VLTI status update: tapping into a powerful second-generation instrumentation

Xavier Haubois; Roberto Abuter; Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier; Jaime Alonso; Juan Beltran; Jean-Philippe Berger; Pierre Bourget; Paul Bristow; Luis Caniguante; Bruno Chazelas; Claudia Cid; Ralf Conzelmann; Angela Cortes; Pascaline Darré; Alain Delboulbé; Françoise Delplancke-Ströbele; Diego Del Valle; Roderick Dembet; Reinaldo Donoso; Christophe Dupuy; Sebastien Egner; Frank Eisenhauer; Lorena Faundez; Eloy Fuenteseca; Robert Frahm; Daniel Gaytan; Juan Pablo Gil; Andreas Glindemann; Frédéric Gonté; Jaime Gonzales; Patricia Guajardo; Thibaut Guerlet; Sylvain Guieu; Pablo Gutierrez; Pierre Haguenauer; Pierre van der Heyden; Stefan Huber; Norbert Hubin; Christian Hummel; Lieselotte Jochum; Laurent Jocou; Jean-Paul Kirchbauer; Johann Kolb; Johan Kosmalski; Peter Krempl; Sylvestre Lacour; Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin; Julien Leclercq; Jean Louis Lizon; Bruno Lopez; Yves Magnard; Anthony Meilland; Alexander Meister; Antoine Mérand; Steffen Mieske; Thibaut Moulin; Juan Osorio; Jürgen Ott; Claudia Paladini; Laurent Pallanca; Marcus Pavez; Luca Pasquini; Célia Pelluet; Isabelle Percheron; Lorenzo Pettazzi; Andrés Pino; Sébastien Poupar; Andrés Ramírez; Javier Reyes; Miguel Riquelme; Thomas Rivinius; Sylvain Rochat; Fernando Salgado; Markus Schöller; Nicolas Schuhler; Pavel Shchekaturov; Christian Stephan; Marcos Suarez; Alain Smette; Richard Tamblay; Mario Tapia; Konrad Tristram; Guillermo Valdes; Christophe Verinaud; Markus Wittkowski; Julien Woillez; Gérard Zins

doi:10.1117/12.2561486

13 December 2020 VLTI status update: tapping into a powerful second-generation instrumentation

Xavier Haubois, Roberto Abuter, Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier, Jaime Alonso, Juan Beltran, Jean-Philippe Berger, Pierre Bourget, Paul Bristow, Luis Caniguante, Bruno Chazelas, Claudia Cid, Ralf Conzelmann, Angela Cortes, Pascaline Darré, Alain Delboulbé, Françoise Delplancke-Ströbele, Diego Del Valle, Roderick Dembet, Reinaldo Donoso, Christophe Dupuy, Sebastien Egner, Frank Eisenhauer, Lorena Faundez, Eloy Fuenteseca, Robert Frahm, Daniel Gaytan, Juan Pablo Gil, Andreas Glindemann, Frédéric Gonté, Jaime Gonzales, Patricia Guajardo, Thibaut Guerlet, Sylvain Guieu, Pablo Gutierrez, Pierre Haguenauer, Pierre van der Heyden, Stefan Huber, Norbert Hubin, Christian Hummel, Lieselotte Jochum, Laurent Jocou, Jean-Paul Kirchbauer, Johann Kolb, Johan Kosmalski, Peter Krempl, Sylvestre Lacour, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Julien Leclercq, Jean Louis Lizon, Bruno Lopez, Yves Magnard, Anthony Meilland, Alexander Meister, Antoine Mérand, Steffen Mieske, Thibaut Moulin, Juan Osorio, Jürgen Ott, Claudia Paladini, Laurent Pallanca, Marcus Pavez, Luca Pasquini, Célia Pelluet, Isabelle Percheron, Lorenzo Pettazzi, Andrés Pino, Sébastien Poupar, Andrés Ramírez, Javier Reyes, Miguel Riquelme, Thomas Rivinius, Sylvain Rochat, Fernando Salgado, Markus Schöller, Nicolas Schuhler, Pavel Shchekaturov, Christian Stephan, Marcos Suarez, Alain Smette, Richard Tamblay, Mario Tapia, Konrad Tristram, Guillermo Valdes, Christophe Verinaud, Markus Wittkowski, Julien Woillez, Gérard Zins

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Proceedings Volume 11446, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VII; 1144606 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561486
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2020, Online Only

Abstract

Following the arrival of MATISSE, the second-generation of VLTI instrumentation is now complete and was simultaneously enhanced by a major facility upgrade including the NAOMI Adaptive Optics on the Auxiliary Telescopes. On the Unit Telescopes, significant efforts were also made to improve the injection stability into VLTI instruments. On top of GRAVITY's own evolution, its fringe tracker is now being used to allow coherent integrations on MATISSE (the so-called GRA4MAT project). Meanwhile, operations also evolved to be more flexible and make the most of an extended observing parameter space. In this context, we present an overview of the current VLTI performances. Finally, we will report on on-going improvements such as the extension of the longest baselines.

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Xavier Haubois, Roberto Abuter, Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier, Jaime Alonso, Juan Beltran, Jean-Philippe Berger, Pierre Bourget, Paul Bristow, Luis Caniguante, Bruno Chazelas, Claudia Cid, Ralf Conzelmann, Angela Cortes, Pascaline Darré, Alain Delboulbé, Françoise Delplancke-Ströbele, Diego Del Valle, Roderick Dembet, Reinaldo Donoso, Christophe Dupuy, Sebastien Egner, Frank Eisenhauer, Lorena Faundez, Eloy Fuenteseca, Robert Frahm, Daniel Gaytan, Juan Pablo Gil, Andreas Glindemann, Frédéric Gonté, Jaime Gonzales, Patricia Guajardo, Thibaut Guerlet, Sylvain Guieu, Pablo Gutierrez, Pierre Haguenauer, Pierre van der Heyden, Stefan Huber, Norbert Hubin, Christian Hummel, Lieselotte Jochum, Laurent Jocou, Jean-Paul Kirchbauer, Johann Kolb, Johan Kosmalski, Peter Krempl, Sylvestre Lacour, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Julien Leclercq, Jean Louis Lizon, Bruno Lopez, Yves Magnard, Anthony Meilland, Alexander Meister, Antoine Mérand, Steffen Mieske, Thibaut Moulin, Juan Osorio, Jürgen Ott, Claudia Paladini, Laurent Pallanca, Marcus Pavez, Luca Pasquini, Célia Pelluet, Isabelle Percheron, Lorenzo Pettazzi, Andrés Pino, Sébastien Poupar, Andrés Ramírez, Javier Reyes, Miguel Riquelme, Thomas Rivinius, Sylvain Rochat, Fernando Salgado, Markus Schöller, Nicolas Schuhler, Pavel Shchekaturov, Christian Stephan, Marcos Suarez, Alain Smette, Richard Tamblay, Mario Tapia, Konrad Tristram, Guillermo Valdes, Christophe Verinaud, Markus Wittkowski, Julien Woillez, and Gérard Zins "VLTI status update: tapping into a powerful second-generation instrumentation", Proc. SPIE 11446, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VII, 1144606 (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561486

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