3D Spectroscopy in Astronomy

This book contains lectures on 3D spectroscopy techniques and data. from the seventeenth Winter School of the Canary Islands Astrophysics Institute.

Evencio Mediavilla (Edited by), Santiago Arribas (Edited by), Martin Roth (Edited by), Jordi Cepa-Nogué (Edited by), Francisco Sánchez (Edited by)

9780521895415, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 January 2010

288 pages
25.3 x 18 x 1.3 cm, 0.72 kg

'This new volume in the Canary Islands Winter School series continues the fine tradition of providing a thorough summary of an area of astronomy, at a level aimed squarely at graduate students … this volume will be seen as a milestone. It deserves a place in any graduate-level observational techniques and instrumentation class.' The Observatory

Simultaneously storing both spectral and spatial information, 3D spectroscopy offers a new way to tackle astrophysical problems, and opens up new lines of research. Since its inception in the eighties and early nineties, research in this field has grown enormously. Large telescopes all around the world are now equipped with integral field units, and two instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope will have integral field spectroscopic capabilities. Nowadays, more effort is dedicated to refining techniques for reducing, analysing and interpreting the data obtained with 3D spectrographs. Containing lectures from the seventeenth Winter School of the Canary Islands Astrophysics Institute, this book explores 3D spectroscopy techniques and data. A broad and balanced presentation of research in this field, it introduces astronomers to a new generation of instruments, widening the appeal of integral field spectroscopy and helping it become a powerful tool in tackling astrophysical problems.

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introductory review and technical approaches Martin M. Roth
2. Observational procedures and data reduction James E. H. Turner
3. 3D Spectroscopy instrumentation M. A. Bershady
4. Analysis of 3D data Pierre Ferruit
5. Science motivation for IFS and galactic studies F. Eisenhauer
6. Extragalactic studies and future IFS science Luis Colina
7. Tutorials: how to handle 3D spectroscopy data Sebastian F. Sánchez, Begona García-Lorenzo and Arlette Pécontal-Rousset.

Subject Areas: Optical physics [PHJ], Astronomy, space & time [PG]