Speaker
Dr
Jonathan Crass
(University of Notre Dame)
Description
iLocater is a next-generation precision radial velocity spectrograph under development for the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). The instrument has three major subsystems which are currently undergoing simultaneous development: a single-mode fiber fed high-resolution (R~150,000-240,000) NIR echelle spectrograph, an adaptive optics fed fiber-injection system, and a fabry-perot etalon based wavelength calibration unit. We present a design, performance and status update for iLocater and its individual subsystems as the instrument moves from design to fabrication.
Authors
Dr
Jonathan Crass
(University of Notre Dame)
Prof.
Justin Crepp
(University of Notre Dame)
Co-authors
Mr
Andrew Bechter
(University of Notre Dame)
Dr
David King
(University of Cambridge)
David Aikens
(Savvy Optics Corp)
Joaquin Mason
(Fathom Imaging Systems)
Brian Sands
(University of Notre Dame)
Randall Hamper
(University of Notre Dame)
Eric Bechter
(University of Notre Dame)
Ryan Ketterer
(University of Notre Dame)
James Smous
(University of Notre Dame)
Robert Reynolds
(Large Binocular Telescope Observatory)
Philip Hinz
(University of Arizona)
Manny Montoya
(University of Arizona)
Derek Kopon
(Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
David Cavalieri
(University of Notre Dame)
Prof.
Christian Schwab
(Macquarie University)
Dr
Tobias Feger
(Macquarie University)
Scott Mullin
(University of Notre Dame)
Michael Skrutskie
(University of Virginia)
