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The Blue Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (BlueMUSE) on the VLT: science drivers and overview of instrument design (Erratum)

2024

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BlueMUSE is a blue-optimised, medium spectral resolution, panoramic integral field spectrograph under development for the Very Large Telescope (VLT).With an optimised transmission down to 350 nm, spectral resolution of R∼3500 on average across the wavelength range, and a large FoV (1 arcmin2), BlueMUSE will open up a new range of galactic and extragalactic science cases facilitated by its specific capabilities.The BlueMUSE consortium includes 9 institutes located in 7 countries and is led by the Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL).The BlueMUSE project development is currently in Phase A, with an expected first light at the VLT in 2031.We introduce here the Top Level Requirements (TLRs) derived from the main science cases, and then present an overview of the BlueMUSE system and its subsystems fulfilling these TLRs.We specifically emphasize the tradeoffs that are made and the key distinctions compared to the MUSE instrument, upon which the system architecture is built.

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2024

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/be4c58f0-8064-42d9-a200-e9262b8ac938

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