Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) for the Subaru telescope: Ongoing integration and future plans
Author(s): Tamura, Naoyuki; Takato, Naruhisa; Shimono, Atsushi; Moritani, Yuki; Yabe, Kiyoto; et al
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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr17s7hr9r| Abstract: | PFS (Prime Focus Spectrograph), a next generation facility instrument on the 8.2-meter Subaru Telescope, is a very wide-field, massively multiplexed, optical and near-infrared spectrograph. Exploiting the Subaru prime focus, 2394 reconfigurable fibers will be distributed over the 1.3 deg field of view. The spectrograph has been designed with 3 arms of blue, red, and near-infrared cameras to simultaneously observe spectra from 380nm to 1260nm in one exposure at a resolution of 1.6-2.7A. An international collaboration is developing this instrument under the initiative of Kavli IPMU. The project recently started undertaking the commissioning process of a subsystem at the Subaru Telescope side, with the integration and test processes of the other subsystems ongoing in parallel. We are aiming to start engineering night-sky operations in 2019, and observations for scientific use in 2021. This article gives an overview of the instrument, current project status and future paths forward. |
| Publication Date: | 2018 |
| Citation: | Tamura, Naoyuki, Takato, Naruhisa, Shimono, Atsushi, Moritani, Yuki, Yabe, Kiyoto, Ishizuka, Yuki, Kamata, Yukiko, Ueda, Akitoshi, Aghazarian, Hrand, Arnouts, Stephane, Barkhouser, Robert H, Balard, Philippe, Barette, Rudy, Belhadi, Mohamed, Burnham, Jill A, Caplar, Neven, Carr, Michael A, Chabaud, Pierre-Yves, Chang, Yin-Chang, Chen, Hsin-Yo, Chou, Chueh-Yi, Chu, You-Hua, Cohen, Judith G, de Almeida, Rodrigo P, de Oliveira, Antonio C, de Oliveira, Ligia S, Dekany, Richard G, Dohlen, Kjetil, dos Santos, Jesulino B, dos Santos, Leandro H, Ellis, Richard S, Fabricius, Maximilian, Ferreira, Decio, Furusawa, Hisanori, Garcia-Carpio, Javier, Golebiowski, Mirek, Gross, Johannes, Gunn, James E, Hammond, Randolph, Harding, Albert, Hart, Murdock, Heckman, Timothy M, Ho, Paul TP, Hope, Stephen C, Hover, David J, Hsu, Shu-Fu, Hu, Yen-Shan, Huang, Ping-Jie, Jamal, Sara, Jaquet, Marc, Jeschke, Eric, Jing, Yipeng, Kado-Fong, Erin, Karr, Jennifer L, Kimura, Masahiko, King, Matthew E, Koike, Michitaro, Komatsu, Eiichiro, Le Brun, Vincent, Le Fevre, Olivier, Le Fur, Arnaud, Le Mignant, David, Ling, Hung-Hsu, Loomis, Craig P, Lupton, Robert H, Madec, Fabrice, Mao, Peter H, Marchesini, Danilo, Marrara, Lucas S, Medvedev, Dmitry, Mineo, Sogo, Minowa, Yosuke, Murayama, Hitoshi, Murray, Graham J, Ohyama, Youichi, Onodera, Masato, Orndorff, Joseph, Pascal, Sandrine, Peebles, Josh, Pernot, Guillaume, Pourcelot, Raphael, Reiley, Daniel J, Reinecke, Martin, Roberts, Mitsuko, Rosa, Josimar A, Rousselle, Julien, Schmitt, Alain, Schwochert, Mark A, Seiffert, Michael D, Siddiqui, Hassan, Smee, Stephen A, Sodre, Laerte, Steinkraus, Aaron J, Strauss, Michael A, Surace, Christian, Tait, Philip J, Takada, Masahiro, Tamura, Tomonori, Tanaka, Masayuki, Tanaka, Yoko, Thakar, Aniruddha R, Verducci, Orlando, Vibert, Didier, Wang, Shiang-Yu, Wang, Zuo, Wen, Chih-Yi, Werner, Suzanne, Yamada, Yoshihiko, Yan, Chi-Hung, Yasuda, Naoki, Yoshida, Hiroshige, Yoshida, Michitoshi. (2018). Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) for the Subaru telescope: Ongoing integration and future plans. GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY VII, 10702 (10.1117/12.2311871 |
| DOI: | doi:10.1117/12.2311871 |
| ISSN: | 0277-786X |
| EISSN: | 1996-756X |
| Type of Material: | Conference Article |
| Journal/Proceeding Title: | GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY VII |
| Version: | Final published version. Article is made available in OAR by the publisher's permission or policy. |
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