Precision single mode fibre integral field spectroscopy with the RHEA spectrograph

Adam D. Rains; Michael J. Ireland; Nemanja Jovanovic; Tobias Feger; Joao Bento; Christian Schwab; David W. Coutts; Olivier Guyon; Alexander Arriola; Simon Gross

doi:10.1117/12.2233743

Precision single mode fibre integral field spectroscopy with the RHEA spectrograph

Adam D. Rains, Michael J. Ireland^*, Nemanja Jovanovic, Tobias Feger, Joao Bento, Christian Schwab, David W. Coutts, Olivier Guyon, Alexander Arriola, Simon Gross

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The RHEA Spectrograph is a single-mode echelle spectrograph designed to be a replicable and cost effective method of undertaking precision radial velocity measurements. Two versions of RHEA currently exist, one located at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia (450 - 600nm wavelength range), and another located at the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, USA (600 - 800 nm wavelength range). Both instruments have a novel fibre feed consisting of an integral field unit injecting light into a 2D grid of single mode fibres. This grid of fibres is then reformatted into a 1D array at the input of the spectrograph (consisting of the science fibres and a reference fibre capable of receiving a white-light or xenon reference source for simultaneous calibration). The use of single mode fibres frees RHEA from the issue of modal noise and significantly reduces the size of the optics used. In addition to increasing the overall light throughput of the system, the integral field unit allows for cutting edge science goals to be achieved when operating behind the 8.2m Subaru Telescope and the SCExAO adaptive optics system. These include, but are not limited to: resolved stellar photospheres; resolved protoplanetary disk structures; resolved Mira shocks, dust and winds; and sub-arcsecond companions. We present details and results of early tests of RHEA@Subaru and progress towards the stated science goals.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
Editors	Christopher J. Evans, Luc Simard, Hideki Takami
Place of Publication	Bellingham, Washington
Publisher	SPIE
Pages	1-12
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510601963
ISBN (Print)	9781510601956
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233743
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 26 Jun 2016 → 30 Jun 2016

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	9908
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	26/06/16 → 30/06/16

Keywords

Difraction-limited spectrograph
Fiber injection
High resolution
Integral-field unit
Optical fibers
Radial Velocity
Spectrograph

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Rains, A. D., Ireland, M. J., Jovanovic, N., Feger, T., Bento, J., Schwab, C., Coutts, D. W., Guyon, O., Arriola, A., & Gross, S. (2016). Precision single mode fibre integral field spectroscopy with the RHEA spectrograph. In C. J. Evans, L. Simard, & H. Takami (Eds.), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI (pp. 1-12). Article 990876 (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 9908). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233743

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Rains, AD, Ireland, MJ, Jovanovic, N, Feger, T, Bento, J, Schwab, C , Coutts, DW, Guyon, O, Arriola, A & Gross, S 2016, Precision single mode fibre integral field spectroscopy with the RHEA spectrograph. in CJ Evans, L Simard & H Takami (eds), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI., 990876, Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 9908, SPIE, Bellingham, Washington, pp. 1-12, Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 26/06/16. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233743

Precision single mode fibre integral field spectroscopy with the RHEA spectrograph. / Rains, Adam D.; Ireland, Michael J.; Jovanovic, Nemanja et al.
Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI. ed. / Christopher J. Evans; Luc Simard; Hideki Takami. Bellingham, Washington: SPIE, 2016. p. 1-12 990876 (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 9908).

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