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1 MEGARA,'the new'intermediate resolution IFU'&'MOS'for GTC' *getting ready for the telescope Armando*Gil*de*Paz*(PI)* on behalf of)the MEGARA*Consortium &*Instrument team MEGARA*Preliminary*Design*Review Universidad*Complutense*de*Madrid,*20621*March*2012 RIA$SPACETEC*meeting 10$12*February*2016

2 Outline:! Science*&*characteristics! Instrument*status 2

3 MEGARA'Consortium UCM PI:*Armando* Gil*de*Paz UCM INAOE IAA UPM GUAIX*&*ISCAR*Groups Optics*manufac. Control*System$2 Management Opto$mech.*manuf. Optical*Bundles Cryostat Control*System$3 Spectrograph*&*CCD Control*System$1 Representative: J.'Gallego Representative: E.'Carrasco Representative: J.'IglesiasHPáramo Participating'companies'&'associate'partners:' Representative: Fco.'M.'Sánchez'Moreno'(deceased) 3

4 MEGARA'Instrument'Team Preparación para las aceptaciones )review Madrid,''February'25 th H27 th 2015 Missed the photo:+j.#m.#de#la#cruz,#p.#gómez,#s.#e.#san#román,#f.#m.#sánchez,#j.#m.#vílchez,#i.# Martínez?Delgado,#M.#Maldonado,#J.#L.#Avilés,#+#INAOE#&#CIO#technical personnel.# 4

5 MEGARA'Science'Team' CAB UNAM Manuel'Peimbert UNAM Silvia'Torres6Peimbert UNAM Guillermo'Tenorio6Tagle INAOE UCL Sergiy Silich INAOE Lino Rodríguez Merino INAOE Enrique'Pérez Montero IAA Fco.'M.'Sánchez Moreno UPM Rafael'Guzmán UF Raquel'Cedazo UPM Victor'Villar UCM Esteban'González UPM Antonio'Cava UCM Fernando'Serena UPM Jaime'Zamorano UCM Jorge'Sánchez6Almeida Jorge'Jiménez6Vicente' José'Guichard' David'Hughes' Roberto'Terlevich' Elena'Terlevich' Pepa Masegosa Isabel'Márquez Carolina'Kehrig Rosa'González6Delgado José'L.'Avilés Raffella A.'Marino Lucía Rodr.'Muñoz IAC UGR INAOE INAOE INAOE INAOE IAA IAA IAA IAA INAOE ETH''' Bologna 5

6 Outline:! Science*&*characteristics! Instrument*status 2

7 MEGARA Driving'Science

8 MEGARA Scientific'Requirements! Integral Field Unit capabilities...! Planetary Nebulae, HIIregions,nearby galaxies, Cosmic Web! Multi6Object Spectroscopic capabilities...! MW clusters, LG stars, LV HII regions, high$z dwarfs & clusters and deep cosmological fields! High spectral resolution (R 10000) for chemical tagging of stellar and gas kinematics of (p)pn and nearby galaxies, stellar kinematics of MW clusters and face$on galaxy disks.! Intermediate spectral resolution (R 5000) with broad wave$ length$coverage for spectral classification, ionized$gas diagnostics in PN and HII regions, stellar$population studies in nearby and distant galaxies (including field$galaxy redshift determination and cluster membership and dynamics). 8

9 Outline:! Science*&*characteristics! Instrument*status 2

10 MEGARA'factsheet IFU*bundle* (LCB) 12.5x11.3*arcsec 2 MOS 100 7$fiber*mini$IFUs*in*3.5x3.5*arcmin 2* Spaxel*(fiber)* size 0.62*arcsec Wavelength*range 3650$10000*ÅÅ Spectral*resolution R=6000$18700 #*of*spectra 650*simultaneous* fiber*spectra*(mos*/*lcb) GTC*station Folded$Cass*F*[spectrograph*@*Nasmyth$A] Fiber*link 10

11 MEGARA'IFU'&'MOS' FocalHplane'layout' 11 11

12 ! Spectral setups 12

13 Spectral setups 13

14 Spectral setups:'total)throughput MEGARA'+'GTC throughput x4'transmission relat.'to'flames (x6'incl.'telescope)' wavelength#(nm) 14

15 Outline:! Characteristics*&*science! Instrument*status 2

16 MEGARA'FoldedHCass (Ana'Pérez s talk) 16

17 MEGARA'FoldedHCass (Ana'Pérez s talk) 17

18 MEGARA'Spectrograph 18

19 MEGARA'Spectrograph Pseudo$slits 19

20 MEGARA'Spectrograph Pseudo$slits LCB'&'MOS' at'ucm' PseudoHslits frame manufactured 20

21 Spectrograph Optics Coll D2'&'Coll6D3'+'+'ready Cam6D1'(CaF 2 )'finished 5'window pairs polished 6'window pairs ready for shipping 4'window pairs shipped to'utah Aspheric lens (S1)'ready 21

22 Spectrograph Optics First integrated VPHs arriving from Wasatch'photonics 22

23 HR?I#prisms Prism 1#surface B:#240#mm#x#190#mm P?V#(central#ap):##0.7#fr P?V####(used ap):#0.8#fr? spec:#1#fr? spec:#2##fr 23

24 AR Coating Transmittance for Main Optics 1,001 0,996 0,991 Requirement Field Lens COLL-D2 Transmittance 0,986 0,981 COLL-D3 COLL-D4 CAM-D2 CAM-D3 0,976 CAM-S6 S1 CAM-S6 S2 0,971 CAM-S7 S1 CAM-S7 S2 0, Wavelength (nm)

25 MEGARA'OrderHsorter filter Iridian S.L. 25

26 Spectrograph OptoHMechanics Coll6D2'/'Coll6D3'cell Collimator barrel! Collimator opto6mechanics Shutter 26

27 Field'lens cell Spectrograph OptoHMechanics Collimator opto6mech.' integration test'&'interf.'setup 27

28 Spectrograph OptoHMechanics Field'lens cell Camera'integration test Camera'+'Cryostat interface 28

29 VPH'Wheel Construction status 29

30 VPH'Insertion Mechanism Under extensive testing.*to*be* integrated with the VPH*wheel subsystem this week.* 30

31 VPH'mounts All LR'VPH'mounts assembled (1 st LR*VPHs arrivedfromwasatch*last week) 1'MR'&'1'HR'assembled (the restare*sentfor manufacturing) 31

32 CCD'Head'+'CCD'support Cryostat LN2'tank CCD'internal support Gluing tests Dewar back CCD'Head' Radiation shield Succesful vacuum test' (with CAMHS7'dummy) 32

33 Cryostat LN2'tank Last being shipped to'the UCM CCD'internal support PCB'&'cold link'+' CCD'support Gluing tests Cryostat ready for shipping Dewar back 33

34 Detector:'PCB,*cabling*&*CCD LN2' Tank 4k*x*4k*x*15µm* Deep'Depleted'E2V'CCD231 PCB'+'CCD' head'assembled Eng.HCCD'images ScienceHgrade'CCD 34

35 MEGARA'Control'System'! Data*Acquisition System (DAS)! Mechanisms and*devices:! Focus,*VPH*wheel,*pseudo$slit,* focal$planecover &*shutter mech.! Fiber MOS*roboticpositioners! Interlocks system,**temp.*sensors! Temperature sensors Development*status 35

36 MEGARA'Control'System' Development*status Tools)for)the)Astronomer MEGARA'Observing'Preparation'Software'Suite:' $ Exposure*Time*Calculator $ Simulator $ Fiber$MOS*Assignment* &*Positioning*Tools Other'Software'packages' relevant'to'the'astronomer:' $ Data*Reduction Pipeline 36

37 Objective: to determine the properties (chemical composition, effective temperature, mass loss, radial velocity) of a sample of massive blue stars in M33. This science case requires:! S/N~20 MOS spectra! 3600$4400ÅÅ and Hα coverage (LRHU & HR$R) We make use of: IAC$star for the SFH Total stellar mass of 10 6 M " (1 M " /pc 2 in 1kpc 2 =MOS FOV) UVES POP spectra of OB types MEGARA'Control'System' Science)Test)Case 37

38 MEGARA'Control'System' Science)Test)Case (Exposure*Time*Calculator*# running*on*web) 38

39 MEGARA'Control'System' Science)Test)Case 39

40 MEGARA'Observing'Preparation'Software'Suite: $ ETC,*End$to$end*Simulator $ Fiber*MOS*Assignment* &*Positioning*Tools Plus'also: $ Data*Reduction MEGARA'Control'System' Science)Test)Case

41

42 MEGARA'Control'System Data)Reduction)Pipeline Launch *MEGARA_DRP_installation.mov Launch *MEGARA_DRP_execution.mov 42

43 Acquiring'and'processing'the* simulated*observing*program* * MEGARA'Simulator' (raw 2D*frame) # MEGARA'Data' Reduction Pipeline (tracing &*extraction) # (RSS*reduced spectra)

44 MEGARA'calendar 2013*August* 2013*September 2014*April$May 2014*December* 2015*July* 2016*September 2016*November Optics*CDR*passed* Revised*GTC*Instrumentation*Plan *endorses*megara CDR*+*Construction*+*Commissioning*contract*is*signed* System*CDR*passed Pre$Laboratory*acceptance *passed Laboratory*acceptance MEGARA*is*delivered*to*GTC MEGARA'installation'and'commissioning'dates: 2016*December MEGARA*is*installed*at*GTC 2017*March* 2017*April$May MEGARA*is*commissioned Call*for*early*MEGARA*exploitation or*regular*2017b* operations 44

45 In*~*1*year MEGARA* will be*ready for science The)Spanish)Community)could)be)enjoying) MEGARA)as)early)as)2017B 45

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