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.

  • Technical facility
    Laboratory of Integrated Circuits (LABIC)
    As part of the IAC's strategic plan, since 2019, the Electronic Department of the Instrumentation Division has been carrying out many activities to obtain the...
  • Grant
    Large volume cryostat for integration and verification of cryogenic scientific instrumentation
    This specific equipment will allow to carry out tests in cryogenics and high vacuum conditions of large electro-opto-mechanical systems. The first instrument...
  • Publication
    Larger λ<SUB>R</SUB> in the disc of isolated active spiral galaxies than in their non-active twins
    We present a comparison of the spin parameter λ R, measured in a region dominated by the galaxy disc, between 20 pairs of nearby (0.005 < z < 0.03) seemingly...
  • Publication
    Lessons from the massive relic NGC 1277: Remaining in situstar formation in the cores of massive galaxies
    Near-ultraviolet (NUV) spectroscopic studies have suggested that passively evolving massive, early-type galaxies host sub-one per cent fractions of young stars...
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  • Project
    LIRIS - Long-slit Intermediate Resolution Infrared Spectrograph
    Intermediate spectrograph for the 4.2 m William Herschel telescope located at the Observatorio del Roque de Los Muchachos
  • Publication
    Low optical polarization at the core of the optically thin jet of M87
    We study the optical linear and circular polarization in the optically thin regime of the core and jet of M87. Observations were acquired two days before the...
  • Publication
    Low-metallicity globular clusters in the low-mass isolated spiral galaxy NGC 2403
    The globular cluster (GC) systems of low-mass late-type galaxies, such as NGC 2403, have been poorly studied to date. As a low mass galaxy (M * = 7 × 10 9 M ⊙)...
  • Publication
    Low-power jet-interstellar medium interaction in NGC 7319 revealed by JWST/MIRI MRS
    We present JWST/MIRI MRS spectroscopy of NGC 7319, the largest galaxy in the Stephan's Quintet, observed as part of the Early Release Observations (ERO). NGC...