3d Spectroscopy in Astronomy

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

• ISBN13: 9780521895415
• ISBN10: 0521895413
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-08
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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 future James Webb Space Telescope will have integral field spectroscopic capabilities. Nowadays, more effort is dedicated to refining techniques for reducing, analyzing and interpreting the data obtained with 3D spectrographs. Containing lectures from the seventeenth Winter School of the Canary Islands Astrophysics Institute, this book explores new 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.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. viii
List of participants	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xii
List of abbreviations	p. xiii
Introductory review and technical approaches	p. 1
Observational procedures and data reduction	p. 40
3D spectroscopic instrumentation	p. 87
Analysis of 3D data	p. 126
Science motivation for integral field spectroscopy and Galactic studies	p. 158
Extragalactic studies and future integral field spectroscopy science	p. 200
Tutorials: How to handle 3D spectroscopy data	p. 225
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