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.

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    BUBBLY: a method for detecting and characterizing interstellar bubbles using Fabry-Perot spectroscopy
    We present a new method for the detection and characterization of expansion in galaxy discs based on Hα Fabry-Perot spectroscopy, taking advantage of the high...
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    Building the cosmic infrared background brick by brick with Herschel/PEP
    The cosmic infrared background (CIB) includes roughly half of the energy radiated by all galaxies at all wavelengths across cosmic time, as observed at the...
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    CAITLIN CASEY: “Queremos saber cómo se formaron las galaxias más extremas en el universo primitivo”
    Cuando era una niña, Caitlin Casey acudía al planetario de su escuela con mucha frecuencia, fascinada por los objetos celestes que allí podía descubrir. Años...
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    Calibrating the metallicity of M dwarfs in wide physical binaries with F-, G-, and K-primaries - I: High-resolution spectroscopy with HERMES: stellar parameters, abundances, and kinematics
    We investigated almost 500 stars distributed among 193 binary or multiple systems made of late-F, G-, or early-K-primaries and late-K- or M-dwarf companion...
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    CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey. III. Second public data release
    This paper describes the Second Public Data Release (DR2) of the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area (CALIFA) survey. The data for 200 objects are made public...
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    CALIFA: a diameter-selected sample for an integral field spectroscopy galaxy survey
    We describe and discuss the selection procedure and statistical properties of the galaxy sample used by the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area (CALIFA)...
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    Capturing dual AGN activity and kiloparsec-scale outflows in IRAS 20210+1121
    The most standard scenario for the evolution of massive galaxies across cosmic time assumes a correspondence based on the interplay between active galactic...
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    CARMENES exoplanet hunter scientific meeting
    The 19th scientific meeting of CARMENES, a collaboration of more than 100 scientists from 11 Spanish and German institutions aimed at studying extrasolar...
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    CASIANA MUÑOZ-TUÑÓN “ If they aren’t controlled, in only a few years the satellite constellations will have a serious impact on ground-based astronomy”
    Between 3rd and 8th October the Conference “Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society” will be held in La Palma. It will convene a small group of specialists...