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S.K. Ramsay, T. Lebzelter, A. Seifahrt, P. Almeida, S. Bagnulo, H. Hartman, G. Hussain, H.U. Käufl, M.-F. Nieva, N. Przybilla, U. Seemann, A. Smette, S. Uttenthaler, G.M. Wahlgren & B. Wolff

CRIRES-POP: A library of high resolution spectra in the near-infrared

(Volume 80 - Année 2011)
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Abstract

We describe an ongoing project to obtain a library of high signal-to-noise, high spectral resolution stellar spectra from ~1-5 micrometer using CRIRES on the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT). New instrumental capabilities make the near-infrared an increasingly important wavelength range for high resolution spectroscopy, yet our knowledge of the spectral features in these regions is far from complete. The motivations of our group in conducting this survey are broad, from providing fundamental line data for laboratory spectroscopists, improving wavelength calibration and the removal of telluric lines for CRIRES to applications in astrophysical topics from observations of circumstellar matter to modelling stellar atmospheres. Substantial effort is being invested in producing a library of spectra reduced using a common procedure to ensure homogeneity of the results. So far, we have obtained spectra of 9 sources and hope to complete a sample size of ~25 to give good coverage of the HR diagram. Most of our targets were selected from the UVES-POP spectral library source list, so that complete coverage of the spectra from the UV to the NIR will be available. An important goal for the project is that the library is public.


1The data are available at http://www.univie.ac.at/crirespop/.

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S.K. Ramsay, T. Lebzelter, A. Seifahrt, P. Almeida, S. Bagnulo, H. Hartman, G. Hussain, H.U. Käufl, M.-F. Nieva, N. Przybilla, U. Seemann, A. Smette, S. Uttenthaler, G.M. Wahlgren & B. Wolff, «CRIRES-POP: A library of high resolution spectra in the near-infrared», Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège [En ligne], Volume 80 - Année 2011, 509 – 513 URL : https://popups.ulg.ac.be/0037-9565/index.php?id=2998.

About: S.K. Ramsay

European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarschild-Strasse, 2, 85748, Garching, Germany, sramsay@eso.org

About: T. Lebzelter

Institut für Astronomie, Universität Wien, Türkenschanzstr. 17, 1180 Wien, Austria

About: A. Seifahrt

Physics Department, Univ. of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 USA, and Institute for Astrophysics, Göttingen University, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

About: P. Almeida

Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto, Rua das Estrelas, 4150-762 Porto, Portugal, and

About: S. Bagnulo

European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Córdova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile

About: H. Hartman

Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh, BT61 9DG, UK

About: G. Hussain

Lund Observatory, Box 43, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden

About: H.U. Käufl

European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarschild-Strasse, 2, 85748, Garching, Germany

About: M.-F. Nieva

European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarschild-Strasse, 2, 85748, Garching, Germany

About: N. Przybilla

Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse. 1, 85741 Garching, Germany

About: U. Seemann

Dr. Karl Remeis-Sternwarte & ECAP, Sternwartstr. 7, 96049 Bamberg, Germany

About: A. Smette

European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarschild-Strasse, 2, 85748, Garching, Germany, and Institute for Astrophysics, Göttingen University, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

About: S. Uttenthaler

European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Córdova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile

About: G.M. Wahlgren

Institute for Astronomy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

About: B. Wolff

Catholic University of America, 620, Michigan Ave NE, Washington DC, 20064, USA, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, Code 667, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA