Current status of FRIDA: diffraction limited NIR instrument for the GTC

Beatriz Sánchez; José A. Acosta; Luis Carlos Álvarez; Vicente Bringas; Nicolás Cardiel; Adi Corrales; Salvador Cuevas; Oscar Chapa; José Javier Díaz; Stephen S. Eikenberry; Carmen Eliche; Carlos Espejo; Rubén Flores; Francisco Garzón; Peter Hammersley; Carolina Keiman; Gerardo Lara; José Alberto López; Pablo López; Diana Lucero; Jose Manuel Montoya; Heidy Moreno; Sergio Pascual; Jesús Patrón; Almudena Prieto; N. Raines; Alberto Rodríguez; Jorge Uribe; Alan Watson

doi:10.1117/12.926499

24 September 2012 Current status of FRIDA: diffraction limited NIR instrument for the GTC

Beatriz Sánchez, José A. Acosta, Luis Carlos Álvarez, Vicente Bringas, Nicolás Cardiel, Adi Corrales, Salvador Cuevas, Oscar Chapa, José Javier Díaz, Stephen S. Eikenberry, Carmen Eliche, Carlos Espejo, Rubén Flores, Francisco Garzón, Peter Hammersley, Carolina Keiman, Gerardo Lara, José Alberto López, Pablo López, Diana Lucero, Jose Manuel Montoya, Heidy Moreno, Sergio Pascual, Jesús Patrón, Almudena Prieto, N. Raines, Alberto Rodríguez, Jorge Uribe, Alan Watson

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Proceedings Volume 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV; 844624 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926499
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

FRIDA (inFRared Imager and Dissector for the Adaptive optics system of the Gran Telescopio Canarias) is designed as a diffraction limited instrument that will offer broad and narrow band imaging and integral field spectroscopy capabilities with low (R ~ 1,500), intermediate (R ~ 4,500) and high (R ~ 30,000) spectral resolutions to operate in the wavelength range 0.9 - 2.5 μm. The integral field unit is based on a monolithic image slicer. The imaging and IFS observing modes will use the same Teledyne 2K x 2K detector. FRIDA will be based at the Nasmyth B platform of GTC, behind the AO system. The key scientific objectives of the instrument include studies of solar system bodies, low mass objects, circumstellar outflow phenomena in advanced stages of stellar evolution, active galactic nuclei, high redshift galaxies, resolved stellar populations, semi-detached binary systems, young stellar objects and star forming environments. FRIDA is a collaborative project between the main GTC partners, namely, Spain, México and Florida. In this paper, we present the status of the instrument design as it is currently being prepared for its manufacture, after an intensive prototypes' phase and design optimization. The CDR was held in September 2011.

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Beatriz Sánchez, José A. Acosta, Luis Carlos Álvarez, Vicente Bringas, Nicolás Cardiel, Adi Corrales, Salvador Cuevas, Oscar Chapa, José Javier Díaz, Stephen S. Eikenberry, Carmen Eliche, Carlos Espejo, Rubén Flores, Francisco Garzón, Peter Hammersley, Carolina Keiman, Gerardo Lara, José Alberto López, Pablo López, Diana Lucero, Jose Manuel Montoya, Heidy Moreno, Sergio Pascual, Jesús Patrón, Almudena Prieto, N. Raines, Alberto Rodríguez, Jorge Uribe, and Alan Watson "Current status of FRIDA: diffraction limited NIR instrument for the GTC", Proc. SPIE 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV, 844624 (24 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926499

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