Performance of the apache point observatory galactic evolution experiment (APOGEE) high-resolution near-infrared multi-object fiber spectrograph

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8446, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wilson, John C ^a   Hearty, F ^a   Skrutskie, M F ^a   Majewski, S R ^a   Schiavon, R ^b   Eisenstein, D ^c   Gunn, J ^d   Holtzman, J ^e   Nidever, D ^a   Gillespie, B ^f   Weinberg, D ^g   Blank, B ^h   Henderson, C ^h   Smee, S ⁱ   Barkhouser, R ⁱ   Harding, A ⁱ   Hope, S ⁱ   Fitzgerald, G ^j   Stolberg, T ^j   Arns, J ^k   Nelson, M ^a   Brunner, S ^a   Burton, A ^a   Walker, E ^a   Lam, C ^a   Maseman, P ^l   Barr, J ^a   Leger, F ^m   Carey, L ^m   MacDonald, N ^m   Ebelke, G ^f   Beland, S ⁿ   Horne, T ^l   Young, E ^o   Rieke, G ^l   Rieke, M ^l   O'Brien, T ^g   Crane, J ^p   Carr, M ^d   Harrison, C ^q   Stoll, R ^q   Vernieri, M ^q   Shetrone, M ^r   Allende Prieto, C ^s   Johnson, J ^g   Frinchaboy, P ^t   Zasowski, G ^a   Garcia Perez, A ^a   Bizyaev, D ^f   Cunha, K ^l,u,v   Smith, V V ^v   Meszaros, Sz ^s   Zhao, B ^w   Hayden, M ^e   Chojnowski, S D ^a   Andrews, B ^g   Loomis, C ^d   Owen, R ^m   Klaene, M ^f   Brinkmann, J ^f   Stauffer, F ^f   Long, D ^f   Jordan, W ^f   Holder, D ^f   Cope, F ^f   Naugle, T ^f   Pfaffenberger, B ^f   Schlegel, D ^x   Blanton, M ^y   Muna, D ^y   Weaver, B ^y   Snedden, S ^f   Pan, K ^f   Brewington, H ^f   Malanushenko, E ^f   Malanushenko, V ^f   Simmons, A ^f   Oravetz, D ^f   Mahadevan, S ^z   Halverson, S ^z   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h PulseRay   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j New England Optical Systems Inc   (United States)

^k Kaiser Optical Systems Inc   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^o NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^p CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^q C Technologies   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^s INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^t TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u OBSERVATÓRIO NACIONAL   (Brazil)

^v NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^w University of Florida   (United States)

^x LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^y NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^z PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Fiber; Multi object; Near Infrared; Spectroscopy; VPH

Indexed keywords

ALL FIBER; APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY; FIRST YEAR; FOCAL RATIO DEGRADATION; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; GIANT STARS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INSTRUMENT DESIGNS; MILKY WAYS; MULTIOBJECT; NARROW BANDS; NEAR INFRARED; SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY; STELLAR POPULATIONS; SUB PIXELS; VACUUM CRYOSTAT; VPH;

ASTRONOMY; BUILDINGS; EXPERIMENTS; INFRARED DEVICES; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPECTROGRAPHS; SPECTROSCOPY; SURVEYS; TELESCOPES;

FIBERS;

EID: 84871999759     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.927140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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