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The Messenger Telescopes and Instrumentation

The GRAVITY+ Project: Towards All-sky, Faint-Science, High-Contrast Near-Infrared Interferometry at the VLTI

Authors
  • GRAVITY+ Collaboration
  • Abuter, Roberto [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Alarcon, Patricio [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Allouche, Fatme [Université Côte d'Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, France]
  • Amorim, Antonio [Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal; CENTRA – Centre for Astrophysics and Gravitation, University of Lisbon, Portugal]
  • Bailet, Christophe [Université Côte d'Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, France]
  • Bedigan, Helen [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Berdeu, Anthony [LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Meudon, France]
  • Berger, Jean-Philippe [Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, France]
  • Berio, Philippe [Université Côte d'Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, France]
  • Bigioli, Azzurra [Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, Belgium]
  • Blaho, Richard [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Boebion, Olivier [Université Côte d'Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, France]
  • Bolzer, Marie-Lena [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany; Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, 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]
  • Cardenas, Cesar [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Conzelmann, Ralf [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Comin, Mauro [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Clénet, Yann [LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Meudon, France]
  • Courtney-Barrer, Benjamin [European Southern Observatory (ESO); Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia]
  • Dallilar, Yigit [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Davies, Ric [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Defrère, Denis [Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, Belgium]
  • Delboulbé, Alain [Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, France]
  • Delplancke-Ströbele, Françoise [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Dembet, Roderick [LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Meudon, France]
  • de Zeeuw, Tim [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany; Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, the Netherlands]
  • 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, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, 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 M. [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Fuenteseca, Eloy [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Garcia, Enrique [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Garcia, Paulo [CENTRA – Centre for Astrophysics and Gravitation, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal]
  • Gao, Feng [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany; Hamburg Observatory, University of Hamburg, Germany]
  • Gendron, Eric [LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, 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 [CENTRA – Centre for Astrophysics and Gravitation, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal]
  • Gonté, Frédéric [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Gouvret, Carole [Université Côte d'Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, France]
  • Guajardo, Patricia [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Guidolin, Ivan [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Guieu, Sylvain [Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, France]
  • Guzmann, Ronald [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Hackenberg, Wolfgang [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Haddad, Nicolas [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • 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]
  • Heißel, Gernot [LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Meudon, France]
  • Henning, Thomas [Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany]
  • Hippler, Stefan [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)]
  • Jacqmart, Estelle [Université Côte d'Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, France]
  • Jocou, Laurent [Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, France]
  • Kaufer, Andreas [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Kervella, Pierre [LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Meudon, France]
  • Kirchbauer, Jean-Paul [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Kolb, Johan [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Korhonen, Heidi [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Kreidberg, Laura [Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany]
  • Krempl, Peter [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Lacour, Sylvestre [ESO; LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Meudon, France]
  • Lagarde, Stephane [Université Côte d'Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, France]
  • Lai, Olivier [Université Côte d'Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, France]
  • Lapeyrère, Vincent [LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Meudon, France]
  • Laugier, Romain [Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, Belgium]
  • Le Bouquin, Jean-Baptiste [Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, France]
  • Leftley, James [Université Côte d'Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, France]
  • Léna, Pierre [LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Meudon, France]
  • Lewis, Steffan [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Lutz, Dieter [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Magnard, Yves [Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, France]
  • Mang, Felix [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany; Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, Germany]
  • Marcotto, Aurelie [Université Côte d'Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, France]
  • Maurel, Didier [Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, France]
  • Mérand, Antoine [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Millour, Florentin [Université Côte d'Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, France]
  • More, Nikhil [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Nowacki, Hugo [Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, France]
  • Nowak, Matthias [Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK]
  • Oberti, Sylvain [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Olivares, Francisco [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Ott, Thomas [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Pallanca, Laurent [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Paumard, Thibaut [LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Meudon, France]
  • Perraut, Karine [Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, France]
  • Perrin, Guy [LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Meudon, France]
  • Petrov, Romain [Université Côte d'Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, France]
  • Pfuhl, Oliver [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Pourré, Nicolas [Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, France]
  • Rabien, Sebastian [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Rau, Christian [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Riquelme, Miguel [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Robbe-Dubois, Sylvie [Université Côte d'Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, France]
  • Rochat, Sylvain [Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, France]
  • Salman, Muhammad [Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, Belgium]
  • Scherbarth, Malte [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Schöller, Markus [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Schubert, Joseph [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Schuhler, Nicolas [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Shangguan, Jinyi [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Shchekaturov, Pavel [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Shimizu, Taro [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Scheithauer, Silvia [Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany]
  • Sevin, Arnaud [LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Meudon, France]
  • Soenke, Christian [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Soulez, Ferreol [Université Lyon 1, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Lyon, France]
  • Spang, Alain [Université Côte d'Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, France]
  • Stadler, Eric [Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, France]
  • Straubmeier, Christian [1st Institute of Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany]
  • Sturm, Eckhard [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Sykes, Calvin [School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK]
  • Tacconi, Linda [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Tischer, Helmut [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Tristram, Konrad [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Vincent, Frédéric [LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Meudon, France]
  • von Fellenberg, Sebastiano [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany; Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn, Germany]
  • Uysal, Sinem [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Widmann, Felix [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Wieprecht, Ekkehard [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Wiezorrek, Erich [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Woillez, Julien [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Yazıcı, Şenol [Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany]
  • Zins, Gérard [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]

Section
Telescopes and Instrumentation
Abstract

The GRAVITY instrument has been revolutionary for near-infrared interferometry by pushing sensitivity and precision to previously unknown limits. With the upgrade of GRAVITY and the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) in GRAVITY+, these limits will be pushed even further, with vastly improved sky coverage, as well as faint-science and high-contrast capabilities. This upgrade includes the implementation of wide-field off-axis fringe-tracking, new adaptive optics systems on all Unit Telescopes, and laser guide stars in an upgraded facility. GRAVITY+ will open up the sky to the measurement of black hole masses across cosmic time in hundreds of active galactic nuclei, use the faint stars in the Galactic centre to probe General Relativity, and enable the characterisation of dozens of young exoplanets to study their formation, bearing the promise of another scientific revolution to come at the VLTI.


Dates
Created: 2022-12-01/2022-12-31
Length
6 pages

Cite this article:

GRAVITY+ Collaboration, Abuter, R., Alarcon, P., Allouche, F., Amorim, A., Bailet, C., Bedigan, H., Berdeu, A., Berger, J., Berio, P., Bigioli, A., Blaho, R., Boebion, O., Bolzer, M., Bonnet, H., Bourdarot, G., Bourget, P., Brandner, W., Cardenas, C., Conzelmann, R., Comin, M., Clénet, Y., Courtney-Barrer, B., Dallilar, Y., Davies, R., Defrère, D., Delboulbé, A., Delplancke-Ströbele, F., Dembet, R., de Zeeuw, T., Drescher, A., Eckart, A., Édouard, C., Eisenhauer, F., Fabricius, M., Feuchtgruber, H., Finger, G., Förster Schreiber, N., Fuenteseca, E., Garcia, E., Garcia, P., Gao, F., Gendron, E., Genzel, R., Gil, J., Gillessen, S., Gomes, T., Gonté, F., Gouvret, C., Guajardo, P., Guidolin, I., Guieu, S., Guzmann, R., Hackenberg, W., Haddad, N., Hartl, M., Haubois, X., Haußmann, F., Heißel, G., Henning, T., Hippler, S., Hönig, S., Horrobin, M., Hubin, N., Jacqmart, E., Jocou, L., Kaufer, A., Kervella, P., Kirchbauer, J., Kolb, J., Korhonen, H., Kreidberg, L., Krempl, P., Lacour, S., Lagarde, S., Lai, O., Lapeyrère, V., Laugier, R., Le Bouquin, J., Leftley, J., Léna, P., Lewis, S., Lutz, D., Magnard, Y., Mang, F., Marcotto, A., Maurel, D., Mérand, A., Millour, F., More, N., Nowacki, H., Nowak, M., Oberti, S., Olivares, F., Ott, T., Pallanca, L., Paumard, T., Perraut, K., Perrin, G., Petrov, R., Pfuhl, O., Pourré, N., Rabien, S., Rau, C., Riquelme, M., Robbe-Dubois, S., Rochat, S., Salman, M., Scherbarth, M., Schöller, M., Schubert, J., Schuhler, N., Shangguan, J., Shchekaturov, P., Shimizu, T., Scheithauer, S., Sevin, A., Soenke, C., Soulez, F., Spang, A., Stadler, E., Straubmeier, C., Sturm, E., Sykes, C., Tacconi, L., Tischer, H., Tristram, K., Vincent, F., von Fellenberg, S., Uysal, S., Widmann, F., Wieprecht, E., Wiezorrek, E., Woillez, J., Yazıcı, Ş., Zins, G.; The GRAVITY+ Project: Towards All-sky, Faint-Science, High-Contrast Near-Infrared Interferometry at the VLTI. The Messenger 189 (December 2022): 17–22. https://doi.org/10.18727/0722-6691/5285