The study is being led by Alan McConnachie
and managed by Les Saddlemyer, both at
the National Research Council of Canada
Herzberg. Main institutional collaborators
include Ohio State University and the Université de Montréal.
For more information on the MOVIES study,
please contact:
Alan McConnachie (PI):
[email protected]
Les Saddlemyer (PM):
[email protected]
GMOX
The Gemini Multi-Object eXtra-wide-band
spectrograph (GMOX) instrument concept
is a wide-band (R ~ 5,000) spectrograph
covering the entire optical/near-infrared
spectrum accessible from the ground —
from the U-band to K-band (0.32 – 2.4 µm)
via five spectroscopic arms (Figure 7). Using
existing micro-electromechanical systems
technology, GMOX plans to exploit the exceptional image quality of the Gemini Multiconjugate adaptive optics System (GeMS).
The study is being led by Massimo Robberto
(Space Telescope Science Institute; STScI)
and managed by Stephen Smee (Johns Hopkins University). Main institutional col laborators include the STScI and the Rochester
Institute of Technology.
Figure 6.
Schematic of the MOVIES
instrument layout.
Prime GMOX science
drivers include probing the high redshift
universe from 6 < z < 10
through deep spectroscopy of lensed galaxies
and the re-ionization
epoch. With its large
observable wavelength
range and capability of
operating in crowded
fields, GMOX can also
study ultraviolet/optical spectral features in a
variety of regions, ranging from star formation
at redshifts 1 < z < 3 to
stellar clusters in the
Milky Way.
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Figure 7.
Optical layouts
of a preliminary
concept for
GMOX. (a)
GMOX on
Gemini, shown
beneath an
ISS-sized cube
for scale. (b)
Schematic
of a 3-arm
arrangement for
GMOX.
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