FRIDA, the diffraction limited NIR imager and IFS for the Gran Telescopio Canarias: status report

Bibcode
2014SPIE.9147E..1PL
DOI
10.1117/12.2057236
López, J. A.; Acosta, J. A.; Alvarez, L. C.; Bringas, V.; Cardiel, N.; Clark, D. M.; Corrales, A.; Cuevas, S.; Chapa, O.; Díaz Garcia, J. J.; Eikenberry, S. S.; Eliche, C.; Espejo, C.; Flores, R.; Fuentes, J.; Gallego, J.; Garcés, J.; Garzón, F.; Hammersley, P.; Keiman, C.; Lara, G.; López, P.; Lucero, D.; Moreno, H.; Pascual, S.; Patrón, J.; Prieto, A.; Rodríguez, A.; Rodríguez, B.; Sánchez, B.; Torres, D.; Uribe, J.; Watson, A.
Bibliographical reference

Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9147, id. 91471P 15 pp. (2014).

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2014
Number of authors
33
IAC number of authors
7
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0
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0
Description
FRIDA is a diffraction limited imager and integral field spectrometer that is being built for the Gran Telescopio Canarias. FRIDA has been designed and is being built as a collaborative project between institutions from México, Spain and the USA. In imaging mode FRIDA will provide scales of 0.010, 0.020 and 0.040 arcsec/pixel and in IFS mode spectral resolutions R ~ 1000, 4,500 and 30,000. FRIDA is starting systems integration and is scheduled to complete fully integrated system tests at the laboratory by the end of 2015 and be delivered to GTC shortly after. In this contribution we present a summary of its design, fabrication, current status and potential scientific applications.
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Non-refereed

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