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The 4MOST instrument concept overview
Author(s): Roger Haynes; Samuel Barden; Roelof de Jong; Olivier Schnurr; Olga Bellido; Jakob Walcher; Dionne Haynes; Roland Winkler; Svend-Marian Bauer; Frank Dionies; Allar Saviauk; Cristina Chiappini; Axel Schwope; Joar Brynnel; Matthias Steinmetz; Richard McMahon; Sofia Feltzing; Patrick Francois; Scott Trager; Ian Parry; Mike Irwin; Nicholas Walton; David King; David Sun; Eduaro Gonzalez-Solares; Ian Tosh; Gavin Dalton; Kevin Middleton; Piercarlo Bonifacio; Pascal Jagourel; Shan Mignot; Mathieu Cohen; Jean-Philippe Amans; Frederic Royer; Paola Sartoretti; Johan Pragt; Gerrit Gerlofsma; Ronald Roelfsema; Ramon Navarro; Guido Thimm; Walter Seifert; Norbert Christlieb; Holger Mandel; Trifon Trifonov; Wenli Xu; Florian Lang-Bardl; Bernard Muschielok; Jörg Schlichter; Hans-Joachim Hess; Frank Grupp; Hans Boehringer; Thomas Boller; Tom Dwelly; Ralf Bender; Piero Rosati; Olaf Iwert; Gert Finger; Jean-Louis Lizon L'Allemand; Will Saunders; Andrew Sheinis; Gabriella Frost; Tony Farrell; Lewis Waller; Eric Depagne; Florence Laurent; Patrick Caillier; Johan Kosmalski; Johan Richard; Roland Bacon; Wolfgang Ansorge
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Paper Abstract
The 4MOST[1] instrument is a concept for a wide-field, fibre-fed high multiplex spectroscopic instrument facility on the ESO VISTA telescope designed to perform a massive (initially >25x106 spectra in 5 years) combined all-sky public survey. The main science drivers are: Gaia follow up of chemo-dynamical structure of the Milky Way, stellar radial velocities, parameters and abundances, chemical tagging; eROSITA follow up of cosmology with x-ray clusters of galaxies, X-ray AGN/galaxy evolution to z~5, Galactic X-ray sources and resolving the Galactic edge; Euclid/LSST/SKA and other survey follow up of Dark Energy, Galaxy evolution and transients. The surveys will be undertaken simultaneously requiring: highly advanced targeting and scheduling software, also comprehensive data reduction and analysis tools to produce high-level data products. The instrument will allow simultaneous observations of ~1600 targets at R~5,000 from 390-900nm and ~800 targets at R<18,000 in three channels between ~395-675nm (channel bandwidth: 45nm blue, 57nm green and 69nm red) over a hexagonal field of view of ~ 4.1 degrees. The initial 5-year 4MOST survey is currently expect to start in 2020. We provide and overview of the 4MOST systems: optomechanical, control, data management and operations concepts; and initial performance estimates.
Paper Details
Date Published: 24 July 2014
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 91476I (24 July 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2057253
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Roger Haynes, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Samuel Barden, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Roelof de Jong, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Olivier Schnurr, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Olga Bellido, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Jakob Walcher, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Dionne Haynes, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Roland Winkler, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Svend-Marian Bauer, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Frank Dionies, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Allar Saviauk, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Cristina Chiappini, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Axel Schwope, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Joar Brynnel, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Matthias Steinmetz, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Richard McMahon, Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Sofia Feltzing, Lund Observatory (Sweden)
Patrick Francois, GEPI, Observatoire de Paris à Meudon (France)
Scott Trager, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Univ. of Groningen (Netherlands)
Ian Parry, Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Mike Irwin, Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Nicholas Walton, Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
David King, Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
David Sun, Cavendish Lab., Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Eduaro Gonzalez-Solares, Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Ian Tosh, Rutherford Appleton Lab. (United Kingdom)
Gavin Dalton, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Kevin Middleton, Rutherford Appleton Lab. (United Kingdom)
Piercarlo Bonifacio, GEPI, Observatoire de Paris à Meudon (France)
Pascal Jagourel, GEPI, Observatoire de Paris à Meudon (France)
Shan Mignot, GEPI, Observatoire de Paris à Meudon (France)
Mathieu Cohen, GEPI, Observatoire de Paris à Meudon (France)
Jean-Philippe Amans, GEPI, Observatoire de Paris à Meudon (France)
Frederic Royer, GEPI, Observatoire de Paris à Meudon (France)
Paola Sartoretti, GEPI, Observatoire de Paris à Meudon (France)
Johan Pragt, ASTRON (Netherlands)
Gerrit Gerlofsma, ASTRON (Netherlands)
Ronald Roelfsema, ASTRON (Netherlands)
Ramon Navarro, ASTRON (Netherlands)
Guido Thimm, Univ. Heidelberg (Germany)
Walter Seifert, Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Univ. Heidelberg (Germany)
Norbert Christlieb, Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Univ. Heidelberg (Germany)
Holger Mandel, Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Univ. Heidelberg (Germany)
Trifon Trifonov, Univ. Heidelberg (Germany)
Wenli Xu, Optical System Engineering (Germany)
Florian Lang-Bardl, Univ.-Sternwarte München (Germany)
Bernard Muschielok, Univ.-Sternwarte München (Germany)
Jörg Schlichter, Univ.-Sternwarte München (Germany)
Hans-Joachim Hess, Univ.-Sternwarte München (Germany)
Frank Grupp, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (Germany)
Hans Boehringer, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (Germany)
Thomas Boller, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (Germany)
Tom Dwelly, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (Germany)
Ralf Bender, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (Germany)
Piero Rosati, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Olaf Iwert, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Gert Finger, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Jean-Louis Lizon L'Allemand, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Will Saunders, Australian Astronomical Observatory (Australia)
Andrew Sheinis, Australian Astronomical Observatory (Australia)
Gabriella Frost, Australian Astronomical Observatory (Australia)
Tony Farrell, Australian Astronomical Observatory (Australia)
Lewis Waller, Australian Astronomical Observatory (Australia)
Eric Depagne, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
South African Astronomical Observatory (South Africa)
Florence Laurent, Ctr. de Recherche Astrohysique de Lyon (France)
Patrick Caillier, Ctr. de Recherche Astrohysique de Lyon (France)
Johan Kosmalski, Ctr. de Recherche Astrohysique de Lyon (France)
Johan Richard, Ctr. de Recherche Astrohysique de Lyon (France)
Roland Bacon, Ctr. de Recherche Astrohysique de Lyon (France)
Wolfgang Ansorge, RAMS-CON (Germany)

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