Prime Focus Spectrograph for the Subaru telescope: massively multiplexed optical and near-infrared fiber spectrograph

Hajime Sugai; Naoyuki Tamura; Hiroshi Karoji; Atsushi Shimono; Naruhisa Takato; Masahiko Kimura; Youichi Ohyama; Akitoshi Ueda; Hrand Aghazarian; Márcio de Arruda; Robert H. Barkhouser; Charles L. Bennett; Steve Bickerton; Alexandre Bozier; David F. Braun; Khanh Bui; Christopher M. Capocasale; Michael A. Carr; Bruno Castilho; Yin-Chang Chang; Hsin-Yo Chen; Chueh-Yi Chou; Olivia R. Dawson; Richard G. Dekany; Eric M. Ek; Richard S. Ellis; Robin J. English; Didier Ferrand; Décio Ferreira Sr.; Charles D. Fisher; Mirek Golebiowski; James E. Gunn; Murdock Hart; Timothy M. Heckman; Paul T. P. Ho; Stephen Hope; Larry E. Hovland; Shu-Fu Hsu; Yen-Shan Hu; Pin-Jie Huang; Marc Jaquet; Jennifer E. Karr; Jason G. Kempenaar; Matthew E. King; Olivier C. Le Fèvre; David Le Mignant; Hung-Hsu Ling; Craig Loomis; Robert H. Lupton; Fabrice Madec; Peter H. Mao; Lucas Souza Marrara; Brice Ménard; Chaz Morantz; Hitoshi Murayama; Graham J. Murray; Antonio Cesar de Oliveira Sr.; Claudia L. Mendes de Oliveira; Lígia Souza de Oliveira; Joseph D. Orndorff; Rodrigo M. P. de Paiva Vilaça; Eamon J. Partos; Sandrine Pascal; Thomas Pegot-Ogier; Daniel J. Reiley; Reed L. Riddle; Leandro Henrique dos Santos; Jesulino Bispo dos Santos; Mark A. Schwochert; Michael D. Seiffert; Stephen A. Smee; Roger M. Smith; Ronald E. Steinkraus; Laerte Sodré Jr.; David N. Spergel; Christian Surace; Laurence Tresse; Clément Vidal; Sébastien Vives; Shiang-Yu Wang; Chih-Yi Wen; Amy C. Wu; Rosemary Wyse; Chi-Hung Yan

doi:10.1117/1.JATIS.1.3.035001

23 June 2015 Prime Focus Spectrograph for the Subaru telescope: massively multiplexed optical and near-infrared fiber spectrograph

Hajime Sugai, Naoyuki Tamura, Hiroshi Karoji, Atsushi Shimono, Naruhisa Takato, Masahiko Kimura, Youichi Ohyama, Akitoshi Ueda, Hrand Aghazarian, Márcio de Arruda, Robert H. Barkhouser, Charles L. Bennett, Steve Bickerton, Alexandre Bozier, David F. Braun, Khanh Bui, Christopher M. Capocasale, Michael A. Carr, Bruno Castilho, Yin-Chang Chang, Hsin-Yo Chen, Chueh-Yi Chou, Olivia R. Dawson, Richard G. Dekany, Eric M. Ek, Richard S. Ellis, Robin J. English, Didier Ferrand, Décio Ferreira Sr., Charles D. Fisher, Mirek Golebiowski, James E. Gunn, Murdock Hart, Timothy M. Heckman, Paul T. P. Ho, Stephen Hope, Larry E. Hovland, Shu-Fu Hsu, Yen-Shan Hu, Pin-Jie Huang, Marc Jaquet, Jennifer E. Karr, Jason G. Kempenaar, Matthew E. King, Olivier C. Le Fèvre, David Le Mignant, Hung-Hsu Ling, Craig Loomis, Robert H. Lupton, Fabrice Madec, Peter H. Mao, Lucas Souza Marrara, Brice Ménard, Chaz Morantz, Hitoshi Murayama, Graham J. Murray, Antonio Cesar de Oliveira Sr., Claudia L. Mendes de Oliveira, Lígia Souza de Oliveira, Joseph D. Orndorff, Rodrigo M. P. de Paiva Vilaça, Eamon J. Partos, Sandrine Pascal, Thomas Pegot-Ogier, Daniel J. Reiley, Reed L. Riddle, Leandro Henrique dos Santos, Jesulino Bispo dos Santos, Mark A. Schwochert, Michael D. Seiffert, Stephen A. Smee, Roger M. Smith, Ronald E. Steinkraus, Laerte Sodré Jr., David N. Spergel, Christian Surace, Laurence Tresse, Clément Vidal, Sébastien Vives, Shiang-Yu Wang, Chih-Yi Wen, Amy C. Wu, Rosemary Wyse, Chi-Hung Yan

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Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, Vol. 1, Issue 3, 035001 (June 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.1.3.035001

Abstract

The Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) is an optical/near-infrared multifiber spectrograph with 2394 science fibers distributed across a 1.3-deg diameter field of view at the Subaru 8.2-m telescope. The wide wavelength coverage from 0.38 μm to 1.26 μm, with a resolving power of 3000, simultaneously strengthens its ability to target three main survey programs: cosmology, galactic archaeology and galaxy/AGN evolution. A medium resolution mode with a resolving power of 5000 for 0.71 μm to 0.89 μm will also be available by simply exchanging dispersers. We highlight some of the technological aspects of the design. To transform the telescope focal ratio, a broad-band coated microlens is glued to each fiber tip. A higher transmission fiber is selected for the longest part of the cable system, optimizing overall throughput; a fiber with low focal ratio degradation is selected for the fiber-positioner and fiber-slit components, minimizing the effects of fiber movements and fiber bending. Fiber positioning will be performed by a positioner consisting of two stages of piezo-electric rotary motors. The positions of these motors are measured by taking an image of artificially back-illuminated fibers with the metrology camera located in the Cassegrain container; the fibers are placed in the proper location by iteratively measuring and then adjusting the positions of the motors. Target light reaches one of the four identical fast-Schmidt spectrograph modules, each with three arms. The PFS project has passed several project-wide design reviews and is now in the construction phase.

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Hajime Sugai, Naoyuki Tamura, Hiroshi Karoji, Atsushi Shimono, Naruhisa Takato, Masahiko Kimura, Youichi Ohyama, Akitoshi Ueda, Hrand Aghazarian, Márcio de Arruda, Robert H. Barkhouser, Charles L. Bennett, Steve Bickerton, Alexandre Bozier, David F. Braun, Khanh Bui, Christopher M. Capocasale, Michael A. Carr, Bruno Castilho, Yin-Chang Chang, Hsin-Yo Chen, Chueh-Yi Chou, Olivia R. Dawson, Richard G. Dekany, Eric M. Ek, Richard S. Ellis, Robin J. English, Didier Ferrand, Décio Ferreira Sr., Charles D. Fisher, Mirek Golebiowski, James E. Gunn, Murdock Hart, Timothy M. Heckman, Paul T. P. Ho, Stephen Hope, Larry E. Hovland, Shu-Fu Hsu, Yen-Shan Hu, Pin-Jie Huang, Marc Jaquet, Jennifer E. Karr, Jason G. Kempenaar, Matthew E. King, Olivier C. Le Fèvre, David Le Mignant, Hung-Hsu Ling, Craig Loomis, Robert H. Lupton, Fabrice Madec, Peter H. Mao, Lucas Souza Marrara, Brice Ménard, Chaz Morantz, Hitoshi Murayama, Graham J. Murray, Antonio Cesar de Oliveira Sr., Claudia L. Mendes de Oliveira, Lígia Souza de Oliveira, Joseph D. Orndorff, Rodrigo M. P. de Paiva Vilaça, Eamon J. Partos, Sandrine Pascal, Thomas Pegot-Ogier, Daniel J. Reiley, Reed L. Riddle, Leandro Henrique dos Santos, Jesulino Bispo dos Santos, Mark A. Schwochert, Michael D. Seiffert, Stephen A. Smee, Roger M. Smith, Ronald E. Steinkraus, Laerte Sodré Jr., David N. Spergel, Christian Surace, Laurence Tresse, Clément Vidal, Sébastien Vives, Shiang-Yu Wang, Chih-Yi Wen, Amy C. Wu, Rosemary Wyse, and Chi-Hung Yan "Prime Focus Spectrograph for the Subaru telescope: massively multiplexed optical and near-infrared fiber spectrograph," Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 1(3), 035001 (23 June 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.1.3.035001

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