@inproceedings{529e7af1a9c24793bc2536d9c0df8bff,
title = "TIGER: A high contrast infrared imager for the Giant Magellan Telescope",
abstract = "The Thermal Infrared imager for the GMT which provides Extreme contrast and Resolution (TIGER) is intended as a small-scale, targeted instrument capable of detecting and characterizing exoplanets and circumstellar disks, around both young systems in formation, and more mature systems in the solar neighborhood. TIGER can also provide general purpose infrared imaging at wavelengths from 1.5-14 μm. The instrument will utilize the facility adaptive optics (AO) system. With its operation at NIR to MIR wavelengths (where good image quality is easier to achieve), and much of the high-impact science using modestly bright guide stars, the instrument can be used early in the operation of the GMT. The TIGER concept is a dual channel imager and low resolution spectrometer, with high contrast modes of observations to fulfill the above science goals. A long wavelength channel (LWC) will cover 7-14 μm wavelength, while a short wavelength channel (SWC) will cover the 1.5-5 μm wavelength region. Both channels will have a 30″ FOV. In addition to imaging, low-resolution spectroscopy (R=300) is possible with TIGER for both the SWC and LWC, using insertable grisms.",
keywords = "Adaptive optics, ELT, GMT, Imaging, Infrared instruments",
author = "Philip Hinz and Johanan Codona and Olivier Guyon and William Hoffmann and Andrew Skemer and Joseph Hora and Volker Tolls and Alan Boss and Alycia Weinberger and Paul Arbo and Thomas Connors and Olivier Durney and Thomas McMahon and Manny Montoya and Vidhya Vaitheeswaran",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1117/12.926751",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780819491473",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV",
note = "Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV ; Conference date: 01-07-2012 Through 06-07-2012",
}