LIINUS/SERPIL: a design study for interferometric imaging spectroscopy at the LBT

C. Gál; F. Müller-Sánchez; A. Krabbe; F. Eisenhauer; C. Iserlohe; M. Haug; T. M. Herbst

doi:10.1117/12.670220

29 June 2006 LIINUS/SERPIL: a design study for interferometric imaging spectroscopy at the LBT

C. Gál, F. Müller-Sánchez, A. Krabbe, F. Eisenhauer, C. Iserlohe, M. Haug, T. M. Herbst

Proceedings Volume 6269, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy; 62693O (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670220
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2006, Orlando, Florida , United States

Abstract

LIINUS/SERPIL is a design study to augment LBTs interferometric beam combiner camera LINC-NIRVANA with imaging spectroscopy. The FWHM of the interferometric main beam at 1.5 micron will be about 10 mas, offering unique imaging and spectroscopic capabilities well beyond the angular resolution of current 8-10m telescopes. At 10 mas angular scale, e.g., one resolution element at the distance of the Galactic Center corresponds to the average diameter of the Pluto orbit (79 AU), hence the size of the solar system. Taking advantage of the LBT interferometric beam with an equivalent maximum diameter of 23 m, LIINUS/SERPIL is an ideal precursor instrument for (imaging) spectrographs at extremely large full aperture telescopes. LIINUS/SERPIL will be built upon the LINC-NIRVANA hardware and LIINUS/SERPIL could potentially be developed on a rather short timescale. The study investigates several concepts for the optical as well as for the mechanical design. We present the scientific promises of such an instrument together with the current status of the design study.

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C. Gál, F. Müller-Sánchez, A. Krabbe, F. Eisenhauer, C. Iserlohe, M. Haug, and T. M. Herbst "LIINUS/SERPIL: a design study for interferometric imaging spectroscopy at the LBT", Proc. SPIE 6269, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy, 62693O (29 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670220

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