CUBES, the Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph for the VLT

Cristiani, Stefano; Juan Manuel Alcalá,; Alencar, Silvia H. P.; Avila, Gerardo; Balashev, Sergei A.; Bastian, Nate; Barbuy, Beatriz; Battino, Umberto; Calcines, Ariadna; Calderone, Giorgio; Cambianica, Pamela; Carini, Roberta; Carter, Brad; Cassisi, Santi; Bruno Vaz Castilho,; Cescutti, Gabriele; Christlieb, Norbert; Cirami, Robero; Coretti, Igor; Cooke, Ryan; Covino, Stefano; Cremonese, Gabriele; Cunha, Katia; Cupani, Guido; Da Silva, André R.; Vincenzo De Caprio,; Annalisa De Cia,; Dekker, Hans; D'Elia, Valerio; Gayandi De Silva,; D'Auria, Domenico; D'Odorico, Valentina; Diaz, Marcos; Paolo Di Marcantonio,; Fitzsimmons, Alan; Ernandes, Heitor; Evans, Chris; Franchini, Mariagrazia; Genoni, Matteo; Gänsicke, Boris; Gneiding, Clemens; Giribaldi, Riano E.; Grazian, Andrea; Camilla Juul Hansen,; Fiorangela La Forgia,; Landoni, Marco; Lazzarin, Monica; Lunney, David; Maciel, Walter; Marcolino, Wagner; Marconi, Marcella; Migliorini, Alessandra; Miller, Chris; Noterdaeme, Pasquier; Opitom, Cyrielle; Pariani, Giorgio; Pilecki, Bogumil; Piranomonte, Silvia; Quirrenbach, Andreas; Redaelli, Edoardo M. A.; Pereira, Claudio B.; Randich, Sofia; Rossi, Silvia; Sanchez-Janssen, Ruben; Seifert, Walter; Smiljanic, Rodolfo; Snodgrass, Colin; Squalli, Omar; Stilz, Ingo; Stürmer, Julian; Trost, Andrea; Vanzella, Eros; Ventura, Paolo; Verducci, Orlando; Waring, Chris; Watson, Stephen; Wells, Martyn; Wright, Duncan; Zafar, Tayyaba; Zanutta, Alessio

doi:10.18727/0722-6691/5278

CUBES, the Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph, aims to bring a unique capability to ESO's Very Large Telescope: an ultraviolet eye on the Universe to complement the Extremely Large Telescope, a super-efficient (> 40%) spectrograph with a spectral coverage of 300–405 nm in the present design and two resolution modes, 20000 and 7000. An option of a fibre link to the Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph is foreseen that will provide the capability of simultaneous optical high-resolution spectroscopy at λ > 420 nm. The CUBES design is able to address a treasure trove of scientific cases, from Solar System science to cosmology.

CUBES, the Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph for the VLT / Cristiani, S., Manuel Alcalá, J., Alencar, S.H.P., Avila, G., Balashev, S.A., Bastian, N., Barbuy, B., Battino, U., Calcines, A., Calderone, G., Cambianica, P., Carini, R., Carter, B., Cassisi, S., Vaz Castilho, B., Cescutti, G., Christlieb, N., Cirami, R., Coretti, I., Cooke, R., et al.. - In: THE MESSENGER. - ISSN 0722-6691. - (2022), pp. ---. [10.18727/0722-6691/5278]