High Redshift Science With The FIRE IR Spectrograph At Magellan

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May 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21833204s&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #218, #332.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011

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FIRE (the Folded-port Infrared Echellette) is a new near-infrared spectrometer for the 6.5 meter Magellan Baade telescope; it operates at R=6000 and covers the 0.82-2.5 micron band. One of FIRE's primary science drivers is to perform detailed observations of chemical abundances in the IGM at z > 5 as a proxy for early star formation, feedback and enrichment. This contribution describes results from the first year of FIRE's operation, including measurements of the C IV abundance at z > 5.5 and the Mg II abundance at 2.5 < z < 6. FIRE's construction and early science observations are supported by the National Science Foundation, and the Curtis Marble Fund at MIT.

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