Mimir: A near-infrared wide-field imager, spectrometer, and polarimeter

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Clemens, D. P. [1 ]
Sarcia, D. [1 ]
Grabau, A. [1 ]
Tollestrup, E. V. [1 ]
Buie, M. W. [2 ]
Dunham, E. [2 ]
Taylor, B. [2 ]
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[1] Boston Univ, Inst Astrophys Res, Boston, MA 02215 USA
[2] Lowell Observ, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 USA
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10.1086/524775
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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Mimir, a new facility-class near-infrared instrument for the 1.8 m Perkins telescope on Anderson Mesa outside Flagstaff, Arizona, was commissioned and has been operating for three years. Mimir is multifunction, performing wide-field (F/5) and narrow-field (F/17) imaging, long-slit spectroscopy, and imaging polarimetry. The F/5 mode images at 0.59" per pixel onto the 1024 x 1024 pixel ALADDIN III InSb array detector, giving a 10' x 10'field of view. In the F/17 mode, the plate scale is 0.18" per pixel. Optically, Mimir is a refractive reimager for the F/17.5 Perkins beam. A six-lens collimator produces an achromatic 25 mm pupil, which is imaged by a five-lens camera (F/5), a four-lens camera (F/17), or a two-lens pupil viewer onto the detector. Three filter wheels precede the pupil, one follows the pupil. The wheels contain a rotating half-wave plate, broadband filters, narrowband filters, grisms, long-pass filters, a wire grid, and thermal IR blockers. The first telescope focus is within Mimir, where a slit and decker unit, consisting of two linear motion cars, selects one of 13 slit scenes. The slit and decker cars, the four filter wheels, the half-wave plate rotation, and the camera selector are all driven by stepper motors within the cold vacuum space. Cooling is provided by a CTI 1050 two-stage, closed-cycle helium refrigerator, keeping the optics, filters, and internal surfaces between 65 and 75 K and the detector at 33.5 K. Switching between Mimir's different modes takes only a few seconds, making it a versatile tool for conducting a wide range of investigations and for quickly reacting to changing observing conditions. Mimir on the Perkins telescope achieves imaging sensitivities 2-4 mag deeper than 2MASS, moderate resolution (R similar to 700) JHK spectra of virtually any 2MASS source, high-precision wide-field imaging polarimetry, and L' and AT band imaging and spectroscopy.
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