Initial Results from VIRUS Production Spectrographs Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • The Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) uses a novel technique of replicated spectrographs (VIRUS) to measure dark energy at intermediate redshifts (2 < z < 4). VIRUS contains over 30,000 fibers and over 160 independent and identical channels. Here we report on the construction and characterization of the initial batch of VIRUS spectrograph cameras. Assembly of the first batch of 16 is in progress. A brief overview of the assembly is presented, and where available performance is compared to specification. 2012 SPIE.

name of conference

  • Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV

published proceedings

  • GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY IV

author list (cited authors)

  • Tuttle, S. E., Allen, R. D., Chonis, T. S., Cornell, M. E., DePoy, D. L., Hill, G. J., ... Vattiat, B. L.

citation count

  • 5

complete list of authors

  • Tuttle, Sarah E||Allen, Richard D||Chonis, Taylor S||Cornell, Mark E||DePoy, Darren L||Hill, Gary J||Lee, Hanshin||Marshall, Jennifer L||Prochaska, Travis||Rafal, Marc D||Savage, Richard D||Vattiat, Brian L

editor list (cited editors)

  • McLean, I. S., Ramsay, S. K., & Takami, H.

publication date

  • September 2012