1/22/2007 Updated

Telescope Specification (Plan)
M1 apertre 30 m
738x1.2m segments
t=0.04m
FOV 20 arcmin
primary F/1
final F/15
focus Nasmyth
First Light 2015
Candidate Instruments (Plan)
1st gen. instr 2nd gen. instr other candidates
12/2006 IRIS,WFOS,AO+MOSFIRE MIRES,NIRES-B,IRMOS PFI,HROS,NIRES-R,WIRC(?)
7/2006 IRIS+NFIRAOS,WFOS,MIRES (IRMOS),HROS,PFI,NIRES,WIRC
(Our Proposal)
WFIMOS
IRIS + NFIRAOS + LGS IRMOS WFOS MIRES HROS PFI NIRES WIRC
Wide-Field Imager
and Multi-Object
Spectrograph with
High Efficiency
High-Resolution
Optical Spectrometer
Planet Formation
Instrument
NIR High-resolution
Echelle Spectrometer
Wide-Field IR Camera InfraRed Imaging
Spectrometer
Narrow Field
InfraRed Adaptive
Optics System
InfraRed
Multi-Object
Spectrometer
Wide-Field
Optical Spectrometer
Mid-IR
High-resolution
Echell
Spectrometer
Wavelength
Coverage
0.8 - 2.5 um
( 0.8 - 5.0 um )
1.0 - 2.5 um 0.8 - 2.5 um 0.31 - 1.0 um
( Option - 1.6 um )
4.5 - 25 um 0.31 - 1.0 um 1.0 - 2.5 um 5-20 um 0.8-2.5 um
Imaging Imaging Imaging - N/A Imaging Only SV
Spectroscopy Slit MOS
( 200-400 objects )
IFU - Multiple IFU
MOS probes = 20
SW=0.016,0.023,0.05"
1000 - 5000
MOS = 40 - 750
Single Spectroscopy lenslet IFU
FOV Pix scale adjustable
( a ) 0.7 arcmin2
( b ) 5.0 arcmin2
( c ) 310 arcmin2
10" x 10" (Imaging)
- d = 5 arcmin (MOS)
d = 2.2 arcsec (IFU)
8 - 20 arcmin2 15x15 arcsec -
Pixel Scale
[arcsec/pix]
( a ) 0.004
( b ) 0.011
( c ) 0.086
0.004,0.009,
0.022,0.050
- 0.008, 0.012, 0.025 0.070 arcsec (for CCD)
0.094 arcsec (for IR)
0.024"/pix 4.5-14um
0.038"/pix 17-25um
Resolution 1000-4000 4000 - 1000-20000 150 - 6000 5000 - 100000 20000 - 100000 50 - 300 5000 - 30000 5 - 100
AO or
seeing limitd
(SL)
( a ) NFIRAOS
( b ) MCAO
( c ) GLAO or SL
AO Near-diffraction-limited
MOAO
(Multi-Object
IFU Spectroscopy)
GLAO
Seeing limited
AO relay (3 LGSs) or
adaptive M2
Seeing limited AO AO MCAO
Detector ( 4k x 4k ) x 9 4k x 4k for Imaging
HAWAII2RG x2 for IFU
- HAWAII2-RG(2kx2k) 4 x E2V (total 32)
2k x 2k Si:As array
1k x 1k Si:As(for SV)
Development Echelon grating
Opt. materials/coatings
Memo Successor of
Subaru/MOIRCS

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Contrast ratio~106@4/D
PI Japan J. Larkin(UCLA)
I. McLean(UCLA)
K. Taylor(Caltech)
G. Herriot(HIA)
P. Hickson(UBC)
S. Eikenberry(UF)
D. Andersen(HIA)
R. Abraham(UofT)
P. Cote(HIA)
A. Tokunaga(UH) S. Vogt(UCO/Lick)
C. Rockosi
B. Macintosh(LLNL)
M. Troy(JPL)
R. Doyon(UMontriol)
Science Team A. Ghez(UCLA)
(UCLA,HIA)
P. Hickson(UBC)
(UCLA,UVic,HIA,
UBC,Keck)
R. Guzman
(UF,HIA,UVic,
UColorado,
QueensU,Caltech,
Marseille,Touluse)
R. Abraham(UofT)
(HIA,JHU,WaterlooU,
UVic,UCSC,Caltech)
(UCO/Lick,Caltech,UCI,
UCSD,LBNL,UVic)
J.Graham(UCB)
(UCB,LLNL,JPL,
STScI,UMontriol)