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EAS Publications Series
Volume 40, 2010
3rd ARENA Conference: An Astronomical Observatory at CONCORDIA (Dome C, Antarctica)
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| Page(s) | 203 - 206 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1040029 | |
| Published online | 23 December 2009 | |
L. Spinoglio and N. Epchtein (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 40 (2010) 203-206
AIFU: An Antarctic Integral Field Unit for Near-Infrared spectro-imaging
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LERMA, CNRS-UMR 8112, Paris Observatory, France
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Laboratoire Fizeau, CNRS-UMR 6525, UNS,
Nice, France
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CRAL, CNRS-UMR 5574, Lyon Observatory, France
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Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di
Perugia, Italy
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IAS, CNRS-UMR 8617, Paris-Sud University, France
Near-infrared spectro-photometry, at a spectral resolution of ~100, allows to characterize a great variety of stellar sources, from late-type giants to emission line stars. Various components of the interstellar medium, including circumstellar environments and Planetary Nebulae, can also be traced. We propose AIFU, a fiber-fed near-infrared low-resolution spectrograph. With a 1'×1' field of view and a 2'' sampling, AIFU will be well suited to survey spectroscopically stellar populations in large areas of the Galaxy and of the Magellanic Clouds, as e.g. star-forming regions, as well as to image extended sources, like circumstellar shells around nearby evolved stars, PDRs, simultaneously in many different emission lines.
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2010