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MATISSE, the VLTI mid-infrared imaging spectro-interferometer

B. Lopez (1, 2) , S. Lagarde (2) , R. G. Petrov (2) , W. Jaffe (3) , P. Antonelli (2) , F. Allouche (4) , P. Berio (5) , A. Matter (2) , A. Meilland (5) , F. Millour (5) , S. Robbe-Dubois (5) , Th. Henning (6) , G. Weigelt (7) , A. Glindemann (8) , T. Agocs (9) , Ch. Bailet (2) , U. Beckmann (7) , F. Bettonvil (3) , R. van Boekel (6) , P. Bourget (10) , Y. Bresson (2) , P. Bristow (8) , P. Cruzalèbes (5) , E. Eldswijk (9) , Y. Fanteï Caujolle (2) , J. C. González Herrera (8) , U. Graser (6) , P. Guajardo (10) , M. Heininger (7) , K.-H. Hofmann (7) , G. Kroes (9) , W. Laun (6) , M. Lehmitz (6) , C. Leinert (6) , K. Meisenheimer (6) , S. Morel (2) , U. Neumann (6) , C. Paladini (10) , I. Percheron (8) , M. Riquelme (10) , M. Schoeller (10) , Ph. Stee (5) , L. Venema (9) , J. Woillez (8) , G. Zins (8) , P. Ábrahám (11) , S. Abadie (10) , R. Abuter (8) , M. Accardo (8) , T. Adler (6) , J. Alonso (10) , J.-C. Augereau (12) , A. Böhm (6) , G. Bazin (8) , J. Beltran (10) , A. Bensberg (13) , W. Boland (3) , R. Brast (8) , L. Burtscher (14) , R. Castillo (10) , A. Chelli (12) , C. Cid (10) , J.-M. Clausse (5) , C. Connot (7) , R. D. Conzelmann (8) , W.-C. Danchi (15) , M. Delbo (2) , J. Drevon (1, 2) , C. Dominik (16) , A. van Duin (9) , M. Ebert (6) , F. Eisenhauer (17) , S. Flament (18) , R. Frahm (8) , V. Gámez Rosas (3) , A. Gabasch (8) , A. Gallenne (19) , E. Garces (10) , P. Girard (20) , A. Glazenborg (9) , F. Y. J. Gonté (10) , F. Guitton (5) , M. de Haan (9) , H. Hanenburg (9) , X. Haubois (10) , V. Hocdé (21) , M. Hogerheijde (3) , R. ter Horst (9) , J. Hron (3) , C. A. Hummel (8) , N. Hubin (8) , R. Huerta (10) , J. Idserda (9) , J. W. Isbell (6) , D. Ives (8) , G. Jakob (8) , A. Jaskó (9) , L. Jochum (10) , L. Klarmann (6) , R. Klein (6) , J. Kragt (9) , S. Kuindersma (9) , E. Kokoulina (1) , L. Labadie (22) , S. Lacour (23) , J. Leftley (1) , R. Le Poole (3) , J.-L. Lizon (8) , M. Lopez (24) , F. Lykou (25) , A. Mérand (8) , A. Marcotto (2) , N. Mauclert (2) , T. Maurer (26) , L. H. Mehrgan (8) , J. Meisner (3) , K. Meixner (6) , M. Mellein (6) , Jean-Luc Menut (27) , L. Mohr (6) , L. Mosoni (28) , R. Navarro (9) , E. Nussbaum (7) , L. Pallanca (10) , E. Pantin (29) , L. Pasquini (30) , T. Phan Duc (8) , J.-U. Pott (6) , E. Pozna (8) , A. Richichi (6) , A. Ridinger (6) , F. Rigal (31) , Th. Rivinius (10) , R. Roelfsema (9) , R.-R. Rohloff (6) , S. Rousseau (32) , D. Salabert (2) , D. Schertl (7) , N. Schuhler (10) , M. Schuil (9) , K. Shabun (8) , A. Soulain (12) , C. Stephan , P. Toledo (10) , K. Tristram (10) , N. Tromp (9) , F. Vakili (5) , J. Varga (25, 14) , J. Vinther (8) , L. B. F. M. Waters (33) , M. Wittkowski (10) , S. Wolf (13) , F. Wrhel (6) , G. Yoffe (3)
1 UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur
2 OCA - Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur
3 Universiteit Leiden = Leiden University
4 CDER - Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables
5 LAGRANGE - Joseph Louis LAGRANGE
6 MPIA - Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
7 MPIFR - Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
8 European Southern Observatory Headquarters
9 NOVA Optical IR Instrumentation Group
10 ESO - European Southern Observatory
11 CHU Angers - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers
12 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
13 CAU - Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel = Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel = Université Christian-Albrechts de Kiel
14 Leiden Observatory [Leiden]
15 GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
16 UvA - Universiteit van Amsterdam
17 MPE - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
18 MSAP - Miniaturisation pour la Synthèse, l’Analyse et la Protéomique - UAR 3290
19 Universidad de Concepción - University of Concepcion [Chile]
20 médialab - médialab (Sciences Po)
21 PAN - Polska Akademia Nauk = Polish Academy of Sciences = Académie polonaise des sciences
22 Universität zu Köln = University of Cologne
23 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics
24 EMA - École, mutations, apprentissages
25 Konkoly Observatory
26 MPIA - Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
27 GEOAZUR 7329 - Géoazur
28 Zselic Park of Stars
29 AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112) - Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation
30 Department of Hematology
31 AI PANNEKOEK - Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek
32 INCa - Institut national du cancer
33 Radboud University [Nijmegen]
P. Berio
  • Fonction : Auteur
F. Millour
  • Fonction : Auteur
Th. Henning
G. Weigelt
Ph. Stee
  • Fonction : Auteur
J. Woillez
P. Ábrahám
M. Delbo
C. Dominik
F. Guitton
  • Fonction : Auteur
F. Lykou
  • Fonction : Auteur
A. Mérand
Jean-Luc Menut
L. Mosoni
  • Fonction : Auteur
L. Pasquini
A. Richichi
C. Stephan
  • Fonction : Auteur
F. Vakili
  • Fonction : Auteur
J. Varga

Résumé

Context. Optical interferometry is at a key development stage. The Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) has established a stable, robust infrastructure for long-baseline interferometry that is usable by general astronomical observers. The present second-generation instruments offer a wide wavelength coverage and improved performance. Their sensitivity and measurement accuracy lead to data and images of high reliability.Aims. We have developed the Multi AperTure mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment (MATISSE) to access, for the first time, high resolution imaging in a wide spectral domain. Many front-line topics are explored with this new equipment, including: stellar activity and mass loss; planet formation and evolution in the gas and dust disks around young stars; and environment interaction and accretion processes around super massive black holes in active galactic nuclei.Methods. The instrument is a spectro-interferometric imager in the transmission windows called L, M, and N, from 2.8 to 13.0 microns, combining four optical beams from the VLTI’s unit or auxiliary telescopes. Its concept, related observing procedure, data reduction, and calibration approach, is the product of 30 years of instrumental research and has benefitted from the expertise developed in the frame of the VLTI’s first generation instruments. The instrument utilises a multi-axial beam combination that delivers spectrally dispersed fringes. The signal provides the following quantities at several spectral resolutions: photometric flux, coherent fluxes, visibilities, closure phases, wavelength differential visibilities and phases, and aperture-synthesis imaging.Results. This article provides an overview of the physical principle of the instrument and its functionalities. The motivation of the choice of the instrumental concept and the characteristics of the delivered signal are detailed with a description of the observing modes and of their performance limit. MATISSE offers four spectral resolutions in L&M bands, namely 30, 500, 1000 and 3400, and 30 and 220 in the N band, and it provides an angular resolution down to 3 mas for the shortest wavelengths. The MATISSE stand-alone sensitivity limits are 60 mJy in L and 300 mJy in N. The paper gives details of the sensitivity limits for the different measurables and their related precision criteria, considering telescope configurations and spectral resolutions. We also discuss the gain provided with the GRA4MAT fringe tracker. An ensemble of data and reconstructed images illustrate the first acquired key observations.Conclusions. The instrument has been in operation at Cerro Paranal, ESO, Chile, since 2018, and has been open for science use by the international community since April 2019. The first scientific results are being published now.
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B. Lopez, S. Lagarde, R. G. Petrov, W. Jaffe, P. Antonelli, et al.. MATISSE, the VLTI mid-infrared imaging spectro-interferometer. Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2022, 659, pp.A192. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/202141785⟩. ⟨hal-03622287⟩
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