KMOS Contingency Payment
Lead Research Organisation:
Durham University
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
KMOS is an advanced imaging spectrograph being constructed by a consortium of UK and German institutes as one of
a suite of second generation instruments for the European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope (ESO VLT) in
Chile. KMOS uses a technique known as integral field spectroscopy to dissect the images of astronomical sources and
produce individual spectra for different regions within a single target. KMOS will operate in the near-infrared part of the
spectrum (1-2.5 microns wavelength) and will offer a multi-object capability to observe up to 24 sources simultaneously
within a 7 arcmin field of view, which will be unique at these wavelengths. The primary science drivers for KMOS are to
observe the evolution and mass assembly of distant galaxies in the early universe and to study resolved sites of star
formation in low redshift galaxies. Durham will provide the Principal Investigator for the project, the pickoff module which
relays the light from selected targets within the telescope field of view, and the integral field module which uses micro-
machined image slicers to dissect the light from each selected target.
a suite of second generation instruments for the European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope (ESO VLT) in
Chile. KMOS uses a technique known as integral field spectroscopy to dissect the images of astronomical sources and
produce individual spectra for different regions within a single target. KMOS will operate in the near-infrared part of the
spectrum (1-2.5 microns wavelength) and will offer a multi-object capability to observe up to 24 sources simultaneously
within a 7 arcmin field of view, which will be unique at these wavelengths. The primary science drivers for KMOS are to
observe the evolution and mass assembly of distant galaxies in the early universe and to study resolved sites of star
formation in low redshift galaxies. Durham will provide the Principal Investigator for the project, the pickoff module which
relays the light from selected targets within the telescope field of view, and the integral field module which uses micro-
machined image slicers to dissect the light from each selected target.
Planned Impact
KMOS has required the development of a number of new technologies with wider applications, including the use of cryogenic positioning robots and process control for the production and test of large numbers of precision diamond-machined optical surfaces.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Ray Sharples (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Chan Jeffrey C. C.
(2018)
The KMOS Cluster Survey (KCS) II - The Effect of Environment on the Structural Properties of Massive Cluster Galaxies at Redshift $1.39 < z <1.61$
in ArXiv e-prints
Davies R
(2013)
The Software Package for Astronomical Reductions with KMOS: SPARK
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Harrison C
(2015)
The KMOS AGN Survey at High redshift (KASH z ): the prevalence and drivers of ionized outflows in the host galaxies of X-ray AGN
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Harrison C.
(2016)
The KMOS AGN Survey at High Redshift (KASHz)
in The Messenger
Harrison C. M.
(2016)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: KMOS AGN Survey at High redshift (KASHz) (Harrison+, 2016)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Houghton R. C. W.
(2016)
The KMOS GTO Cluster Program: Absorption Line Spectroscopy of Cluster Galaxies at z~1.5
in Multi-Object Spectroscopy in the Next Decade: Big Questions, Large Surveys, and Wide Fields
Johnson H
(2018)
The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): the origin of disc turbulence in z ˜ 1 star-forming galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Magdis G
(2016)
KROSS: mapping the Ha emission across the star formation sequence at z ˜ 1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mason Charlotte A.
(2016)
First Results from the KMOS Lens-Amplified Spectroscopic Survey (KLASS): Kinematics of Lensed Galaxies at Cosmic Noon
in ArXiv e-prints
Prichard L
(2017)
The KMOS Cluster Survey (KCS). III. Fundamental Plane of Cluster Galaxies at z ? 1.80 in JKCS 041*
in The Astrophysical Journal