Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
May 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007aas...210.8206r&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society Meeting 210, #82.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.191
Physics
Optics
Scientific paper
The Infrared Widefield Imager (IWI) is a proposed near-infrared imager for the Large Binocular Telescope. IWI would combine a 21 arcminute field of view with the light grasp of an 8.4 meter primary mirror, by combining a new infrared dewar with existing prime focus optics from one channel of the Large Binocular Camera. IWI would cover the z, Y, J, and (short) H band filters.
It would be the largest near-IR field of view on any 8 meter class telescope by a wide margin, and would be a world class survey instrument. Indeed, for deep surveys over a fraction of a square degree, it would be the fastest ground-based NIR survey instrument anywhere. It would also be unique in that it functions in parallel with the second LBC channel, so that IWI imaging would always be accompanied by simultaneous, deep optical imaging over the same field. Science applications for IWI would range from the lowest mass brown dwarfs in the Solar neighborhood to the most massive star forming galaxies at and before the epoch of reionization.
We will present an overview of the instrument design, along with a summary of the science drivers for its construction.
IWI Collaboration
Rhoads James E.
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