Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-09-03
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 6 figures; to appear in proceedings of Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, SPIE conference, Marseille, June
Scientific paper
10.1117/12.789692
The Flamingos-2 Tandem Tunable filter is a tunable, narrow-band filter, consisting of two Fabry-Perot etalons in series, capable of scanning to any wavelength from 0.95 to 1.35 microns with a spectral resolution of R~800. It is an accessory mode instrument for the near-IR Flamingos-2 imaging-spectrograph designed for the Gemini South 8m Observatory and will be fed through the upcoming Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics feed. The primary science goal of the F2T2 filter is to perform a ground-based search for the first star forming regions in the universe at redshifts of 7 < z < 11. The construction of the F2T2 filter is complete and it is currently in its calibration and commissioning phases. In this proceeding, we describe the calibration and performance of the instrument.
Abraham Roberto
Barton Elizabeth
Bershady Matthew
Bland-Hawthorn Joss
Crampton David
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