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EAS Publications Series
Volume 67-68, 2014
The Milky Way Unravelled by Gaia: GREAT Science from the Gaia Data Releases
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| Page(s) | 69 - 73 | |
| Section | The Physics and Science Promise of Gaia | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1567011 | |
| Published online | 17 July 2015 | |
The Milky Way Unravelled by Gaia: GREAT Science from the Gaia Data Releases
N.A. Walton, F. Figueras, L. Balaguer-Núñez and C. Soubiran (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 67–68 (2014) 69-73
N.A. Walton, F. Figueras, L. Balaguer-Núñez and C. Soubiran (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 67–68 (2014) 69-73
Gaia Radial Velocity Spectrometer Performance
1 Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Dorking, RH5 6NT, UK
2 GEPI, Observatoire de Paris Meudon, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
We present the initial performance of the Gaia Radial Velocity Spectrometer, providing an overview of its performance, which is essentially nominal in terms of spectral resolution, throughput and operation, except for the presence of unexpectedly high levels of scattered background. This is mainly Solar in origin, and reduces the limiting magnitude for radial velocity measurements by ∼1 magnitude to V ∼ 16. Radial velocity calibration accuracies are compliant with requirements.
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