MAVIS conceptual design

François Rigaut; Richard McDermid; Giovanni Cresci; Valentina Viotto; Simon Ellis; David Brodrick; Guido Agapito; Thierry Fusco; Benoit Neichel; Pierre Haguenauer; Cedric Plantet; Bernardo Salasnich; Matteo Aliverti; Simone Antoniucci; Andrea Balestra; Andrea Baruffolo; Olivier Beltramo-Martin; Maria Bergomi; Andrea Blanco; Marco Bonaglia; Giuseppe Bono; Lorenzo Busoni; Elena Carolo; Simonetta Chinellato; Robert Content; Jesse Cranney; Gayandhi de Silva; Simone Esposito; Daniela Fantinel; Jacopo Farinato; Dionne Haynes; Anthony Horton; Gaston Gausachs; James Gilbert; Damien Gratadour; Davide Greggio; Marco Gullieuszik; Visa Korkiakoski; Demetrio Magrin; Laura Magrini; Luca Marafatto; Helen McGregor; Trevor Mendel; Stephanie Monty; Fernando Pedichini; Enrico Pinna; Elisa Portaluri; Kalyan Radhakrishnan; Roberto Ragazzoni; David Robertson; Christian Schwab; Stefan Ströbele; Elliott Thorn; Annino Vaccarella; Daniele Vassallo; Lew Waller; Frédéric Zamkotsian; Alesso Zanutta; Hao Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.2561886

13 December 2020 MAVIS conceptual design

François Rigaut, Richard McDermid, Giovanni Cresci, Valentina Viotto, Simon Ellis, David Brodrick, Guido Agapito, Thierry Fusco, Benoit Neichel, Pierre Haguenauer, Cedric Plantet, Bernardo Salasnich, Matteo Aliverti, Simone Antoniucci, Andrea Balestra, Andrea Baruffolo, Olivier Beltramo-Martin, Maria Bergomi, Andrea Blanco, Marco Bonaglia, Giuseppe Bono, Lorenzo Busoni, Elena Carolo, Simonetta Chinellato, Robert Content, Jesse Cranney, Gayandhi de Silva, Simone Esposito, Daniela Fantinel, Jacopo Farinato, Dionne Haynes, Anthony Horton, Gaston Gausachs, James Gilbert, Damien Gratadour, Davide Greggio, Marco Gullieuszik, Visa Korkiakoski, Demetrio Magrin, Laura Magrini, Luca Marafatto, Helen McGregor, Trevor Mendel, Stephanie Monty, Fernando Pedichini, Enrico Pinna, Elisa Portaluri, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Roberto Ragazzoni, David Robertson, Christian Schwab, Stefan Ströbele, Elliott Thorn, Annino Vaccarella, Daniele Vassallo, Lew Waller, Frédéric Zamkotsian, Alesso Zanutta, Hao Zhang

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Proceedings Volume 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII; 114471R (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561886
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2020, Online Only

Abstract

A consortium of several Australian and European institutes – together with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) – has initiated the design of MAVIS, a Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) system for the ground- based 8-m Very Large Telescope (VLT). MAVIS (MCAO-assisted Visible Imager and Spectrograph) will deliver visible images and integral field spectrograph data with 2-3x better angular resolution than the Hubble Space Telescope, making it a powerful complement at visible wavelengths to future facilities like the space-based James Webb Space Telescope and the 30 to 40m-class ground-based telescopes currently under construction, which are all targeting science at near-infrared wavelengths. MAVIS successfully passed its Phase A in May 2020. We present the motivations, requirements, principal design choices, conceptual design, expected performance and an overview of the exciting science enabled by MAVIS.

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François Rigaut, Richard McDermid, Giovanni Cresci, Valentina Viotto, Simon Ellis, David Brodrick, Guido Agapito, Thierry Fusco, Benoit Neichel, Pierre Haguenauer, Cedric Plantet, Bernardo Salasnich, Matteo Aliverti, Simone Antoniucci, Andrea Balestra, Andrea Baruffolo, Olivier Beltramo-Martin, Maria Bergomi, Andrea Blanco, Marco Bonaglia, Giuseppe Bono, Lorenzo Busoni, Elena Carolo, Simonetta Chinellato, Robert Content, Jesse Cranney, Gayandhi de Silva, Simone Esposito, Daniela Fantinel, Jacopo Farinato, Dionne Haynes, Anthony Horton, Gaston Gausachs, James Gilbert, Damien Gratadour, Davide Greggio, Marco Gullieuszik, Visa Korkiakoski, Demetrio Magrin, Laura Magrini, Luca Marafatto, Helen McGregor, Trevor Mendel, Stephanie Monty, Fernando Pedichini, Enrico Pinna, Elisa Portaluri, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Roberto Ragazzoni, David Robertson, Christian Schwab, Stefan Ströbele, Elliott Thorn, Annino Vaccarella, Daniele Vassallo, Lew Waller, Frédéric Zamkotsian, Alesso Zanutta, and Hao Zhang "MAVIS conceptual design", Proc. SPIE 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 114471R (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561886

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