Science Case
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Science Case
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Foreseen first generation of instruments<br />
Name Instrument type<br />
Wavelength<br />
range<br />
MICADO Diffraction limited NIR Imager 0.8-2.4 μm<br />
HARMONI Single-field NIR spectrograph 0.8-2.4 μm<br />
EAGLE<br />
CODEX<br />
Wide-field multi-object NIR<br />
spectrograph<br />
High-resolution visual<br />
spectrograph<br />
0.8-2.4 μm<br />
0.35-0.72<br />
μm<br />
METIS Mid-IR imager and spectrograph 3.5-20 μm<br />
FoV and<br />
sampling<br />
30”<br />
4 mas/pix<br />
~1”-10”<br />
20-50 mas/pix<br />
patrol field ≥5'<br />
10-50 mas/pix<br />
Spectral<br />
resolution<br />
~4000<br />
(~20.000)<br />
~5000<br />
(R>15.000)<br />
AO support<br />
envisaged<br />
SCAO/MCAO<br />
SCAO/LTAO<br />
point source >120.000 Tip-Tilt?<br />
30”<br />
15-30 mas/pix<br />
5-200<br />
~100.000<br />
Notes<br />
MOAO multiplex >20<br />
SCAO/LTAO<br />
stability < 2 cm/s<br />
over 30 years<br />
EPICS Planet finder 0.6-1.8 μm ~2”-4” >50 XAO Polarimetry<br />
?? Optical MOS 0.3-1.8 μm 5’-10’ FoV 1000-10.000 GLAO multiplex >100<br />
?? NIR high-resolution spectrograph 0.8-2.4 μm slit >100.000 GLAO<br />
MAORY Multi-conjugated AO module 0.6-2.4 μm 2’ FoV<br />
2 DMs + M4,<br />
6 LGS<br />
?? Laser tomography AO module 0.6-2.4 μm 1’ FoV M4, 6 LGS
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