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Title:
The VLTI focal instrument Amber: results of the first phase of the alignment, integration, and verification in Paranal
Authors:
Robbe-Dubois, Sylvie; Petrov, Romain G.; Lagarde, Stephane; Antonelli, Pierre; Bresson, Yves; Roussel, Alain; Mourard, Denis; Malbet, Fabien; Millour, Florentin; Zins, Gerard; Delboulbe, Alain; Duvert, Gilles; Gluck, Laurence; Kern, Pierre Y.; Lecoarer, Etienne P.; Rousselet-Perraut, Karine; Tatulli, Eric; Beckmann, Udo; Heininger, Matthias; Weigelt, Gerd P.; Lisi, Franco; Stefanini, Paolo; Accardo, Matteo; Gil, Carla S.; Vannier, Martin; Haddad, Nicholas; Housen, Nico; Kiekebusch, Mario; Mardones, Pedro; Puech, Florence; Rantakyro, Fredrik T.; Richichi, Andrea; Schoeller, Markus
Publication:
New Frontiers in Stellar Interferometry, Proceedings of SPIE Volume 5491. Edited by Wesley A. Traub. Bellingham, WA: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2004., p.1089 (SPIE Homepage)
Publication Date:
10/2004
Origin:
ADS
Bibliographic Code:
2004SPIE.5491.1089R

Abstract

AMBER, Astronomical Multi BEam combineR, is the near-infrared focal instrument dedicated to the VLTI. It is designed to combine three of the VLTI Telescopes and to work simultaneously in the J, H and K spectral bands (1.0 to 2.4 μm). The project successfully passed the Preliminary Acceptance in Europe in November 2003, resulting in the validation of the instrument laboratory performance1, of the compliance with the initial scientific specifications, and of the acceptance of ESO for AMBER to be part of the VLTI. After the transportation of the instrument to Paranal, Chile in January 2004, the Assembly Integration and Verification phase occurred mid-March to succeed with the first fringes observing bright stars with the VLTI siderostats. This paper describes the different steps of the AIV and the first results in terms of instrumental stability, estimated visibility and differential phase.
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