Bibcode
Schmidt, W.; Beck, C.; Denker, C.; Soltau, D.; Volkmer, R.
Bibliographical reference
"12th European Solar Physics Meeting, Freiburg, Germany, held September, 8-12, 2008. Online at http://espm.kis.uni-freiburg.de/, p.2.72"
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2008
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Description
The initial instrumentation of the 1.5 m solar telescope GREGOR on
Tenerife will include a grating spectrograph with a spectro-polarimeter
for the near infrared and a dual Fabry-Perot filter spectro-polarimeter
for the "red" wavelength range from 530 to 860 nm. Both instruments are
based on their predecessors that are presently operated at the
Vacuum-Tower Telescope on Tenerife. In order to fully exploit the
scientific capability of GREGOR, simultaneous multi-wavelength
observations are necessary. Such observations will allow studying the
coupling of different layers of the solar atmosphere. Simultaneous
measurements of the magnetic field, using different spectral lines,
increase the sensitivity and the accuracy of such measurements.
We present concepts for multi-wavelength observations with GREGOR based
on the first-light instruments. As a first step, fast large-format CCD
cameras will be used in the slit-jaw imaging system of the spectrograph
or in an additional medium-band imaging channel for post-facto image
restoration combined with the spectro-polarimeter. These observations
with high spatial resolution would provide the context for the
spectrally resolved data. Beyond simple time-share concepts, the
different characteristics of imaging and spectrograph-based instruments
require more sophisticated approaches, which should neither sacrifice
adaptive optics performance nor diminish polarimetric efficiency and
accuracy. Here, we will discuss a beam splitter option and variants of
scanning spectrograph systems. Finally, we introduce a concept for a
second-generation instrument the "Blue Imaging Solar Spectrometer"
(BLISS), a dual Fabry-Perot interferometer to explore the blue solar
spectrum (from 380 to 530 nm) in tandem with the "red" instrument.