The E-ELT first light spectrograph HARMONI: capabilities and modes

Thatte, Niranjan A.; Clarke, Fraser; Bryson, Ian; Shnetler, Hermine; Tecza, Matthias; Fusco, Thierry; Bacon, Roland M.; Richard, Johan; Mediavilla, Evencio; Neichel, Benoît; Arribas, Santiago; Garcia-Lorenzo, Begoña; Remillieux, Alban; El Madi, Kacem; Herreros, Jose Miguel; Melotte, Dave; O'Brien, Kieran; Tosh, Ian A.; Vernet, Joël; Hammersley, Peter; Ives, Derek J.; Finger, Gert; Houghton, Ryan; Rigopoulou, Dimitra; Lynn, James D.; Allen, Jamie R.; Zieleniewski, Simon D.; Kendrew, Sarah; Ferraro-Wood, Vanessa; Pécontal-Rousset, Arlette; Kosmalski, Johan; Laurent, Florence; Loupias, Magali; Piqueras, Laure; Renault, Edgar; Blaizot, Jeremy; Daguisé, Eric; Migniau, Jean-Emmanuel; Jarno, Aurélien; Born, Andy; Gallie, Angus M.; Montgomery, David M.; Henry, David; Schwartz, Noah; Taylor, William; Zins, Gérard; Rodríguez-Ramos, Luis Fernando; Cagigas, Miguel; Battaglia, Giuseppina; Rebolo López, Refael; Hernández Suárez, Elvio; Gigante-Ripoll, José Vicente; Piqueras López, Javier; Villa Mart...

Abstract

HARMONI is the E-ELT’s first light visible and near-infrared integral field spectrograph. It will provide four different spatial scales, ranging from coarse spaxels of 60 × 30 mas best suited for seeing limited observations, to 4 mas spaxels that Nyquist sample the diffraction limited point spread function of the E-ELT at near-infrared wavelengths. Each spaxel scale may be combined with eleven spectral settings, that provide a range of spectral resolving powers (R ~3500, 7500 and 20000) and instantaneous wavelength coverage spanning the 0.5 – 2.4 μm wavelength range of the instrument. In autumn 2015, the HARMONI project started the Preliminary Design Phase, following signature of the contract to design, build, test and commission the instrument, signed between the European Southern Observatory and the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council. Crucially, the contract also includes the preliminary design of the HARMONI Laser Tomographic Adaptive Optics system. The instrument’s technical specifications were finalized in the period leading up to contract signature. In this paper, we report on the first activity carried out during preliminary design, defining the baseline architecture for the system, and the trade-off studies leading up to the choice of baseline.

Citation

Thatte, N. A., Clarke, F., Bryson, I., Shnetler, H., Tecza, M., Fusco, T., Bacon, R. M., Richard, J., Mediavilla, E., Neichel, B., Arribas, S., Garcia-Lorenzo, B., Remillieux, A., El Madi, K., Herreros, J. M., Melotte, D., O'Brien, K., Tosh, I. A., Vernet, J., Hammersley, P., …Evans, C. J. (2016, December). The E-ELT first light spectrograph HARMONI: capabilities and modes. Presented at Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI,: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI,: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Aug 9, 2016
• Publication Date: 2016
• Deposit Date: Sep 25, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 19, 2023
• Volume: 9908
• Series ISSN: 0277-786X
• Book Title: Proceedings Volume 9908, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230629
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1144177