For more information on the MOVIES study,
please contact:
Alan McConnachie (PI):
[email protected]
Les Saddlemyer (PM):
[email protected]
GMOX
The Gemini Multi-Object eXtra-wide-band
spectrograph (GMOX) instrument concept
is a wide-band (R ~ 5000) spectrograph covering the entire optical/near-infrared spectrum accessible from the ground — from
the U-band to K-band (0.32 – 2.4 µm) via five
spectroscopic arms (Figure 3). Using existing
micro-electromechanical systems technology, GMOX plans to exploit the exceptional
image quality of the Gemini Multi-conjugate
adaptive optics System (GeMS).
Prime GMOX science drivers include probing the high redshift universe from 6 < z < 10
through deep spectroscopy of lensed galaxies and the re-ionization epoch. With its large
observable wavelength range and capability
of operating in crowded fields, GMOX can
also study ultraviolet/optical spectral features in a variety of regions, ranging from
star formation at redshifts 1 < z < 3 to stellar
clusters in the Milky Way.
The study is being led by Massimo Robberto
(Space Telescope Science Institute; STScI)
and managed by Stephen Smee (Johns Hopkins University). Main institutional collaborators include the STScI and the Rochester
Institute of Technology.
For more information on the GMOX study,
please contact:
Massimo Robberto (PI): [email protected]
Stephen Smee (PM): [email protected]
OCTOCAM
The (OCTOCAM) instrument concept is
an 8-arm, multi-band imager and spectrograph, covering 0.37 2.35 µm with
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R ~ 3000 - 4000 and high time-resolution
Figure 4.
Optical layouts of a
preliminary concept
for GMOX. (a) GMOX
on Gemini, shown
beneath an ISS-sized
cube for scale. (b)
Schematic of a 3-arm
arrangement for
GMOX.
July 2015
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