VLTI status update: three years into the second generation

Julien Woillez; Pascaline Darré; Sebastien Egner; Frédéric Gonté; Xavier Haubois; Antoine Mérand; Nicolas Schuhler; José Antonio Abad; Roberto Abuter; Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier; Jaime Alonso; Luigi Andolfato; Pablo José Barriga; Juan Beltran; Jean-Philippe Berger; Pierre Bourget; Roland Brast; Paul Bristow; Luis Caniguante; Ralf Conzelmann; Angela Cortes; Alain Delboulbé; Françoise Delplancke-Ströbele; Diego Del Valle; Roderick Dembet; Frédéric Derie; Reinaldo Donoso; Philippe Duhoux; Christophe Dupuy; Andreas Förster; Eloy Fuenteseca; Robert Frahm; Daniel Gaytan; Andreas Glindemann; Jaime Gonzales; Thibaut Guerlet; Sylvain Guieu; Stéphane Guisard; Pablo Gutierrez; Pierre Haguenauer; Andreas Haimerl; Pierre van der Heyden; Stefan Huber; Norbert Hubin; Lieselotte Jochum; Laurent Jocou; Paul Jolley; Jean-Paul Kirchbauer; Johann Kolb; Johan Kosmalski; Peter Krempl; Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin; Samuel Lévêque; Paul Lilley; Jean Louis Lizon; Yves Magnard; Pedro Mardones; Alexander Meister; Thibaut Moulin; Juan Osorio; Jürgen Ott; Laurent Pallanca; Jérôme Paufique; Marcus Pavez; Luca Pasquini; Isabelle Percheron; Lorenzo Pettazzi; Thanh Phan Duc; Jean Francois Pirard; Andres Pino; Sébastien Poupar; Jutta Quentin; Andres Ramírez; Javier Reyes; Robert Ridings; Sylvain Rochat; Thomas Rivinius; Fernando Salgado; Markus Schöller; Pavel Shchekaturov; Christian Stephan; Marcos Suarez; Richard Tamblay; Mario Tapia; Konrad Tristram; Guillermo Valdes; Christophe Verinaud; Willem-Jan de Wit; Gérard Zins

doi:10.1117/12.2312042

9 July 2018 VLTI status update: three years into the second generation

Julien Woillez, Pascaline Darré, Sebastien Egner, Frédéric Gonté, Xavier Haubois, Antoine Mérand, Nicolas Schuhler, José Antonio Abad, Roberto Abuter, Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier, Jaime Alonso, Luigi Andolfato, Pablo José Barriga, Juan Beltran, Jean-Philippe Berger, Pierre Bourget, Roland Brast, Paul Bristow, Luis Caniguante, Ralf Conzelmann, Angela Cortes, Alain Delboulbé, Françoise Delplancke-Ströbele, Diego Del Valle, Roderick Dembet, Frédéric Derie, Reinaldo Donoso, Philippe Duhoux, Christophe Dupuy, Andreas Förster, Eloy Fuenteseca, Robert Frahm, Daniel Gaytan, Andreas Glindemann, Jaime Gonzales, Thibaut Guerlet, Sylvain Guieu, Stéphane Guisard, Pablo Gutierrez, Pierre Haguenauer, Andreas Haimerl, Pierre van der Heyden, Stefan Huber, Norbert Hubin, Lieselotte Jochum, Laurent Jocou, Paul Jolley, Jean-Paul Kirchbauer, Johann Kolb, Johan Kosmalski, Peter Krempl, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Samuel Lévêque, Paul Lilley, Jean Louis Lizon, Yves Magnard, Pedro Mardones, Alexander Meister, Thibaut Moulin, Juan Osorio, Jürgen Ott, Laurent Pallanca, Jérôme Paufique, Marcus Pavez, Luca Pasquini, Isabelle Percheron, Lorenzo Pettazzi, Thanh Phan Duc, Jean Francois Pirard, Andres Pino, Sébastien Poupar, Jutta Quentin, Andres Ramírez, Javier Reyes, Robert Ridings, Sylvain Rochat, Thomas Rivinius, Fernando Salgado, Markus Schöller, Pavel Shchekaturov, Christian Stephan, Marcos Suarez, Richard Tamblay, Mario Tapia, Konrad Tristram, Guillermo Valdes, Christophe Verinaud, Willem-Jan de Wit, Gérard Zins

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Proceedings Volume 10701, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI; 1070103 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312042
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

Abstract

The near-infrared GRAVITY instrument has become a fully operational spectro-imager, while expanding its capability to support astrometry of the key Galactic Centre science. The mid-infrared MATISSE instrument has just arrived on Paranal and is starting its commissioning phase. NAOMI, the new adaptive optics for the Auxiliary Telescopes, is about to leave Europe for an installation in the fall of 2018. Meanwhile, the interferometer infrastructure has continuously improved in performance, in term of transmission and vibrations, when used with both the Unit Telescopes and Auxiliary Telescopes. These are the highlights of the last two years of the VLTI 2nd generation upgrade started in 2015.

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Julien Woillez, Pascaline Darré, Sebastien Egner, Frédéric Gonté, Xavier Haubois, Antoine Mérand, Nicolas Schuhler, José Antonio Abad, Roberto Abuter, Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier, Jaime Alonso, Luigi Andolfato, Pablo José Barriga, Juan Beltran, Jean-Philippe Berger, Pierre Bourget, Roland Brast, Paul Bristow, Luis Caniguante, Ralf Conzelmann, Angela Cortes, Alain Delboulbé, Françoise Delplancke-Ströbele, Diego Del Valle, Roderick Dembet, Frédéric Derie, Reinaldo Donoso, Philippe Duhoux, Christophe Dupuy, Andreas Förster, Eloy Fuenteseca, Robert Frahm, Daniel Gaytan, Andreas Glindemann, Jaime Gonzales, Thibaut Guerlet, Sylvain Guieu, Stéphane Guisard, Pablo Gutierrez, Pierre Haguenauer, Andreas Haimerl, Pierre van der Heyden, Stefan Huber, Norbert Hubin, Lieselotte Jochum, Laurent Jocou, Paul Jolley, Jean-Paul Kirchbauer, Johann Kolb, Johan Kosmalski, Peter Krempl, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Samuel Lévêque, Paul Lilley, Jean Louis Lizon, Yves Magnard, Pedro Mardones, Alexander Meister, Thibaut Moulin, Juan Osorio, Jürgen Ott, Laurent Pallanca, Jérôme Paufique, Marcus Pavez, Luca Pasquini, Isabelle Percheron, Lorenzo Pettazzi, Thanh Phan Duc, Jean Francois Pirard, Andres Pino, Sébastien Poupar, Jutta Quentin, Andres Ramírez, Javier Reyes, Robert Ridings, Sylvain Rochat, Thomas Rivinius, Fernando Salgado, Markus Schöller, Pavel Shchekaturov, Christian Stephan, Marcos Suarez, Richard Tamblay, Mario Tapia, Konrad Tristram, Guillermo Valdes, Christophe Verinaud, Willem-Jan de Wit, and Gérard Zins "VLTI status update: three years into the second generation", Proc. SPIE 10701, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI, 1070103 (9 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312042

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