| Type |
Conference Paper |
| Names |
K. H. Nordsieck, E. B. Burgh, H. A. Kobulnicky, T. B. Williams, D. O'Donoghue, J. W. Percival, M. P. Smith |
| Proceedings Title |
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society |
| Conference Name |
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #199, #102.04 |
| Volume |
33 |
| Pages |
1465 |
| Date |
December 1, 2001 |
| URL |
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001AAS...19910204N |
| Library Catalog |
NASA ADS |
| Abstract |
The University of Wisconsin - Madison, together with Rutgers University
and the South African Astronomical Observatory, is designing and
building an imaging spectrograph for the Prime Focus Instrument Package
of the Southern African Large Telescope. The Prime Focus Imaging
Spectrograph (PFIS) will specialize in very high throughput, low and
medium resolution (R = 500--12000) spectroscopy and spectropolarimetry
from 3200 to 9000 Å, using an articulated camera with Volume Phase
Holographic gratings and a double etalon Fabry-Perot system. It will be
unique among or superior to existing 8--10 m telescopes in the UV, in
medium resolution spectroscopy, in Fabry-Perot spectroscopy, in high
time resolution spectroscopy, and in spectropolarimetry. |