1. MATISSE, the VLTI mid-infrared imaging spectro-interferometer
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Lopez, B., Lagarde, S., Petrov, R.G., Jaffe, W., Antonelli, P., Allouche, F., Berio, P., Matter, A., Meilland, A., Millour, F., Robbe-Dubois, S., Henning, T., Weigelt, G., Glindemann, A., Agocs, T., Bailet, C., Beckmann, U., Bettonvil, F., Boekel, R. van, Bourget, P., Bresson, Y., Bristow, P., Cruzalèbes, P., Eldswijk, E., Fanteï Caujolle, Y., González Herrera, J.C., Graser, U., Guajardo, P., Heininger, M., Hofmann, K.H., Kroes, G., Laun, W., Lehmitz, M., Leinert, C., Meisenheimer, K., Morel, S., Neumann, U., Paladini, C., Percheron, I., Riquelme, M., Schoeller, M., Stee, P., Venema, L., Woillez, J., Zins, G., Ábrahám, P., Abadie, S., Abuter, R., Accardo, M., Adler, T., Alonso, J., Augereau, J.-C., Böhm, A., Bazin, G., Beltran, J., Bensberg, A., Boland, W., Brast, R., Burtscher, L., Castillo, R., Chelli, A., Cid, C., Clausse, J.-M., Connot, C., Conzelmann, R.D., Danchi, W.C., Delbo, M., Drevon, J., Dominik, C., Duin, A. van, Ebert, M., Eisenhauer, F., Flament, S., Frahm, R., Gámez Rosas, V., Gabasch, A., Gallenne, A., Garces, E., Girard, P., Glazenborg, A., Gonté, F.Y.J., Guitton, F., Haan, M. de, Hanenburg, H., Haubois, X., Hocdé, V., Hogerheijde, M., Horst, R. ter, Hron, J., Hummel, C.A., Hubin, N., Huerta, R., Idserda, J., Isbell, J.W., Ives, D., Jakob, G., Jaskó, A., Jochum, L., Klarmann, L., Klein, R., Kragt, J., Kuindersma, S., Kokoulina, E., Labadie, L., Lacour, S., Leftley, J., Le Poole, R., Lizon, J.L., Lopez, M., Lykou, F., Mérand, A., Marcotto, A., Mauclert, N., Maurer, T., Mehrgan, L.H., Meisner, J., Meixner, K., Mellein, M., Menut, J.L., Mohr, L., Mosoni, L., Navarro, R., Nußbaum, E., Pallanca, L., Pantin, E., Pasquini, L., Phan Duc, T., Pott, J.U., Pozna, E., Richichi, A., Ridinger, A., Rigal, F., Rivinius, T., Roelfsema, R., Rohloff, R.-R., Rousseau, S., Salabert, D., Schertl, D., Schuhler, N., Schuil, M., Shabun, K., Soulain, A., Stephan, C., Toledo, P., Tristram, K., Tromp, N., Vakili, F., Varga, J., Vinther, J., Waters, L.B.F.M., Wittkowski, M., Wolf, S., Wrhel, F., Yoffe, G., Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Leiden Observatory [Leiden], Universiteit Leiden [Leiden], Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Low Energy Astrophysics (API, FNWI), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universiteit Leiden, Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables (CDER), Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique [Algérie] (MESRS), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), European Southern Observatory Headquarters, NOVA Optical IR Instrumentation Group, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers (CHU Angers), PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans (UNAM), Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France, Kiel University, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA), Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), Miniaturisation pour la Synthèse, l’Analyse et la Protéomique - UAR 3290 (MSAP), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidad de Concepción - University of Concepcion [Chile], médialab (Sciences Po) (médialab), Sciences Po (Sciences Po), Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Universität zu Köln = University of Cologne, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics (LESIA), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), École, mutations, apprentissages (EMA), CY Cergy Paris Université (CY), Konkoly Observatory, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences [Budapest], Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)-Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Géoazur (GEOAZUR 7329), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Zselic Park of Stars, Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Department of Hematology, Instituto Superiore di Sanita Roma, Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek (AI PANNEKOEK), University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), Institut National du Cancer [Boulogne Billancourt] (INC), and Radboud University [Nijmegen]
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[SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,Astronomy ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,[SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM] ,Space and Planetary Science ,instrumentation: high angular resolution ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,methods: observational ,instrumentation: interferometers ,[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) - Abstract
Context:Optical interferometry is at a key development stage. ESO's VLTI has established a stable, robust infrastructure for long-baseline interferometry for general astronomical observers. The present second-generation instruments offer a wide wavelength coverage and improved performance. Their sensitivity and measurement accuracy lead to data and images of high reliability. Aims:We have developed MATISSE, the Multi AperTure mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment, to access high resolution imaging in a wide spectral domain and explore topics such: stellar activity and mass loss; planet formation and evolution in the gas and dust disks around young stars; accretion processes around super massive black holes in AGN. Methods:The instrument is a spectro-interferometric imager covering three atmospheric bands (L,M,N) from 2.8 to 13.0 mu, combining four optical beams from the VLTI's telscopes. Its concept, related observing procedure, data reduction and calibration approach are the product of 30 years of instrumental research. The instrument utilizes a multi-axial beam combination that delivers spectrally dispersed fringes. The signal provides the following quantities at several spectral resolutions: photometric flux, coherent fluxes, visibilities, closure phases, wavelength differential visibilities and phases, and aperture-synthesis imaging. Results:We provide an overview of the physical principle of the instrument and its functionalities, the characteristics of the delivered signal, a description of the observing modes and of their performance limits. An ensemble of data and reconstructed images are illustrating the first acquired key observations. Conclusion:The instrument has been in operation at Cerro Paranal, ESO, Chile since 2018, and has been open for science use by the international community since April 2019. The first scientific results are being published now., 24 pages, 26 figures, submitted to Astronomy & Astrophysics
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- 2022
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