MUSE: a second-generation integral-field spectrograph for the VLT

R. M. Mcdermid; R. Bacon; S. Bauer; P. Boehm; D. Boudon; S. Brau-Nogué; P. Caillier; L. Capoani; C. M. Carollo; N. Champavert; T. Contini; E. Daguisé; B. Delabre; J. Devriendt; S. Dreizler; J. Dubois; M. Dupieux; J. P. Dupin; E. Emsellem; P. Ferruit; M. Franx; G. Gallou; J. Gerssen; B. Guiderdoni; T. Hahn; D. Hofmann; A. Jarno; A. Kelz; C. Koehler; W. Kollatschny; J. Kosmalski; F. Laurent; S. J. Lilly; J. L. Lizon; M. Loupias; A. Manescau; C. Monstein; H. Nicklas; L. Parès; L. Pasquini; A. Pécontal-rousset; E. Pécontal; R. Pello; C. Petit; J. P. Picat; E. Popow; A. Quirrenbach; R. Reiss; E. Renault; M. Roth; J. Schaye; G. Soucail; M. Steinmetz; S. Stroebele; R. Stuik; P. Weilbacher; L. Wisotzki; H. Wozniak; P. T. de Zeeuw

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MUSE: a second-generation integral-field spectrograph for the VLT

R. M. Mcdermid, R. Bacon, S. Bauer, P. Boehm, D. Boudon, S. Brau-Nogué, P. Caillier, L. Capoani, C. M. Carollo, N. Champavert, T. Contini, E. Daguisé, B. Delabre, J. Devriendt, S. Dreizler, J. Dubois, M. Dupieux, J. P. Dupin, E. Emsellem, P. FerruitM. Franx, G. Gallou, J. Gerssen, B. Guiderdoni, T. Hahn, D. Hofmann, A. Jarno, A. Kelz, C. Koehler, W. Kollatschny, J. Kosmalski, F. Laurent, S. J. Lilly, J. L. Lizon, M. Loupias, A. Manescau, C. Monstein, H. Nicklas, L. Parès, L. Pasquini, A. Pécontal-rousset, E. Pécontal, R. Pello, C. Petit, J. P. Picat, E. Popow, A. Quirrenbach, R. Reiss, E. Renault, M. Roth, J. Schaye, G. Soucail, M. Steinmetz, S. Stroebele, R. Stuik, P. Weilbacher, L. Wisotzki, H. Wozniak, P. T. de Zeeuw

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The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is a second-generation instrument in development for the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), due to begin operation in 2011/12. MUSE will be an extremely powerful integral-field spectrograph fed by a new multiple-laser adaptive optics system on the VLT. In its usual operating mode, MUSE will, in a single observation, produce a 3-dimensional data cube consisting of 90,000 R 3000 spectra, each covering a full spectral octave (480-930 nm), and fully sampling a contiguous 1×1 arcmin² field with 0.2×0.2 arcsec² apertures. A high-resolution mode will increase the spatial sampling to 0.025 arcsec per pixel. MUSE is built around a novel arrangement of 24 identical spectrographs (each comparable to a 1st generation VLT instrument), which are fed by a set of 24 precision image slicers. MUSE is designed for stability, with only 2 modes, and virtually no moving parts, allowing very long exposures to be accumulated. Together with high throughput, this ensures that MUSE will have extreme sensitivity for observing faint objects. We overview the technical and scientific aspects of MUSE, highlighting the key challenges for dealing with the unprecedented quantity and complexity of the data, and the integration with the VLT adaptive optics facility (AOF) - a key development on the path to extremely large telescopes (ELTs).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The 2007 ESO Instrument Calibration Workshop: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held in Garching
Editors	A. Kaufer, F. Kerber
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer, Springer Nature
Pages	325-336
Number of pages	12
Volume	2008
ISBN (Print)	9783540769620
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76963-7_44
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes

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Name	ESO Astrophysics Symposia
Volume	2008
ISSN (Print)	14312433
ISSN (Electronic)	16116143

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Mcdermid, R. M., Bacon, R., Bauer, S., Boehm, P., Boudon, D., Brau-Nogué, S., Caillier, P., Capoani, L., Carollo, C. M., Champavert, N., Contini, T., Daguisé, E., Delabre, B., Devriendt, J., Dreizler, S., Dubois, J., Dupieux, M., Dupin, J. P., Emsellem, E., ... de Zeeuw, P. T. (2008). MUSE: a second-generation integral-field spectrograph for the VLT. In A. Kaufer, & F. Kerber (Eds.), The 2007 ESO Instrument Calibration Workshop: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held in Garching (Vol. 2008, pp. 325-336). (ESO Astrophysics Symposia; Vol. 2008). Springer, Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76963-7_44

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MUSE: a second-generation integral-field spectrograph for the VLT. / Mcdermid, R. M.; Bacon, R.; Bauer, S. et al.
The 2007 ESO Instrument Calibration Workshop: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held in Garching. ed. / A. Kaufer; F. Kerber. Vol. 2008 Berlin: Springer, Springer Nature, 2008. p. 325-336 (ESO Astrophysics Symposia; Vol. 2008).

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Mcdermid RM, Bacon R, Bauer S, Boehm P, Boudon D, Brau-Nogué S et al. MUSE: a second-generation integral-field spectrograph for the VLT. In Kaufer A, Kerber F, editors, The 2007 ESO Instrument Calibration Workshop: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held in Garching. Vol. 2008. Berlin: Springer, Springer Nature. 2008. p. 325-336. (ESO Astrophysics Symposia). doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-76963-7_44

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