CRIRES+ on sky - High spectral resolution at infrared wavelength enabling better science at the ESO VLT

Reinhold J. Dorn; Paul Bristow; Jonathan Smoker; Florian Rodler; Matteo Accardo; Mario van den Ancker; Andrea Baruffolo; Benjamin Courtney-Barrer; Leonardo Blanco; Anna Brucalassi; Claudio Cumani; Andreas Haimerl; Aatie Hatzes; Marcus Haug; Ulrike Heiter; Renate Hinterschuster; Norbert Hubin; Derek J. Ives; Yves Jung; Matias Jones; Jean Paul Kirchbauer; Barbara Klein; Heidi Helena Korhonen; Jana Köhler; Alexis Lavail; Jean Louis Lizon; Christophe Moins; Ignacio Molina-Conde; Thomas Marquart; Ernesto Oliva; Laurent Pallanca; Luca Pasquini; Jérôme Paufique; Nikolai Piskunov; Ansgar Reiners; Dominik Schneller; Ricardo Schmutzer; Ulf Seemann; Ditte Slumstrup; Alain Smette; Jörg Stegmeier; Eric Stempels; Sebastien Tordo; Elena Valenti; Jose Javier Valenzuela; Joel Vernet

doi:10.1117/12.2629969

CRIRES⁺ on sky - High spectral resolution at infrared wavelength enabling better science at the ESO VLT

Reinhold J. Dorn, Paul Bristow, Jonathan Smoker, Florian Rodler, Matteo Accardo, Mario van den Ancker, Andrea Baruffolo, Benjamin Courtney-Barrer, Leonardo Blanco, Anna Brucalassi, Claudio Cumani, Andreas Haimerl, Aatie Hatzes, Marcus Haug, Ulrike Heiter, Renate Hinterschuster, Norbert Hubin, Derek J. Ives, Yves Jung, Matias JonesJean Paul Kirchbauer, Barbara Klein, Heidi Helena Korhonen, Jana Köhler, Alexis Lavail, Jean Louis Lizon, Christophe Moins, Ignacio Molina-Conde, Thomas Marquart, Ernesto Oliva, Laurent Pallanca, Luca Pasquini, Jérôme Paufique, Nikolai Piskunov, Ansgar Reiners, Dominik Schneller, Ricardo Schmutzer, Ulf Seemann, Ditte Slumstrup, Alain Smette, Jörg Stegmeier, Eric Stempels, Sebastien Tordo, Elena Valenti, Jose Javier Valenzuela, Joel Vernet

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Abstract

CRIRES ⁺ extended the capabilities of CRIRES, the CRyogenic InfraRed Echelle Spectrograph. It transformed this VLT instrument into a cross-dispersed spectrograph to increase the wavelength range that is covered simultaneously by a factor of ten. In addition, a new detector focal plane array of three Hawaii 2RG detectors with a 5.3 μm cut-off wavelength replaced the existing detectors. Amongst many other improvements a new spectropolarimetric unit was added and the calibration system has been enhanced. The instrument was installed at the VLT on Unit Telescope 3 beginning of 2020 and successfully commissioned and verified for science operations during 2021, partly remote from Europe due to the pandemic. The instrument was subsequently offered to the community from October 2021 onwards. This article describes the performance and capabilities of this development and presents on sky results.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX
Editors	Christopher J. Evans, Julia J. Bryant, Kentaro Motohara
Place of Publication	Bellingham, Washington
Publisher	SPIE
Pages	121841F-1-121841F-20
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510653504
ISBN (Print)	9781510653498
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629969
Publication status	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of Spie
Volume	12184
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

Keywords

astronomical instrumentation
extra-solar planets
high spectral resolution
infrared spectrographs
infrared spectrometers
radial-velocities
upgrade of existing VLT instruments
wavelength calibration

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Dorn, R. J., Bristow, P., Smoker, J., Rodler, F., Accardo, M., van den Ancker, M., Baruffolo, A., Courtney-Barrer, B., Blanco, L., Brucalassi, A., Cumani, C., Haimerl, A., Hatzes, A., Haug, M., Heiter, U., Hinterschuster, R., Hubin, N., Ives, D. J., Jung, Y., ... Vernet, J. (2022). CRIRES⁺ on sky - High spectral resolution at infrared wavelength enabling better science at the ESO VLT. In C. J. Evans, J. J. Bryant, & K. Motohara (Eds.), Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX (pp. 121841F-1-121841F-20). Article 121841F (Proceedings of Spie; Vol. 12184). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629969

Dorn, Reinhold J. ; Bristow, Paul ; Smoker, Jonathan et al. / CRIRES⁺ on sky - High spectral resolution at infrared wavelength enabling better science at the ESO VLT. Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. editor / Christopher J. Evans ; Julia J. Bryant ; Kentaro Motohara. Bellingham, Washington : SPIE, 2022. pp. 121841F-1-121841F-20 (Proceedings of Spie).

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CRIRES⁺ on sky - High spectral resolution at infrared wavelength enabling better science at the ESO VLT. / Dorn, Reinhold J.; Bristow, Paul; Smoker, Jonathan et al.
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. ed. / Christopher J. Evans; Julia J. Bryant; Kentaro Motohara. Bellingham, Washington: SPIE, 2022. p. 121841F-1-121841F-20 121841F (Proceedings of Spie; Vol. 12184).

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Dorn RJ, Bristow P, Smoker J, Rodler F, Accardo M, van den Ancker M et al. CRIRES⁺ on sky - High spectral resolution at infrared wavelength enabling better science at the ESO VLT. In Evans CJ, Bryant JJ, Motohara K, editors, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. Bellingham, Washington: SPIE. 2022. p. 121841F-1-121841F-20. 121841F. (Proceedings of Spie). doi: 10.1117/12.2629969