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Assinado acordo para o Instrumento METIS do E-ELT
28 de Setembro de 2015
O ESO assinou um acordo com um consórcio internacional de instituições europeias [1] para o design e construção do instrumento METIS, uma câmara e espectrógrafo infravermelho, que será instalado no European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT).
O acordo foi assinado por H. W. (Willen) te Beest, Vice-Presidente do Conselho de Administração, Universidade de Leiden, em prol do consórcio, e Tim de Zeeuw, Diretor Geral do ESO, numa cerimónia que se realizou a 28 de setembro de 2015 no Clube da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Leiden, Holanda.
Estiveram igualmente presentes na cerimónia Bernhard Brandl, Investigador Principal do METIS, todos os co-investigadores e os gestores de projeto de todos os parceiros do consórcio.
O METIS é um dos instrumentos de fase 1 para o E-ELT. Fará imagens e espectroscopia de média resolução no intervalo de comprimentos de onda que vai dos 3 aos 19 micrómetros, e espectroscopia de campo integral de alta resolução no domínio de comprimentos de onda 3 — 5,3 micrómetros. O METIS é o único instrumento de fase 1 que operará nestes comprimentos de onda do infravermelho médio, complementando assim a câmara MICADO e o espectrógrafo HARMONI.
O instrumento METIS, em conjunção com o enorme poder colector e resolução do E-ELT, permitirá o avanço de muitos tópicos da astronomia, incluindo o estudo de discos protoplanetários e a formação de planetas, investigações detalhadas das propriedades de exoplanetas e, mais próximo de nós, a formação e história do Sistema Solar. O METIS estudará também o crescimento de buracos negros supermassivos e a formação estelar em galáxias do Universo primordial.
O METIS, como outros instrumentos para o E-ELT, é o culminar de um extenso trabalho de desenvolvimento executado tanto pelo ESO como pela comunidade ao longo de muitos anos. É o sucessor de instrumentos anteriores do ESO no infravermelho médio, como o VISIR e o CRIRES.
Na mitologia grega, Metis era a primeira mulher de Zeus e mãe de Atena, a deusa da sabedoria.
Notas
[1] O consórcio é constituído pelas seguintes instituições: Nederlandse Onderzoekschool Voor Astronomie (NOVA), representada pela Universidade de Leiden (Holanda), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, representado pelo Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA) (Alemanha), the UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UKATC) (Reino Unido), the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Bélgica), CEA Saclay (France), ETH Zürich (Suíça) e Universität Wien em prol do consórcio A* (Áustria).
Links
- Página web do METIS no ESO
- Mais informação sobre o METIS (Leiden)
- Descrição detalhada do METIS
Contactos
Bernhard Brandl
METIS Principal Investigator
Leiden Observatory
Leiden, Holanda
Email: brandl@strw.leidenuniv.nl
Ralf Siebenmorgen
ESO Project Scientist
Garching bei München, Alemanha
Tel: +49 89 3200 6598
Email: rsiebenm@eso.org
Richard Hook
ESO Public Information Officer
Garching bei München, Alemanha
Tel: +49 89 3200 6655
Telm: +49 151 1537 3591
Email: rhook@eso.org
Marieke Baan
Nederlandse Onderzoekschool voor Astronomie (NOVA)
NOVA Informatie Centrum, Amsterdam
Tel: +31(0) 20 5257480
Telm: +31(0) 6 14322627
Email: H.M.Baan@uva.nl
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