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GYES, A Multifibre Spectrograph for the CFHT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

C. Turon ,
F. Meynadier ,
F. Arenou ,
P. Bonifacio ,
S. Mignot ,
J.-L. Dournaux ,
P. François ,
E. Caffau ,
F. Royer  and
C. Babusiaux
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P. Bonifacio
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
S. Mignot
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
J.-L. Dournaux
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
P. François
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
E. Caffau
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
F. Royer
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
C. Babusiaux
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
F. Arenou
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
C. Balkowski
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
O. Bienaymé
Affiliation:
Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l’Université, 67000 Strasbourg, France
D. Briot
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
R. Carlberg
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H4, Canada
M. Cohen
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
G. B. Dalton
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, Astrophysics, Department of Physics, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
B. Famaey
Affiliation:
Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l’Université, 67000 Strasbourg, France
G. Fasola
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
Y. Frémat
Affiliation:
Royal Observatory Belgium Astrometry-Dynamics of Celestial Bodies, Av. Circulaire 3-Ringlaan 3, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
A. Gómez
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
I. Guinouard
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
M. Haywood
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
V. Hill
Affiliation:
Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Laboratoire Cassiopée, BP. 4229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
J.-M. Huet
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
D. Katz
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
D. Horville
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
R. Kudritzky
Affiliation:
Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
R. Lallement
Affiliation:
LATMOS/IPSL, 11 Bd. d’Alembert, 78280 Guyancourt, France
Ph. Laporte
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
P. de Laverny
Affiliation:
Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Laboratoire Cassiopée, BP. 4229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
B. Lemasle
Affiliation:
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Landleven 12, 9747 AD Groningen, The Netherlands
I. J. Lewis
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, Astrophysics, Department of Physics, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
C. Martayan
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Còrdova, 3107 Vitacura - Santiago, Chile
R. Monier
Affiliation:
Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Laboratoire Fizeau, BP. 4229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
D. Mourard
Affiliation:
Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Laboratoire Fizeau, BP. 4229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
N. Nardetto
Affiliation:
Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Laboratoire Fizeau, BP. 4229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
A. Recio Blanco
Affiliation:
Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Laboratoire Cassiopée, BP. 4229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
N. Robichon
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
A. C. Robin
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Besançon, 41 bis, Avenue de l’Observatoire, BP. 1615, 25010 Besançon Cedex, France
M. Rodrigues
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
C. Soubiran
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Bordeaux, 2 avenue de l’Observatoire, 33270 Floirac, France
C. Turon
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
K. Venn
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy The University of Victoria, Elliott Building, 3800 Finnerty Road Victoria, BC, V8P 5C2, Canada
Y. Viala
Affiliation:
GÉPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
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Abstract

We have chosen the name of GYES, one of the mythological giants with one hundred arms, offspring of Gaia and Uranus, for our instrument study of a multifibre spectrograph for the prime focus of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. Such an instrument could provide an excellent ground-based complement for the Gaia mission and a northern complement to the HERMES project on the AAT. The CFHT is well known for providing a stable prime focus environment, with a large field of view, which has hosted several imaging instruments, but has never hosted a multifibre spectrograph. Building upon the experience gained at GÉPI with FLAMES-Giraffe and X-Shooter, we are investigating the feasibility of a high multiplex spectrograph (about 500 fibres) over a field of view one degree in diameter. We are investigating an instrument with resolution in the range 15 000 to 30 000, which should provide accurate chemical abundances for stars down to 16th magnitude and radial velocities, accurate to 1 km s-1 for fainter stars. The study is led by GÉPI-Observatoire de Paris with a contribution from Oxford for the study of the positioner. The financing for the study comes from INSU CSAA and Observatoire de Paris. The conceptual study will be delivered to CFHT for review by October 1st 2010.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 45: GAIA: At the Frontiers of Astrometry , 2010 , pp. 219 - 222
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© EAS, EDP Sciences 2011

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