论文标题
MAAT上的白皮书@GTC
White Paper on MAAT@GTC
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论文摘要
提议MAAT作为访问者镜像光学系统，该系统将允许在10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias（GTC）上使用Osiris光谱仪（GTC）在具有0.303''的切片宽度''的能力上执行积分田间光谱（IFS）。 MAAT@GTC将使Osiris的分辨率功率提高1.6倍，而其宽宽度为0.6'。所有11个Osiris Grisms和体积全息光栅都将提供在3600-10000Å波长范围内提供中等分辨率（r = 600升至4100）的宽光谱覆盖范围。 MAAT独特的观察能力将扩大其对GTC社区需求的用途，以揭示宇宙中最引人注目的现象的本质，而不是时间域的天文学。配备了Osiris+Maat的GTC也将在与其他设施的协同作用中发挥基本作用，其中一些在La Palma的北部Orm上运行。这份白皮书介绍了MAAT@GTC的不同方面 - 包括科学和技术规格，出色的科学案例以及仪器概念的轮廓。
MAAT is proposed as a visitor mirror-slicer optical system that will allow the OSIRIS spectrograph on the 10.4-m Gran telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) the capability to perform Integral Field Spectroscopy (IFS) over a seeing-limited FoV 14.20''x10'' with a slice width of 0.303''. MAAT@GTC will enhance the resolution power of OSIRIS by 1.6 times as compared to its 0.6'' wide long-slit. All the eleven OSIRIS grisms and volume-phase holographic gratings will be available to provide broad spectral coverage with moderate resolution (R=600 up to 4100) in the 3600 - 10000 Å wavelength range. MAAT unique observing capabilities will broaden its use to the needs of the GTC community to unveil the nature of most striking phenomena in the universe well beyond time-domain astronomy. The GTC equipped with OSIRIS+MAAT will also play a fundamental role in synergy with other facilities, some of them operating on the northern ORM at La Palma. This White Paper presents the different aspects of MAAT@GTC - including scientific and technical specifications, outstanding science cases, and an outline of the instrument concept.
