Heimdallr and Solarstein: alignment, calibration, and correction in the Asgard suite at the VLTI
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| author | Taras, Adam K. Robertson, J. Gordon Carter, Josh Crous, Fred Courtney-Barrer, Benjamin McGinness, Grace Ireland, Michael Tuthill, Peter |
| author_facet | Taras, Adam K. Robertson, J. Gordon Carter, Josh Crous, Fred Courtney-Barrer, Benjamin McGinness, Grace Ireland, Michael Tuthill, Peter |
| contents | The Asgard instrument suite proposed for the ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) brings with it a new generation of instruments for spectroscopy and nulling. Asgard will enable investigations such as measurement of direct stellar masses for Galactic archaeology and direct detection of giant exoplanets to probe formation models using the first nulling interferometer in the southern hemisphere. We present the design and implementation of the Astralis-built Heimdallr, the beam combiner for fringe tracking and stellar interferometry in K band, as well as Solarstein, a novel implementation of a 4-beam telescope simulator for alignment and calibration. In this update, we verify that the Heimdallr design is sufficient to perform diffraction-limited beam combination. Furthermore, we demonstrate that Solarstein presents an interface comparable to the VLTI with co-phased, equal intensity beams, enabling alignment and calibration for all Asgard instruments. In doing so, we share techniques for aligning and implementing large instruments in bulk optics. |
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| spellingShingle | Heimdallr and Solarstein: alignment, calibration, and correction in the Asgard suite at the VLTI Taras, Adam K. Robertson, J. Gordon Carter, Josh Crous, Fred Courtney-Barrer, Benjamin McGinness, Grace Ireland, Michael Tuthill, Peter Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics The Asgard instrument suite proposed for the ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) brings with it a new generation of instruments for spectroscopy and nulling. Asgard will enable investigations such as measurement of direct stellar masses for Galactic archaeology and direct detection of giant exoplanets to probe formation models using the first nulling interferometer in the southern hemisphere. We present the design and implementation of the Astralis-built Heimdallr, the beam combiner for fringe tracking and stellar interferometry in K band, as well as Solarstein, a novel implementation of a 4-beam telescope simulator for alignment and calibration. In this update, we verify that the Heimdallr design is sufficient to perform diffraction-limited beam combination. Furthermore, we demonstrate that Solarstein presents an interface comparable to the VLTI with co-phased, equal intensity beams, enabling alignment and calibration for all Asgard instruments. In doing so, we share techniques for aligning and implementing large instruments in bulk optics. |
| title | Heimdallr and Solarstein: alignment, calibration, and correction in the Asgard suite at the VLTI |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.04187 |