Published February 2010 | Version Published + Accepted Version
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A New Solution for the Dispersive Element in Astronomical Spectrographs

Abstract

We present a new solution for the dispersive element in astronomical spectrographs that, in many cases, can provide an upgrade path to enhance the spectral resolution of existing moderate-resolution reflection-grating spectrographs. We demonstrate that in the case of LRIS-R at the Keck 1 Telescope, a spectral resolution of 18,000 can be achieved with reasonable throughput under good seeing conditions.

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© 2010 The Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Received 2009 August 3; accepted 2009 December 7; published 2010 January 26. The authors acknowledge partial support from a grant of seed money from the Keck Observatory to J. Cohen, H. Epps, and R. M. Rich. We thank R. M. Rich for his long-term advocacy for multiplexed high-resolution spectroscopy at the Keck Observatory.

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W. M. Keck Foundation

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