Stellar Astrophysics with a Dispersed Fourier Transform Spectrograph. I. Instrument Description and Orbits of Single-lined Spectroscopic Binaries
@article{Behr2009StellarAW, title={Stellar Astrophysics with a Dispersed Fourier Transform Spectrograph. I. Instrument Description and Orbits of Single-lined Spectroscopic Binaries}, author={Bradford Bartholomew Behr and Arsen R. Hajian and Andrew T. Cenko and Marc Allen Murison and Robert S. McMillan and Robert B. Hindsley and Jeff T. Meade}, journal={The Astrophysical Journal}, year={2009}, volume={705}, pages={543-553} }
We have designed and constructed a second-generation version of the dispersed Fourier transform spectrograph, or dFTS. This instrument combines a spectral interferometer with a dispersive spectrograph to provide high-accuracy, high-resolution optical spectra of stellar targets. The new version, dFTS2, is based upon the design of our prototype, with several modifications to improve the system throughput and performance. We deployed dFTS2 to the Steward Observatory 2.3 m Bok Telescope from 2007…
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