The MANIFEST pre-concept design

J. Lawrence; S. Ben-Ami; A. Braulio; M. Colless; A. Contos; D. DePoy; D. Faes; P. Gillingham; M. Goodwin; E. Houston; K. Kuehn; C. Lacombe; N. Lorente; S. Mali; J. Marshall; H. McGregor; R. Millan-Gabet; V. Nichani; V. Neves Hartmann; E. O'Brien; C. Oliveira; H. Ortolan; P. Pires; R. Ribeiro; W. Saunders; L. Schmidt; A. Souza; A. Szentgyorgyi; L. Waller; T. Zafar; J. Zheng

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13 December 2020 The MANIFEST pre-concept design

J. Lawrence, S. Ben-Ami, A. Braulio, M. Colless, A. Contos, D. DePoy, D. Faes, P. Gillingham, M. Goodwin, E. Houston, K. Kuehn, C. Lacombe, N. Lorente, S. Mali, J. Marshall, H. McGregor, R. Millan-Gabet, V. Nichani, V. Neves Hartmann, E. O'Brien, C. Oliveira, H. Ortolan, P. Pires, R. Ribeiro, W. Saunders, L. Schmidt, A. Souza, A. Szentgyorgyi, L. Waller, T. Zafar, J. Zheng

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Proceedings Volume 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII; 1144728 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563238
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2020, Online Only

Abstract

MANIFEST is a multi-object fibre positioner for the Giant Magellan Telescope that uses ‘Starbug’ robots to accurately position fibre units across the telescope’s focal plane. MANIFEST, when coupled to the telescope’s planned seeing-limited instruments, GMACS and GCLEF, offers access to: larger fields of view; higher multiplex gains; versatile focal plane reformatting of the focal plane via multiple integral-field-units; increased spectral resolution using image-slicers; the capability for simultaneous observations with multiple instruments; the possibility of a gravity-invariant spectrograph mounting; the potential for OH suppression via fiber systems in the near-infrared; and the versatility of adding new instruments in the future. We have now completed the pre-concept phase for MANIFEST. This phase has focused on developing the science case and requirements, further developing high risk aspects of the instrument design, designing the opto-mechanical interfaces to the GMACS and GCLEF instruments, and detailing the interfaces to the GMT.

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J. Lawrence, S. Ben-Ami, A. Braulio, M. Colless, A. Contos, D. DePoy, D. Faes, P. Gillingham, M. Goodwin, E. Houston, K. Kuehn, C. Lacombe, N. Lorente, S. Mali, J. Marshall, H. McGregor, R. Millan-Gabet, V. Nichani, V. Neves Hartmann, E. O'Brien, C. Oliveira, H. Ortolan, P. Pires, R. Ribeiro, W. Saunders, L. Schmidt, A. Souza, A. Szentgyorgyi, L. Waller, T. Zafar, and J. Zheng "The MANIFEST pre-concept design", Proc. SPIE 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 1144728 (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563238

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