Integral field spectroscopy with optical fibres

AbstractAn efficient technique for obtaining complete spectral informations over moderately extended objects is to transform the geometry of their telescopic images to match a classical long ”slit” aperture. This anamorphosis is conveniently made with bundles of optical fibres. Such devices are especially useful when high spatial resolution and large wavelength coverage are required at the same time. We review the existing instruments based on this technique and present some typical results. We discuss also the future developments of integral field spectroscopy with optical fibres (visible or IR domains) for the new generation of very large telescopes.

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High Spatial Resolution Integral Field Spectroscopy of extended Ionized Gas around three Quasars

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100023071 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 149 ◽

pp. 254-256

Author(s):

F. Durret ◽

E. Pécontal ◽

P. Petitjean ◽

J. Bergeron

Keyword(s):

Spatial Resolution ◽

Spectral Resolution ◽

Rest Frame ◽

High Spatial Resolution ◽

Wavelength Region ◽

Ionized Gas ◽

Integral Field Spectroscopy ◽

Field Spectroscopy ◽

Integral Field Spectrograph ◽

Integral Field

Three quasars, Ton 616, 4C 37.43 and PKS 2251+113 (Stockton and MacKenty 1987) were observed in 1992 at the 3.6 m CFH telescope with the Integral Field Spectrograph TIGER (Courtès et al. 1987, Pécontal 1991) under subarcsecond seeing (0.5 - 0.7”). The spatial sampling was 0.39” in a field 7 by 7 ”, and the spectral resolution 8 ÅFWHM in the Hβ - [OIII]λ 5007 wavelength region (in the rest frame of the objects). The scaling is 4.5, 5.9 and 5.3 kpc.arcsec−1 for Ton 616, 4C 37.43 and PKS 2251+113 respectively (H0 = 75 km.s−1.Mpc−1). The data were reduced with the software developed at Observatoire de Lyon by Rousset, Bacon and Pécontal (Rousset 1992). A detailed account of our results is reported in Durret et al. 1994.

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Integral-field spectroscopy at the resolution limit of large telescopes: the science program of OSIRIS at Keck

10.1117/12.461445 ◽

2003 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Andreas Quirrenbach ◽

James E. Larkin ◽

Alfred Krabbe ◽

Matthew Barczys ◽

David LaFreniere

Keyword(s):

Science Program ◽

Resolution Limit ◽

Integral Field Spectroscopy ◽

Field Spectroscopy ◽

Large Telescopes ◽

Integral Field

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First results of the DIVING3D survey of bright galaxies in the local universe: The mini-DIVING3D sample

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union ◽

10.1017/s1743921320001581 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (S359) ◽

pp. 450-451

Author(s):

R. B. Menezes ◽

J. E. Steiner ◽

T. V. Ricci ◽

Patrícia da Silva ◽

D. M. Nicolazzi

Keyword(s):

Emission Line ◽

High Spatial Resolution ◽

H Ii Regions ◽

Local Universe ◽

Composite Systems ◽

Integral Field Spectroscopy ◽

Field Spectroscopy ◽

Line Region ◽

First Results ◽

Integral Field

AbstractWe present the first results of the Deep Integral Field Spectroscopy View of Nuclei of Galaxies (DIVING3D) survey, obtained from the analysis of the nuclear emission-line spectra of a sub-sample we call mini-DIVING3D, including all southern galaxies with B < 11.2 and |b| >15°. In comparison with previous studies, very few galaxies were classified as Transition objects. A possible explanation is that at least part of the Transition objects are composite systems, with a central low-ionization nuclear emission-line region (LINER) contaminated by the emission from circumnuclear H II regions. The high spatial resolution of the DIVING3D survey allowed us to isolate the nuclear emission from circumnuclear contaminations, reducing the number of Transition objects.

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Field Spectroscopy by Optical Fibres: development of the ”ALBIREO” spectrograph

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100023010 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 149 ◽

pp. 223-224

Author(s):

G. Herpe ◽

J. Sanchez ◽

Ch. Vanderriest ◽

M. Moles

Keyword(s):

Sierra Nevada ◽

Optical Fibres ◽

Integral Field Spectroscopy ◽

Field Spectroscopy ◽

Integral Field

AbstractA multi-function spectrograph has been built for the new 1.52 m telescope in the Sierra Nevada Observatory near Granada (Spain). It uses optical fibres for both multi-object spectroscopy and integral field spectroscopy, in addition to classical imaging and long-slit modes.

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Optical fibres for integral field spectroscopy

New Astronomy Reviews ◽

10.1016/j.newar.2006.02.033 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 50 (4-5) ◽

pp. 301-304 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Ian R. Parry

Keyword(s):

Optical Fibres ◽

Integral Field Spectroscopy ◽

Field Spectroscopy ◽

Integral Field

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The stellar structure of early-type galaxies: a wide-field Mitchell Spectrograph view

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union ◽

10.1017/s174392131601108x ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (S321) ◽

pp. 288-288

Author(s):

N. F. Boardman ◽

A. Weijmans ◽

R. C. E. van den Bosch ◽

L. Zhu ◽

A. Yildirim ◽

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Keyword(s):

Effective Radius ◽

Stellar Structure ◽

Wide Field ◽

Early Type ◽

Integral Field Spectroscopy ◽

Field Spectroscopy ◽

Integral Field ◽

Made In

Much progress has been made in recent years towards understanding how early-type galaxies (ETGs) form and evolve. SAURON (Bacon et al. 2001) integral-field spectroscopy from the ATLAS3D survey (Cappellari et al. 2011) has suggested that less massive ETGs are linked directly to spirals, whereas the most massive objects appear to form from a series of merging and accretion events (Cappellari et al. 2013). However, the ATLAS3D data typically only extends to about one half-light radius (or effective radius, Re), making it unclear if this picture is truly complete.

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