@inproceedings{c751a6e14415434b9bf27672eacb26e6,
title = "Flex (The first light explorer)—the science case for a fully OH suppressed IFU spectrograph",
abstract = "The ability to achieve deep near infrared spectroscopy is of great importance to the future of astronomy. Our understanding of the early Universe depends on our ability to observe highly redshifted spectroscopic diagnostic features. Observations of H-α at wavelengths 0.9≤λ≤1.8 μm would allow accurate star-formation rates to be measured over the period 0.4≤z≤1.7—a crucial period in the formation of galaxies. Observations of Lyman-α at the same wavelengths would probe 6≤z≤13—the epoch at which the Universe underwent a major (and poorly understood) phase change from neutral to ionised. Similarly our understanding of low mass stars and unbound planets relies on NIR spectroscopy, since these objects emit most of their light at NIR wavelengths.",
keywords = "Fibre Bragg Grating, Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Crucial Period, Large Core Diameter, Excite Hydroxyl Radical",
author = "Simon Ellis and Joss Bland-Hawthorn and Anthony Horton and Roger Haynes",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1007/978-1-4020-9190-2_79",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781402091896",
series = "Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings",
publisher = "Springer, Springer Nature",
pages = "437--441",
editor = "Alan Moorwood",
booktitle = "Science with the VLT in the ELT era",
address = "United States",
note = "Workshop on Science with the VLT in the ELT Era, 2007 ; Conference date: 08-10-2007 Through 12-10-2007",
}