MATISSE Science Cases
- Author(s)
- Sebastian Wolf, Bruno Lopez, Josef Hron
- Abstract
MATISSE is foreseen as a mid-infrared spectro-interferometric instrument combining the beams of up to four UTs/ATs of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). MATISSE will measure closure phase relations and thus offer an efficient capability for image reconstruction. In addition to this, MATISSE will open 2 new observing windows at the VLTI: the L and M band in addition to the N band. Furthermore, the instrument will offer the possibility to perform simultaneous observations in separate bands. MATISSE will also provide several spectroscopic modes. In summary, MATISSE can be seen as a successor of MIDI by providing imaging capabilities in the mid-infrared domain (for a more detailed description of MATISSE see Lopez et al., these proceedings).
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Astrophysics
- External organisation(s)
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Université Côte d'Azur
- Publication date
- 2009
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 1030 Physics, Astronomy
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/ff218606-e57c-4818-ba41-3afc8990e345