Development status of the SOXS spectrograph for the ESO-NTT telescope

P. Schipani; S. Campana; R. Claudi; M. Aliverti; A. Baruffolo; S. Ben-Ami; F. Biondi; G. Capasso; R. Cosentino; F. D'Alessio; P. D'Avanzo; O. Hershko; H. Kuncarayakti; M. Landoni; M. Munari; G. Pignata; A. Rubin; S. Scuderi; F. Vitali; D. Young; J. Achrén; J. A. Araiza-Duran; I. Arcavi; A. Brucalassi; R. Bruch; E. Cappellaro; M. Colapietro; M. Della Valle; M. De Pascale; R. Di Benedetto; S. D'Orsi; A. Gal-Yam; M. Genoni; M. Hernandez; J. Kotilainen; G. Li Causi; S. Mattila; K. Radhakrishnan; M. Rappaport; D. Ricci; M. Riva; Bernardo. Salasnich; S. Savarese; S. Smartt; R. Zanmar Sanchez; M. Stritzinger; H. Ventura; L. Pasquini; M. Schöller; H.-U. Kaüfl; M. Accardo; L. Mehrgan; E. Pompei

doi:10.1117/12.2560799

13 December 2020 Development status of the SOXS spectrograph for the ESO-NTT telescope

P. Schipani, S. Campana, R. Claudi, M. Aliverti, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, F. Biondi, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Landoni, M. Munari, G. Pignata, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, D. Young, J. Achrén, J. A. Araiza-Duran, I. Arcavi, A. Brucalassi, R. Bruch, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, M. De Pascale, R. Di Benedetto, S. D'Orsi, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hernandez, J. Kotilainen, G. Li Causi, S. Mattila, K. Radhakrishnan, M. Rappaport, D. Ricci, M. Riva, Bernardo. Salasnich, S. Savarese, S. Smartt, R. Zanmar Sanchez, M. Stritzinger, H. Ventura, L. Pasquini, M. Schöller, H.-U. Kaüfl, M. Accardo, L. Mehrgan, E. Pompei

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Proceedings Volume 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII; 1144709 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560799
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SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a single object spectrograph, characterized by offering a wide simultaneous spectral coverage from U- to H-band, built by an international consortium for the 3.6-m ESO New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory, in the Southern part of the Chilean Atacama Desert. The consortium is focussed on a clear scientific goal: the spectrograph will observe all kind of transient and variable sources discovered by different surveys with a highly flexible schedule, updated daily, based on the Target of Opportunity concept. It will provide a key spectroscopic partner to any kind of imaging survey, becoming one of the premier transient follow-up instruments in the Southern hemisphere. SOXS will study a mixture of transients encompassing all distance scales and branches of astronomy, including fast alerts (such as gamma-ray bursts and gravitational waves), mid-term alerts (such as supernovae and X-ray transients), and fixed-time events (such as the close-by passage of a minor planet or exoplanets). It will also have the scope to observe active galactic nuclei and blazars, tidal disruption events, fast radio bursts, and more. Besides of the consortium programs on guaranteed time, the instrument is offered to the ESO community for any kind of astrophysical target. The project has passed the Final Design Review and is currently in manufacturing and integration phase. This paper describes the development status of the project.

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P. Schipani, S. Campana, R. Claudi, M. Aliverti, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, F. Biondi, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Landoni, M. Munari, G. Pignata, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, D. Young, J. Achrén, J. A. Araiza-Duran, I. Arcavi, A. Brucalassi, R. Bruch, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, M. De Pascale, R. Di Benedetto, S. D'Orsi, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hernandez, J. Kotilainen, G. Li Causi, S. Mattila, K. Radhakrishnan, M. Rappaport, D. Ricci, M. Riva, Bernardo. Salasnich, S. Savarese, S. Smartt, R. Zanmar Sanchez, M. Stritzinger, H. Ventura, L. Pasquini, M. Schöller, H.-U. Kaüfl, M. Accardo, L. Mehrgan, and E. Pompei "Development status of the SOXS spectrograph for the ESO-NTT telescope", Proc. SPIE 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 1144709 (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560799

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