MOSFIRE, the multi-object spectrometer for infra-red exploration at the Keck Observatory

By I. McLean, C. Steidel, H. Epps, N. Konidaris, K. Matthews, S. Adkins, T. Aliado, G. Brims, John M. Canfield, J. Cromer and 10 more. Other Conferences, 2012

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Nebular Emission Line Ratios in z ≃ 2–3 Star-forming Galaxies with KBSS-MOSFIRE: Exploring the Impact of Ionization, Excitation, and Nitrogen-to-Oxygen Ratio (2016, methodology): “…Spectrograph on the VLT (KMOS, Sharples et al. 2013) and the Multi-Object Spectrometer for InfraRed Exploration on the Keck I telescope (MOSFIRE, McLean et al. 2012), the number of z ≃ 2− 3 galaxies with high-quality restoptical spectra has increased dramatically (Steidel et al. 2014; Kriek et…”
THE GRISM LENS-AMPLIFIED SURVEY FROM SPACE (GLASS). I. SURVEY OVERVIEW AND FIRST DATA RELEASE (2015, background): “In contrast, spectroscopic follow-up at z > 7 has been very difficult, owing to the atmosphere which limits studies to a few specific redshift windows, in spite of the recent introduction of high sensitivity high multiplexed near-infrared spectrographs (e.g., MOSFIRE McLean et al. 2012).”
STRONG NEBULAR LINE RATIOS IN THE SPECTRA of z ∼ 2–3 STAR FORMING GALAXIES: FIRST RESULTS FROM KBSS-MOSFIRE (2014, methodology): “All near-IR spectroscopic observations described in this paper were obtained using the Multi-Object Spectrometer for InfraRed Exploration (MOSFIRE; McLean et al. 2010, 2012), the recently commissioned near-IR imaging spectrometer on the Keck 1 10m telescope at the W.M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea.”
THE MOSFIRE DEEP EVOLUTION FIELD (MOSDEF) SURVEY: REST-FRAME OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY FOR ∼1500 H-SELECTED GALAXIES AT 1.37 ≤ z ≤ 3.8 ?> (2014, methodology): “We adopt the individual exposure times recommended by the MOSFIRE instrument team: 180 sec, 120 sec, 120 sec, and 180 sec, respectively, for Y, J, H, and K.”
Spectroscopic detection of C iv λ1548 in a galaxy at z = 7.045: implications for the ionizing spectra of reionization-era galaxies (2015, methodology): “Here we build on this progress with an exploration of the strength of high ionization emission features (CIVλλ1548,1551 and He IIλ1640) in a small sample of z ' 7 UV-selected galaxies using the MOSFIRE (McLean et al. 2012) spectrograph on the Keck I tele- scope.”
THE MOSDEF SURVEY: ELECTRON DENSITY AND IONIZATION PARAMETER AT z ∼ 2.3 (2015, methodology): “This project utilizes the Multi-Object Spectrometer For Infra-Red Exploration (MOSFIRE; McLean et al. 2012) on the 10 m Keck I telescope.”
THE MOSDEF SURVEY: MASS, METALLICITY, AND STAR-FORMATION RATE AT z ∼ 2.3 (2014, methodology): “The MOSDEF Survey The MOSDEF survey is a four-year project using the MOSFIRE spectrograph (McLean et al. 2012) on the 10 m Keck I telescope to survey the physical properties of galaxies at 1.4 ≤ z ≤ 3.8.”
The Keck Lyman Continuum Spectroscopic Survey (KLCS): The Emergent Ionizing Spectrum of Galaxies at z ∼ 3 (2018, methodology): “We are currently completing Keck/MOSFIRE observations of the relevant KLCS sub-sample to investigate correlations between these excitation/ionization-sensitive line ratios and direct LyC observations.”
THE MOSDEF SURVEY: EXCITATION PROPERTIES OF z ∼ 2.3 STAR-FORMING GALAXIES (2014, methodology): “MOSDEF is a four-year project using the MOSFIRE spectrograph (McLean et al. 2012) on the 10 m Keck I telescope to measure the physical properties of galaxies at 1.4 ≤ z ≤ 3.8.”
COSMOS2020: A Panchromatic View of the Universe to z ∼ 10 from Two Complementary Catalogs (2021, background): “…Boulade et al. 2003), coupled with wide-field spectroscopic instruments capable of collecting large numbers of spectroscopic redshifts like the Visible MultiObject Spectrograph (VIMOS; Le Fèvre et al. 2003) and the Multi-Object Spectrograph For Infrared Exploration (MOSFIRE; McLean et al. 2012).”
A SPECTROSCOPIC REDSHIFT MEASUREMENT FOR A LUMINOUS LYMAN BREAK GALAXY AT z = 7.730 USING KECK/MOSFIRE (2015, methodology): “MOSFIRE Spectroscopy We use the Multi-Object Spectrometer for Infra-Red Exploration (MOSFIRE; McLean et al. 2012) on the Keck 1 telescope for Y-band spectroscopy of our primary z ∼ 8 targets in the search for their Lyα emission lines.”
FORMING COMPACT MASSIVE GALAXIES (2015, methodology): “3.1 a bright star was included in all MOSFIRE masks, and the profile of this star in the spatial direction can be used to approximate the PSF.”
THE MOSDEF SURVEY: MEASUREMENTS OF BALMER DECREMENTS AND THE DUST ATTENUATION CURVE AT REDSHIFTS z ∼ 1.4–2.6 (2015, methodology): “To this end, we have begun the MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field (MOSDEF) survey (Kriek et al. 2014), conducted with the recently-commissioned multi-object near-IR spectrograph MOSFIRE (McLean et al. 2012) on the Keck I telescope.”
The Universe Is Reionizing at z ∼ 7: Bayesian Inference of the IGM Neutral Fraction Using Lyα Emission from Galaxies (2017, methodology): “The Steidel et al. (2014) sample (from the KBSS-MOSFIRE survey) is effectively complete at Muv∼< − 20 where ∼ 90% of their photometrically-selected LBGs have rest-frame optical emission lines detected in deep near-IR spectroscopy with Keck/MOSFIRE (McLean et al. 2012).”
LINE-EMITTING GALAXIES BEYOND A REDSHIFT OF 7: AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE EVOLVING NEUTRALITY OF THE INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM (2014, background): “…in the visibility of the line into the volume fraction of neutral hydrogen, xHI, is uncertain (Bolton & Haehnelt 2013), the prospects for improving the statistics of this test are promising given the arrival of multi-object instruments such as MOSFIRE on the Keck 1 telescope (McLean et al. 2012).”
Near infrared spectroscopy and star-formation histories of 3 ≤ z ≤ 4 quiescent galaxies (2018, methodology): “MOSFIRE (McLean et al. 2012) is a multi-object infrared spectrograph installed on the Keck I telescope, on top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.”