Target allocation yields for massively multiplexed spectroscopic surveys with fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9150, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Saunders, Will ^a   Smedley, Scott ^a   Gillingham, Peter ^a   Forero Romero, Jaime E ^b   Jouvel, Stephanie ^c   Nord, Brian ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DE L ESPAI CSIC IEEC   (Spain)

^d NASA FERMILAB ASTROPHYSICS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

fiber positioners; fiber spectroscopy; multi object spectroscopy; simulated annealing; spectroscopic surveys

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ASTRONOMY; FIBERS; MULTIPLEXING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ACTUATOR DESIGN; FIBER POSITIONER; FIBER SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH LATITUDES; MULTIOBJECT SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS; TARGET ALLOCATIONS; YIELD INCREASE;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84906860947     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2057299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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