Bibcode
López, J. A.; Acosta-Pulido, J. A.; Álvarez, L. C.; Bringas, V.; Cardiel, N.; Clark, D. M.; Corrales, A.; Cuevas, S.; Chapa, O.; Díaz, J. J., Eikenberry, S. S.; Eliche, C.; Espejo, C.; Flores, R.; Fuentes, J.; Gallego, J.; Garcés, L.; 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
Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VIII, Proceedings of the XI Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on September 8-12, 2014, in Teruel, Spain, ISBN 978-84-606-8760-3. A. J. Cenarro, F. Figueras, C. Hernández-Monteagudo, J. Trujillo Bueno, and L. Valdivielso (eds.), p. 29-40.
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Description
FRIDA (InFRared Imager and Dissector for the Adaptive optics system of
GTC) is a near infrared, diffraction limited imager and integral field
spectrograph that has been designed and is being built as a
collaborative project between GTC partner institutions from
México, Spain and the USA. FRIDA will operate with the adaptive
optics system of GTC. Three different scales are provided in imaging
mode, 0.010, 0.020 and 0.040 arcsec pixel^{-1}. The integral field unit
is based on a monolithic image slicer that will slice up the field of
view into 30 slices. The IFS spaxels have a 2:1 pixels aspect ratio (2
along the spectral axis an 1 along the spatial axis) and it will offer
three different spectral resolutions, R ˜ 1000, 5000 and 30,000,
the latter over selectable regions in the H & K bands. Thus FRIDA
will exploit the diffraction limit of a 10.4 m telescope with superb
image quality and spectral resolutions suitable to tackle a large range
of topical astrophysical problems. FRIDA has started systems integration
and is scheduled to be ready for fully integrated system tests by the
end of 2015 and be delivered to GTC shortly after. Here we present an
overview of its design, current status and potential scientific
applications.