger
Werner Laun
Gerd Weigelt
T. Lanz
Y. Fantei
F. Martinache
L. Thiam
A. Crida
Tibor Agócs
C. Connot
Niels Tromp
Florentin Millour
Leander Mehrgan
Karl-Heinz Hofmann
R. Brast
Eszter Pozna
Sebastien Morel
J. Hron
F. Rigal
Stephane Lagarde
Sebastian Wolf
Walter Jaffe
Philippe B. Gitton
Ramón Navarro
Ch. Leinert
A. Glazenborg
Carsten Dominik
M. Mellein
L. Mosoni
Gabby Kroes
Pierre Haguenauer
A. Gabasch
C. Bailet
Pierre Bourget
J. C. Gonzalez
Jean-Michel Clausse
M. de Haan
Andreas Glindemann
G. Csepany
Paul Bristow
Eddy Elswijk
G. T. van Belle
Y. Hughes
Ch. Lucuix
Romain Petrov
N. Mauclert
Ralf Palsa
V. Girault
Roy von Boekel
A. Marcotto
Markus Schöller
D. Ives
H. Hanenburg
Alexis Matter
Olivier Chesneau
J. L. Menut
M. Dugué
F. Guitton
Anthony Meilland
Lars Venema
Sylvie Robbe-Dubois
G. Avila
Frédéric Gonté
U. Beckman
Serge Menardi
Klaus Meisenheimer
Ph. Berio
Karl Wagner
Julien Woillez
Rainer Köhler
Serge Guniat
J. Behrend
R. ter Horst
T. Kroener
Gerd Jakob
P. Girard
T. Phan Duc
J. Stegmeier
Bruno Lopez
Source :
SPIE Proceedings.
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
SPIE, 2014.

Abstract

MATISSE is the mid-infrared spectrograph and imager for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at Paranal. This second generation interferometry instrument will open new avenues in the exploration of our Universe. Mid-infrared interferometry with MATISSE will allow significant advances in various fundamental research fields: studies of disks around young stellar objects where planets form and evolve, surface structures and mass loss of stars in late evolutionary stages, and the environments of black holes in active galactic nuclei. MATISSE is a unique instrument. As a first breakthrough it will enlarge the spectral domain used by optical interferometry by offering the L & M bands in addition to the N band, opening a wide wavelength domain, ranging from 2.8 to 13 μm on angular scales of 3 mas (L/M band) / 10 mas (N band). As a second breakthrough, it will allow mid-infrared imaging – closure-phase aperture-synthesis imaging – with up to four Unit Telescopes (UT) or Auxiliary Telescopes (AT) of the VLTI. MATISSE will offer various ranges of spectral resolution between R~30 to ~5000. In this article, we present some of the main science objectives that have driven the instrument design. We introduce the physical concept of MATISSE including a description of the signal on the detectors and an evaluation of the expected performance and discuss the project status. The operations concept will be detailed in a more specific future article, illustrating the observing templates operating the instrument, the data reduction and analysis, and the image reconstruction software.

Details

ISSN :
0277786X
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
SPIE Proceedings
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........119e5cd8fa83ca6bcf3a0bec7b6f47ab
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056419