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Completing the infrared imager for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer

  • Ireland, Michael (Chief Investigator)
  • Tuthill, Peter G (Chief Investigator)
  • Norris, Barnaby (Chief Investigator)
  • Gross, Simon (Primary Chief Investigator)
  • Casagrande, Luca (Chief Investigator)
  • Webster, Rachel (Chief Investigator)
  • Martinache, Frantz (Partner Investigator)
  • N'Diaye, Mamadou (Partner Investigator)
  • Defrère, Denis (Partner Investigator)
  • Kraus, Stefan (Partner Investigator)

Project: Research

Project Details

Description

This project will complete the Asgard near infrared imager for the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Interferometer. With the core short and long wavelength parts of the instrument already funded by partners from Belgium and the United Kingdom, this final instrument component built as a France-Australia partnership using 1.5 to 2.4 micron wavelengths will greatly extend the instrument to be able to directly detect a significant sample of exoplanets, to resolve and measure the mass of Active Galactic Nuclei, and calibrate Galactic Archaeology through precision measurements of star systems.
Short titleLEIF
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date10/11/22 → 9/11/23
  • 1 Conference proceeding contribution
  • 1 Article

  • Baldr: a Zernike wavefront sensor for VLTI/Asgard

    Courtney-Barrer, B., Robertson, G., Taras, A., Bernard, J. T., McGuinness, G., Crous, F., Tuthill, P., N’Diaye, M., Langford, C., Cvetojevic, N., Defrère, D., Kraus, S., Martinache, F., Martinod, M.-A. & Ireland, M., 27 Aug 2024, Adaptive Optics Systems IX. Jackson, K. J., Schmidt, D. & Vernet, E. (eds.). Bellingham, Washington: SPIE, p. 130971O-1-130971O-14 14 p. 130971O. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 13097).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution

  • Heimdallr, Baldr, and Solarstein: designing the next generation of VLTI instruments in the Asgard suite

    Taras, A. K., Robertson, J. G., Allouche, F., Courtney-Barrer, B., Carter, J., Crous, F., Cvetojevic, N., Ireland, M., Lagarde, S., Martinache, F., McGinness, G., N'Diaye, M., Robbe-Dubois, S. & Tuthill, P., 10 May 2024, In: Applied Optics. 63, 14, p. D41-D49 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
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