Using the X-shooter physical model to understand instrument flexure

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7735, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Bristow, Paul ^a   Vernet, Joel ^a   Kerber, Florian ^a   Moehler, Sabine ^a   Modigliani, Andrea ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flexure; Instrument Modelling; Spectroscopy; Wavelength Calibration

Indexed keywords

FLEXURE; LINE POSITIONS; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTIMISATIONS; PHYSICAL CHANGES; PHYSICAL MODEL; WAVELENGTH CALIBRATION; X-SHOOTER;

ASTRONOMY; CALIBRATION; DATA REDUCTION;

INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 78049362683     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.856097     Document Type: Conference Paper

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