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v522 v523 27 27 || '''21.02.2022''' || '''Martin Kürster''' || '''MPIA Project Overview'''[[BR]][[BR]]This talk will provide an overview of the ongoing [[BR]]astronomical instrumentation projects of the MPIA. [[BR]][[BR]]It presents[[BR]][[BR]]* which work packages the MPIA has taken over [[BR]]within the respective consortium which collaborates in development and construction,[[BR]][[BR]]* the current phase of each project and the overall schedule,[[BR]][[BR]]* the main characteristics of the instruments, such as[[BR]] type, wavelength, resolution, field-of-view, etc.[[BR]][[BR]]A brief look at the science planned with each instrument rounds off the presentation.[[BR]][[BR]]Presentation: German[[BR]]Slides: English[[BR]]Questions: German, English || 28 28 || 28.02.2022 || -- || -- || 29 || '''07.03.2022''' || '''Wolfgang Brandner [[BR]] &[[BR]] Wolfgang Gässler''' || '''ANDES - more than a mint chocolate'''[[BR]][[BR]]Searching for the word ANDES in the internet one of the first [[BR]]products one can find is a mint chocolate. More than 120 [[BR]]astronomers and engineers worldwide are about to change this. [[BR]]They are working on ANDES the !ArmazoNes high Dispersion [[BR]]Echelle Spectrograph for the E-ELT, which will cover the [[BR]]wavelength range from the U-band to the near infrared providing precision data to understand exoplanet atmospheres in detail or measure the evolution of fundamental constants (Feinstrukturkonstante) back to the beginning of the universe.[[BR]][[BR]]The ANDES instrument will consist of a front end including an [[BR]]adaptive optics system, which is picking up the light in the focal [[BR]]plane. Some fiber feed to three spectrographs - UBV, RI, YJH [[BR]]band - and an optional fourth spectrograph for K-band, where our institute with the APEx-department is most interested in. [[BR]]Therefore, we lead a Phase B study of this K-band spectrograph. Transmission spectroscopy is defining the requirements of the[[BR]] K-band spectrograph for us. Other important constraints are [[BR]]the size (volume) and mass, and the highest possible optical throughput. The decision on whether or not to proceed with [[BR]]the K-band spectrograph will happen after the completion of [[BR]]the current Phase B study of the ANDES instrument sometime[[BR]] in 2024. Hopefully it will not end like in Monty Pythons 'Meaning[[BR]] of life' after just one more mint. ||29 || '''07.03.2022''' || '''Wolfgang Brandner [[BR]] &[[BR]] Wolfgang Gässler''' || '''ANDES - more than a mint chocolate'''[[BR]][[BR]]Searching for the word ANDES in the internet one of the first [[BR]]products one can find is a mint chocolate. More than 120 [[BR]]astronomers and engineers worldwide are about to change this. [[BR]]They are working on ANDES the !ArmazoNes high Dispersion [[BR]]Echelle Spectrograph for the E-ELT, which will cover the [[BR]]wavelength range from the U-band to the near infrared providing precision data to understand exoplanet atmospheres in detail or measure the evolution of fundamental constants (Feinstrukturkonstante) back to the beginning of the universe.[[BR]][[BR]]The ANDES instrument will consist of a front end including an [[BR]]adaptive optics system, which is picking up the light in the focal [[BR]]plane. Some fiber feed to three spectrographs - UBV, RI, YJH [[BR]]band - and an optional fourth spectrograph for K-band, where our institute with the APEx-department is most interested in. [[BR]]Therefore, we lead a Phase B study of this K-band spectrograph. Transmission spectroscopy is defining the requirements of the[[BR]] K-band spectrograph for us. Other important constraints are [[BR]]the size (volume) and mass, and the highest possible optical throughput. The decision on whether or not to proceed with [[BR]]the K-band spectrograph will happen after the completion of [[BR]]the current Phase B study of the ANDES instrument sometime[[BR]] in 2024. Hopefully it will not end like in Monty Pythons 'Meaning[[BR]] of life' after just one more mint.[[BR]][[BR]]Presentation: German[[BR]]Slides: English[[BR]]Questions: German, English || 30 30 || 14.03.2022 || -- || -- || 31 31 || 21.03.2022 || Markus Feldt || Project VLT/SPHERE+ ||
