The Blue Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (BlueMUSE) on the VLT: science drivers and overview of instrument design

Johan Richard; Rémi Giroud; Florence Laurent; Davor Krajnović; Alexandre Jeanneau; Roland Bacon; Manuel Abreu; Angela Adamo; Ricardo Araujo; Nicolas Bouché; Jarle Brinchmann; Zhemin Cai; Norberto Castro; Ariadna Calcines; Diane Chapuis; Adélaïde Claeyssens; Luca Cortese; Emanuele Daddi; Christopher Davison; Michael Goodwin; Robert Harris; Matthew Hayes; Mathilde Jauzac; Andreas Kelz; Jean-Paul Kneib; Audrey A. Lanotte; Jon Lawrence; Vianney Le Bouteillier; Rémy Le Breton; Matthew Lehnert; Angel Lopez Sanchez; Helen McGregor; Anna F. McLeod; Manuel Monteiro; Simon Morris; Cyrielle Opitom; Arlette Pécontal; Martin M. Roth; David Robertson; Jesse van de Sande; Russel Smith; Matthias Steinmetz; Mark Swinbank; Tanya Urrutia; Anne Verhamme; Peter M. Weilbacher; Martin Wendt; François Wildi; Jessica Zheng

doi:10.1117/12.3019831

18 July 2024 The Blue Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (BlueMUSE) on the VLT: science drivers and overview of instrument design

Johan Richard, Rémi Giroud, Florence Laurent, Davor Krajnović, Alexandre Jeanneau, Roland Bacon, Manuel Abreu, Angela Adamo, Ricardo Araujo, Nicolas Bouché, Jarle Brinchmann, Zhemin Cai, Norberto Castro, Ariadna Calcines, Diane Chapuis, Adélaïde Claeyssens, Luca Cortese, Emanuele Daddi, Christopher Davison, Michael Goodwin, Robert Harris, Matthew Hayes, Mathilde Jauzac, Andreas Kelz, Jean-Paul Kneib, Audrey A. Lanotte, Jon Lawrence, Vianney Le Bouteillier, Rémy Le Breton, Matthew Lehnert, Angel Lopez Sanchez, Helen McGregor, Anna F. McLeod, Manuel Monteiro, Simon Morris, Cyrielle Opitom, Arlette Pécontal, Martin M. Roth, David Robertson, Jesse van de Sande, Russel Smith, Matthias Steinmetz, Mark Swinbank, Tanya Urrutia, Anne Verhamme, Peter M. Weilbacher, Martin Wendt, François Wildi, Jessica Zheng

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Proceedings Volume 13096, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X; 1309622 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019831
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

BlueMUSE is a blue-optimised, medium spectral resolution, panoramic integral eld spectrograph under development for the Very Large Telescope (VLT). With an optimised transmission down to 350 nm, spectral resolution of R~3500 on average across the wavelength range, and a large FoV (1 arcmin²), BlueMUSE will open up a new range of galactic and extragalactic science cases facilitated by its specific capabilities. The BlueMUSE consortium includes 9 institutes located in 7 countries and is led by the Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL). The BlueMUSE project development is currently in Phase A, with an expected rst light at the VLT in 2031. We introduce here the Top Level Requirements (TLRs) derived from the main science cases, and then present an overview of the BlueMUSE system and its subsystems ful lling these TLRs. We speci cally emphasize the tradeo s that are made and the key distinctions compared to the MUSE instrument, upon which the system architecture is built.

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Johan Richard, Rémi Giroud, Florence Laurent, Davor Krajnović, Alexandre Jeanneau, Roland Bacon, Manuel Abreu, Angela Adamo, Ricardo Araujo, Nicolas Bouché, Jarle Brinchmann, Zhemin Cai, Norberto Castro, Ariadna Calcines, Diane Chapuis, Adélaïde Claeyssens, Luca Cortese, Emanuele Daddi, Christopher Davison, Michael Goodwin, Robert Harris, Matthew Hayes, Mathilde Jauzac, Andreas Kelz, Jean-Paul Kneib, Audrey A. Lanotte, Jon Lawrence, Vianney Le Bouteillier, Rémy Le Breton, Matthew Lehnert, Angel Lopez Sanchez, Helen McGregor, Anna F. McLeod, Manuel Monteiro, Simon Morris, Cyrielle Opitom, Arlette Pécontal, Martin M. Roth, David Robertson, Jesse van de Sande, Russel Smith, Matthias Steinmetz, Mark Swinbank, Tanya Urrutia, Anne Verhamme, Peter M. Weilbacher, Martin Wendt, François Wildi, and Jessica Zheng "The Blue Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (BlueMUSE) on the VLT: science drivers and overview of instrument design", Proc. SPIE 13096, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X, 1309622 (18 July 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019831

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