MATISSE, the VLTI mid-infrared spectro-interferometric imager: achievements and perspectives

Romain G. Petrov; Stéphane Lagarde; Bruno Lopez; Sylvie Robbe-Dubois; James Leftley; Claudia Paladini; Mathis Houllé; Gerd Weigelt; Roy van Boekel; Walter Jaffe; Julien Woillez; Philippe Berio; Felix Bettonvil; Pierre Bourget; Eddy Eldswijk; Alexis Matter; Anthony Meilland; Florentin Millour; Laurent Pallanca; Thomas Rivinius; Gérard Zins

doi:10.1117/12.3019899

3 September 2024 MATISSE, the VLTI mid-infrared spectro-interferometric imager: achievements and perspectives

Romain G. Petrov, Stéphane Lagarde, Bruno Lopez, Sylvie Robbe-Dubois, James Leftley, Claudia Paladini, Mathis Houllé, Gerd Weigelt, Roy van Boekel, Walter Jaffe, Julien Woillez, Philippe Berio, Felix Bettonvil, Pierre Bourget, Eddy Eldswijk, Alexis Matter, Anthony Meilland, Florentin Millour, Laurent Pallanca, Thomas Rivinius, Gérard Zins

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Proceedings Volume 13095, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging IX; 130950C (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019899
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

The Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) is a wonderful infrastructure for long-baseline interferometry. MATISSE, the Multi AperTure mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment, installed at the VLTI focus, accesses high resolution imaging over a wide spectral domain of the mid-infrared. The instrument is a spectro-interferometric imager operating in the L, M, and N transmission windows and combining four optical beams from the VLTI’s unit or auxiliary telescopes. We propose at the SPIE conference to advertise the use of the MATISSE instrument. We will illustrate the instrument capabilities through astrophysical results recently achieved (the focus on the astrophysical results is not reported in the article). We also show what are the expected future infrastructure optimizations and instrument adaptations (off-axis tracking, frame of GRAVITY+) that will permit to push the sensitivities and accuracies for the astrophysical programs in the context of the JWST.

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Romain G. Petrov, Stéphane Lagarde, Bruno Lopez, Sylvie Robbe-Dubois, James Leftley, Claudia Paladini, Mathis Houllé, Gerd Weigelt, Roy van Boekel, Walter Jaffe, Julien Woillez, Philippe Berio, Felix Bettonvil, Pierre Bourget, Eddy Eldswijk, Alexis Matter, Anthony Meilland, Florentin Millour, Laurent Pallanca, Thomas Rivinius, and Gérard Zins "MATISSE, the VLTI mid-infrared spectro-interferometric imager: achievements and perspectives", Proc. SPIE 13095, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging IX, 130950C (3 September 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019899

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