Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2010 · 28 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsAstrophysicsObservational AstronomySpectroscopyExtragalactic Infrared AstronomyInfrared DetectorsInfrared InstrumentationInfrared SpectroscopyNear-infrared AstronomyNear-infrared SpectroscopyAdaptive Optics InstrumentationEarly Universe PhysicsEchelle SpectrographsHigh-resolution Infrared SpectroscopyInfrared SpectrographsNear-infrared InstrumentationNear-infrared ObservationsSpectrometer Resolution
SIMPLE is an optimized near IR echelle spectrograph for the E-ELT assisted by adaptive optics. It delivers a complete 0.84-2.5μm spectrum in one exposure with resolution up to R=130,000, nearly diffraction limited pixel scale and limiting magnitudes down to JHK~20. Its most prominent science cases include the study of the intergalactic medium in the early Universe (z>6) and of the atmospheres of exo-planet transiting nearby low mass stars.