Michi: A MIR Instrument Concept for the TMT

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Jan 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21715703p&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #157.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011

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A mid-infrared (MIR) imager and spectrometer is under consideration for construction in the first decade of the Thirty Meter Telescope's (TMT) operation. When combined with a MIR adaptive optics system, the instrument will afford 15 times higher sensitivity, 4 times better spatial resolution (0.08") than 8m-class telescopes, and 4.5 times better spatial resolution than the JWST. Additionally, its huge light gathering power opens a new window of high-dispersion spectroscopy in the MIR. We discuss the key science drivers, from star and planet formation to galaxies and black holes and cosmology; science drivers which are in close synergy with the recent Astro 2010 Decadal Survey report. We flow down our science cases to produce fundamental and optional instrument capabilities, including imaging, long-slit and IFU spectroscopy, and polarimetry.

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