KMOS: An infrared multiple object integral field spectrograph for the ESO VLT

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5492, Issue PART 3, 2004, Pages 1179-1186

  Sharples, R M ^a   Bender, R ^b,c   Lehnert, M ^c   Howat, S K Ramsay ^d   Bremer, M N ^e   Davies, R L ^f   Genzel, R ^c   Hofmann, R ^c   Ivison, R J ^d   Saglia, R ^c   Thatte, N A ^f  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infrared spectrographs; Integral field spectrographs; Multiple object spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GALAXIES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOMETRY; TELESCOPES;

INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROGRAPHS; INTEGRAL FIELD UNIT (IFU); MULTIPLE OBJECT SPECTROSCOPY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CLUSTERING;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 10444284229     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.550495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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