The Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS)1 is a medium resolution spectrograph (R ∼ 4500) proposed for the ESO 3.6m NTT. We present the optical design of the UV-VIS arm of SOXS which employs high efficiency ion-etched gratings used in first order (m = 1) as the main dispersers. The spectral band is split into four channels which are directed to individual gratings, and imaged simultaneously by a single three-element catadioptric camera. The expected throughput of our design is > 60% including contingency. The SOXS collaboration expects first light in early 2021. This paper is one of several papers presented in these proceedings2-10 describing the full SOXS instrument.
Conference paper
MITS: The multi-imaging transient spectrograph for SOXS
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII 2018 (United States, Austin, 10/Jun/2018 - 14/Jun/2018)
Jul/2018
Abstract
Details
- Title
- MITS; The multi-imaging transient spectrograph for SOXS
- Creators
- Adam Rubin (Corresponding Author) - 972WIS_INST___88Sagi Ben-Ami (null) - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (United States, Cambridge) - CfAOfir Hershko (null) - The Weizmann Institute of ScienceMichael Rappaport (null) - 972WIS_INST___91Oz Diner (null) - The Weizmann Institute of ScienceAvishay Gal-Yam (null) - 972WIS_INST___88Sergio Campana (null) - Brera Astronomical ObservatoryRiccardo Claudi (null) - Osservatorio Astronomico di PadovaPietro Schipani (null) - Astronomical Observatory of CapodimonteMatteo Aliverti (null) - Brera Astronomical ObservatoryAndrea Baruffolo (null) - Osservatorio Astronomico di PadovaFederico Biondi (null) - Osservatorio Astronomico di PadovaAnna Brucalassi (null) - European Southern Observatory (Germany, Garching bei München) - ESOGiulio Capasso (null) - Astronomical Observatory of CapodimonteRosario Cosentino (null) - INAF-Fundación Galileo GalileiFrancesco D'Alessio (null) - Osservatorio Astronomico di RomaPaolo D'Avanzo (null) - Brera Astronomical ObservatoryHanindyo Kuncarayakti (null) - University of TurkuMatteo Munari (null) - Osservatorio Astrofisico di CataniaSalvatore Scuderi (null) - Osservatorio Astrofisico di CataniaFabrizio Vitali (null) - Osservatorio Astronomico di RomaJani Achrén (null) - Incident Angle Oy (Finland, Turku)José Antonio Araiza-Duran (null) - Universidad Andrés BelloIair Arcavi (null) - 972WIS_INST___88Andrea Bianco (null) - Brera Astronomical ObservatoryEnrico Cappellaro (null) - Osservatorio Astronomico di PadovaMirko Colapietro (null) - Astronomical Observatory of CapodimonteMassimo Della Valle (null) - Astronomical Observatory of CapodimonteSergio D'Orsi (null) - Astronomical Observatory of CapodimonteDaniela Fantinel (null) - Osservatorio Astronomico di PadovaJohan Fynbo (null) - University of CopenhagenMatteo Genoni (null) - Brera Astronomical ObservatoryMika Hirvonen (null) - ASROJari Kotilainen (null) - University of TurkuTarun Kumar (null) - University of TurkuMarco Landoni (null) - Brera Astronomical ObservatoryJussi Lehti (null) - ASROGianluca Li Causi (null) - National Institute for AstrophysicsLuca Marafatto (null) - Osservatorio Astronomico di PadovaSeppo Mattila (null) - University of TurkuGiorgio Pariani (null) - Brera Astronomical ObservatoryGiuliano Pignata (null) - Universidad Andrés BelloDavide Ricci (null) - Osservatorio Astronomico di PadovaMarco Riva (null) - Brera Astronomical ObservatoryBernardo Salasnich (null) - Osservatorio Astronomico di PadovaRicardo Zanmar Sanchez (null) - Osservatorio Astrofisico di CataniaStephen Smartt (null) - Queen's University BelfastMassimo Turatto (null) - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
- Publication Details
- Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII; Jul/2018
- Number of pages
- 15
- Book Editors
- Simard, Luc ; Simard, Luc ; Evans, Christopher J. ; Takami, Hideki
- Series
- Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
- Publisher
- SPIE
- Language
- English
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313338
- Conference
- Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII 2018 (United States, Austin, 10/Jun/2018 - 14/Jun/2018)
- Grant note
- NA
- ISBN
- 9781510619579
- Record Identifier
- 993261997303596
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