Commissioning MATISSE: first results

Romain G. Petrov; Fatmé Allouche; Philippe Berio; Alain Chelli; Pierre Cruzalèbes; Yan Fanteï; Walter Jaffe; Andreas Glindemann; Stéphane Lagarde; Bruno Lopez; Alexis Matter; Antony Meilland; Florentin Millour; Sebastien Morel; Claudia Paladini; Thomas Rivinius; Sylvie Robbe-Dubois; Sylvain Rousseau; Markus Schöller; Jozsef Varga; Gérard Zins

doi:10.1117/12.2312104

9 July 2018 Commissioning MATISSE: first results

Romain G. Petrov, Fatmé Allouche, Philippe Berio, Alain Chelli, Pierre Cruzalèbes, Yan Fanteï, Walter Jaffe, Andreas Glindemann, Stéphane Lagarde, Bruno Lopez, Alexis Matter, Antony Meilland, Florentin Millour, Sebastien Morel, Claudia Paladini, Thomas Rivinius, Sylvie Robbe-Dubois, Sylvain Rousseau, Markus Schöller, Jozsef Varga, Gérard Zins

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 10701, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI; 1070109 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312104
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

Abstract

MATISSE is the 2^nd generation mid-infrared instrument designed to combine four VLTI telescopes in the L, M and N spectral bands. It’s commissioning in Paranal is in progress since March 2018 and should continue until the middle of 2019. Here we report, in June 2018, the commissioning plan, tools and the preliminary results of the first two commissioning runs in MATISSE that show that the instrument is already fully operational with a sensitivity well beyond its specification. The quality of the measurements, as they obtained by the current observing procedures and delivered by the current pipeline are already good enough for a broad range of science observations. However, our results remain quite preliminary and they will be quite substantially improved by the work in progress in instrument calibration, observing procedures optimization and data processing updates.

Conference Presentation

Citation Download Citation

Romain G. Petrov, Fatmé Allouche, Philippe Berio, Alain Chelli, Pierre Cruzalèbes, Yan Fanteï, Walter Jaffe, Andreas Glindemann, Stéphane Lagarde, Bruno Lopez, Alexis Matter, Antony Meilland, Florentin Millour, Sebastien Morel, Claudia Paladini, Thomas Rivinius, Sylvie Robbe-Dubois, Sylvain Rousseau, Markus Schöller, Jozsef Varga, and Gérard Zins "Commissioning MATISSE: first results", Proc. SPIE 10701, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI, 1070109 (9 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312104

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available