VITRUV, a second-generation VLTI instrument for aperture synthesis imaging with eight telescopes

Fabien Malbet; Jean-Philippe Berger; Pierre Y. Kern; Karine Rousselet-Perraut; Pierre-Olivier Petrucci; Francois Menard; Alain E. Chelli; Gilles Duvert; Jean-Baptiste J.B. Lebouquin; Eric Tatulli; Pierre R. Labeye; Isabelle Schanen-Duport; Eric M. Thiebaut; Paulo Garcia; I. Carvalho

doi:10.1117/12.550673

20 October 2004 VITRUV, a second-generation VLTI instrument for aperture synthesis imaging with eight telescopes

Fabien Malbet, Jean-Philippe Berger, Pierre Y. Kern, Karine Rousselet-Perraut, Pierre-Olivier Petrucci, Francois Menard, Alain E. Chelli, Gilles Duvert, Jean-Baptiste J.B. Lebouquin, Eric Tatulli, Pierre R. Labeye, Isabelle Schanen-Duport, Eric M. Thiebaut, Paulo Garcia, I. Carvalho

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Proceedings Volume 5491, New Frontiers in Stellar Interferometry; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550673
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

The science objectives of VITRUV is to investigate the morphology of compact astrophysical objects in optical wavelengths like the environment of AGN, star forming regions, stellar surfaces. This instrument will take full advantage of the VLTI site with 4 very large telescopes and 4 auxiliary telescopes. The instrument concept is to built aperture synthesis images like the millimeter-wave radiointerferometer of the IRAM Plateau de Bure. VITRUV coupled to the VLTI will have similar and even better resolution than ALMA. The astrophysical specifications although not yet finalized will be a temporal resolution of the order of 1 day, spectral resolution from 100 to 30,000, image dynamic from 100 to 1,000, a field of view of 1 arcsec for an initial wavlength coverage from 1 to 2.5 microns that could be extended from 0.5 to 5 microns. The technology that is contemplated at this stage is integrated optics.

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Fabien Malbet, Jean-Philippe Berger, Pierre Y. Kern, Karine Rousselet-Perraut, Pierre-Olivier Petrucci, Francois Menard, Alain E. Chelli, Gilles Duvert, Jean-Baptiste J.B. Lebouquin, Eric Tatulli, Pierre R. Labeye, Isabelle Schanen-Duport, Eric M. Thiebaut, Paulo Garcia, and I. Carvalho "VITRUV, a second-generation VLTI instrument for aperture synthesis imaging with eight telescopes", Proc. SPIE 5491, New Frontiers in Stellar Interferometry, (20 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550673

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