The Austrian contribution to the European Extremely Large Telescope Werner W. Zeilinger consortium
Evolution of Telescope Size Scientific American 2015 14/15.Dec.2015 From Ground to Space 2
Discoveries by Opening a new Parameter Space 14/15.Dec.2015 From Ground to Space 3
From ESO VLT to E-ELT 14/15.Dec.2015 From Ground to Space 4
M2: 4.2 m M4 (AO): 2.4 m M5 (TT): 2.6x2.1 m M3: 3.8 m E-ELT Telescope Design 2 focal stations 3 instruments on each station Coudé lab Laser guide stars Nasmyth focus M1 (seg): 39.3 m Nasmyth system with segmented M1 5-mirror design with integrated adaptive optics 3-mirror anastigmat with 2 flat folding mirrors (M4, M5) 14/15.Dec.2015 From Ground to Space 5
Cerro Armazones.. reduced from 3.064m to 3.046m 14/15.Dec.2015 From Ground to Space 6
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Instrument Roadmap First-light Instruments: single-field near-ir wide-band integralfield spectrograph diffraction-limited near-ir imager mid-ir imager & spectrograph ELT-4 und ELT-5: mid-ir, multi-object spectrograph R > 100.000 spectrograph Planet finder ELT-6: TBD 14/15.Dec.2015 From Ground to Space 8
E-ELT First-Light Instrumentation 14/15.Dec.2015 From Ground to Space 9
MICADO Stand-Alone 14/15.Dec.2015 From Ground to Space 10
MICADO Observing Modes Imaging covering 0.8-2.4 µm with pixel scales of 4 mas (FoV~50 ) and 1.5mas (FoV~20 ) Astrometric imaging with 50 µas precision across full field Slit spectroscopy for single compact objects covering 0.8-2.4um at R~8000 Coronagraphic imaging using MICADO s SCAO with angular differential imaging Goal: High Time Resolution Astronomy using windowing to enable rapid read-out of a subarray to achieve frame rates up to 250Hz (20x20 pixels). 14/15.Dec.2015 From Ground to Space 11
MICADO Key Capabilities Imaging Astrometric imaging Spectroscopy High Contrast imaging Time Resolved Astronomy cosmic star formation history: resolved stellar populations structure of high-z galaxies on 100pc scales nuclei of nearby galaxies (stellar cusps, star formation, smbhs) stellar motions within light hours of Sgr A* IMBHs in stellar clusters & dwarf galaxies Milky Way formation: proper motion of clusters & dwarf galaxies ages, metallicities, masses of first elliptical galaxies at z=2-3 spectra of first supernovae at z=1-6 redshifts, velocities, metallicities of SFGs at z=4-6 Giant/massive planets at a few AU around nearby stars Direct detection of planets discovered via RV measurements Pulsars & magnetars Accreting white dwarfs Compact binary systems Transits & occultations 14/15.Dec.2015 From Ground to Space 12
MICADO Kick-off Meeting Vienna Oct. 2015 14/15.Dec.2015 From Ground to Space 13
METIS Conceptual Overview 14/15.Dec.2015 From Ground to Space 14
METIS Key Capabilities Field of View Spectral coverage High spectral resolution Coronagraphy IFU 10-15 arcsec Smallest scale: smbhs Largest scale: AGB stars, transients 3.5 19 μm Brown dwarfs, exoplanets, transients Protoplanetary disks, solar system Protoplanetary disks Exoplanets AGB stars Protoplanetary disks Exoplanets AGB stars Protoplanetary disks smbhs 14/15.Dec.2015 From Ground to Space 15
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University of Vienna J. Alves O. Czoske M. Güdel R. Köhler K. Leschinski M. Mach W. Zeilinger B. Ziegler University of Graz R. Greimel M. Leitzinger T. Ratzka The University of Innsbruck W. Kausch S. Noll N. Przybilla V. Schaffenroth Team University of Linz & RICAM A. Obereder R. Ramlau D. Saxenhuber R. Wagner 14/15.Dec.2015 From Ground to Space 18