The Messenger Telescopes and Instrumentation

The GRAVITY+ Project: GRAVITY-Wide and the Beam Compressor Differential Delay Lines

Authors
  • GRAVITY+ Collaboration
  • Abuter, Roberto [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Allouche, Fatme [Côte d’Azur Observatory, Lagrange Laboratory, France]
  • Amorim, Antonio [Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Centre of Astrophysics and Gravitation, University of Lisbon, Portugal]
  • Bailet, Christophe [Côte d’Azur Observatory, Lagrange Laboratory, France]
  • Berger, Jean-Philippe [Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, IPAG, Grenoble, France]
  • Berio, Philippe [Côte d’Azur Observatory, Lagrange Laboratory, France]
  • Bigioli, Azzurra [Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, Belgium]
  • Boebion, Olivier [Côte d’Azur Observatory, Lagrange Laboratory, France]
  • Böttcher, Ralf [Steinmeyer Mechatronik GmbH, Dresden, Germany]
  • Bolzer, Marie-Lena [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany; Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany]
  • Bonnet, Henri [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Bourdarot, Guillaume [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Bourget, Pierre [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Brandner, Wolfgang [Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany]
  • Brara, Amit [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Clénet, Yann [LESIA, Paris Observatory, Meudon, France]
  • Courtney-Barrer, Benjamin [European Southern Observatory (ESO); Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia]
  • Davies, Ric [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Defrère, Denis [Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, Belgium]
  • Delboulbé, Alain [Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, IPAG, Grenoble, France]
  • Delplancke, Francoise [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Dembet, Roderick [LESIA, Paris Observatory, Meudon, France]
  • Dong, Subo [Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, Beijing, China]
  • Drescher, Antonia [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Eckart, Andreas [Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn, Germany; 1st Institute of Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany]
  • Édouard, Clemence [LESIA, Paris Observatory, Meudon, France]
  • Eisenhauer, Frank [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Fabricius, Maximilian [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Feuchtgruber, Helmut [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Finger, Gert [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Förster Schreiber, Natascha [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Frahm, Robert [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Garcia, Enrique [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Garcia, Paulo [Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal; Centre of Astrophysics and Gravitation, University of Lisbon, Portugal]
  • Gendron, Eric [LESIA, Paris Observatory, Meudon, France]
  • Genzel, Reinhard [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany; Departments of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, USA]
  • Gil, Juan Pablo [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Gillessen, Stefan [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Gomes, Tiago [Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal; Centre of Astrophysics and Gravitation, University of Lisbon, Portugal]
  • Gonté, Frederic [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Gopinath, Vishaal [ESO; Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Graf, Jonas [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Guajardo, Patricia [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Guieu, Sylvain [Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, IPAG, Grenoble, France]
  • Häberle, Maximilian [Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany]
  • Hartl, Michael [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Haubois, Xavier [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Haußmann, Frank [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Henning, Thomas [Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany]
  • Hönig, Sebastian [School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK]
  • Horrobin, Matthew [1st Institute of Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany]
  • Hubin, Norbert [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Jochum, Lieselotte [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Jocou, Laurent [Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, IPAG, Grenoble, France]
  • Kaufer, Andreas [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Kervella, Pierre [LESIA, Paris Observatory, Meudon, France]
  • Kreidberg, Laura [Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany]
  • Lacour, Sylvestre [ESO; LESIA, Paris Observatory, Meudon, France]
  • Lagarde, Stephane [Côte d’Azur Observatory, Lagrange Laboratory, France]
  • Lai, Olivier [Côte d’Azur Observatory, Lagrange Laboratory, France]
  • Lapeyrère, Vincent [LESIA, Paris Observatory, Meudon, France]
  • Laugier, Romain [Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, Belgium]
  • Le Bouquin, Jean-Baptiste [Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, IPAG, Grenoble, France]
  • Leftley, James [Côte d’Azur Observatory, Lagrange Laboratory, France]
  • Léna, Pierre [LESIA, Paris Observatory, Meudon, France]
  • Lutz, Dieter [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Mang, Felix [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany; Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany]
  • Mérand, Antoine [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Millour, Florentin [Côte d’Azur Observatory, Lagrange Laboratory, France]
  • More, Nikhil [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Mroz, Przemek [Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw, Poland]
  • Nowacki, Hugo [Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, IPAG, Grenoble, France]
  • Nowak, Matthias [Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK]
  • Neumayer, Nadine [Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany]
  • Oberti, Sylvain [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Ott, Thomas [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Özdemir, Hakan [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Pallanca, Laurent [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Paumard, Thibaut [LESIA, Paris Observatory, Meudon, France]
  • Perraut, Karine [Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, IPAG, Grenoble, France]
  • Perrin, Guy [LESIA, Paris Observatory, Meudon, France]
  • Petrov, Romain [Côte d’Azur Observatory, Lagrange Laboratory, France]
  • Pfuhl, Oliver [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Pourré, Nicolas [Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, IPAG, Grenoble, France]
  • Prowatke, Hagen [Steinmeyer Mechatronik GmbH, Dresden, Germany]
  • Rabien, Sebastian [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Rau, Christian [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Rehm, Christian [ISKON, Ing. Büro, Isen, Germany 20Steinmeyer Mechatronik GmbH, Dresden, Germany 21 Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, Beijing, China 22 Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw, Poland]
  • Riquelme, Miguel [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Robbe, Sylvie [Côte d’Azur Observatory, Lagrange Laboratory, France]
  • Rochat, Sylvain [Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, IPAG, Grenoble, France]
  • Salman, Muhammad [Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, Belgium]
  • Sauter, Jonas [Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany; Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Schubert, Joseph [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Schuhler, Nicholas [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Shangguan, Jinyi [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Shimizu, Taro [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Scheithauer, Silvia [Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany]
  • Schuppe, Daniel [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Soulez, Ferreol [University of Lyon 1, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Lyon, France]
  • Stadler, Eric [Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, IPAG, Grenoble, France]
  • Straubmeier, Christian [1st Institute of Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany]
  • Sturm, Eckhard [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Subroweit, Matthias [1st Institute of Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany]
  • Sykes, Calvin [School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK]
  • Tacconi, Linda J. [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Tristram, Konrad [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Vincent, Frédéric [LESIA, Paris Observatory, Meudon, France]
  • Uysal, Sinem [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Wessely, Patrick [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Widmann, Felix [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Wieprecht, Eckhard [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Wiezorrek, Erich [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Wimmer, Lukas [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Woillez, Julien [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Yazici, Senol [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Zins, Gérard [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]

Section
Telescopes and Instrumentation
Abstract

One of the primary goals of the GRAVITY+ upgrade is to significantly improve the sky coverage of GRAVITY and the Very Large Telescope Interferometer. With the successful commissioning and start of operations of the GRAVITY-Wide mode and the new Beam Compressor Differential Delay Lines, GRAVITY+ has opened up the sky to deep interferometric observations. These include the first dynamical black hole mass measurements at cosmic noon, vastly increased observable samples of microlensing events, and a step towards the first detection of an intermediate-mass black hole through stellar orbits.


Dates
Created: 2024-09-01/2024-09-30
Length
7 pages

Cite this article:

GRAVITY+ Collaboration, Abuter, R., Allouche, F., Amorim, A., Bailet, C., Berger, J., Berio, P., Bigioli, A., Boebion, O., Böttcher, R., Bolzer, M., Bonnet, H., Bourdarot, G., Bourget, P., Brandner, W., Brara, A., Clénet, Y., Courtney-Barrer, B., Davies, R., Defrère, D., Delboulbé, A., Delplancke, F., Dembet, R., Dong, S., Drescher, A., Eckart, A., Édouard, C., Eisenhauer, F., Fabricius, M., Feuchtgruber, H., Finger, G., Förster Schreiber, N., Frahm, R., Garcia, E., Garcia, P., Gendron, E., Genzel, R., Gil, J., Gillessen, S., Gomes, T., Gonté, F., Gopinath, V., Graf, J., Guajardo, P., Guieu, S., Häberle, M., Hartl, M., Haubois, X., Haußmann, F., Henning, T., Hönig, S., Horrobin, M., Hubin, N., Jochum, L., Jocou, L., Kaufer, A., Kervella, P., Kreidberg, L., Lacour, S., Lagarde, S., Lai, O., Lapeyrère, V., Laugier, R., Le Bouquin, J., Leftley, J., Léna, P., Lutz, D., Mang, F., Mérand, A., Millour, F., More, N., Mroz, P., Nowacki, H., Nowak, M., Neumayer, N., Oberti, S., Ott, T., Özdemir, H., Pallanca, L., Paumard, T., Perraut, K., Perrin, G., Petrov, R., Pfuhl, O., Pourré, N., Prowatke, H., Rabien, S., Rau, C., Rehm, C., Riquelme, M., Robbe, S., Rochat, S., Salman, M., Sauter, J., Schubert, J., Schuhler, N., Shangguan, J., Shimizu, T., Scheithauer, S., Schuppe, D., Soulez, F., Stadler, E., Straubmeier, C., Sturm, E., Subroweit, M., Sykes, C., Tacconi, L., Tristram, K., Vincent, F., Uysal, S., Wessely, P., Widmann, F., Wieprecht, E., Wiezorrek, E., Wimmer, L., Woillez, J., Yazici, S., Zins, G.; The GRAVITY+ Project: GRAVITY-Wide and the Beam Compressor Differential Delay Lines. The Messenger 193 (September 2024): 37–43. https://doi.org/10.18727/0722-6691/5376