Lines of instrumentation: Infrared instrumentation

Infrared instrumentation

The instrumentation to detect and analyze the light in the infrared range of the spectrum is one of the fields of knowledge of the Instrumentation Division. The design and construction of infrared cameras and spectrographs requires high vacuum and cryogenic technologies, involving the specialties of mechanical engineering, optics and electronics, mainly. The integration and operation of mechanisms and devices in a cryogenic environment is especially complex and requires highly specialized knowledge and equipment. The Instrumentation Division has a long history of international participation in this type of instrumentation.

  • Grant
    Feeding, feedback and extinction in active galaxies
    This research project aims to join efforts and consolidate the cooperation of a group of researchers with deep-rooted expertises and skills in different areas...
  • Grant
    Fine tuning and improvements of EMIR in the GTC
    EMIR, the common user near-infrared camera and multiobject spectrograph in the GTC, is currently in operation in the middle of its Scientific Verification phase...
  • Project
    FRIDA - inFRared Imager and Dissector for Adaptive optics
    FRIDA (inFRared Imager and Dissector for Adaptive optics) is an integral field spectrograph in the near infrared, also with image mode, which will be installed...
  • Project
    Frida y después: Ciencia con alta resolución
  • Publication
    Galaxies within galaxies in the TIMER survey: stellar populations of inner bars are scaled replicas of main bars
    Inner bars are frequent structures in the local Universe and thought to substantially influence the nuclear regions of disc galaxies. In this study we explore...
  • Publication
    Galaxy interactions are the dominant trigger for local type 2 quasars
    The triggering mechanism for the most luminous, quasar-like active galactic nuclei (AGN) remains a source of debate, with some studies favouring triggering via...
  • Publication
    Galaxy-wide radio-induced feedback in a radio-quiet quasar
    We report the discovery of a radio-quiet type 2 quasar (SDSS J165315.06+234943.0 nicknamed the `Beetle' at z = 0.103) with unambiguous evidence for active...
  • Publication
    Gliese 49: activity evolution and detection of a super-Earth. A HADES and CARMENES collaboration
    Context. Small planets around low-mass stars often show orbital periods in a range that corresponds to the temperate zones of their host stars which are...