A4 Refereed article in a conference publication
Progress on the SOXS transients chaser for the ESO-NTT
Authors: Schipani P, Campana S, Claudi R, Aliverti M, Baruffolo A, Ben-Ami S, Capasso G, Cosentino R, D'Alessio F, D'Avanzo P, Hershko O, Kuncarayakti H, Landoni M, Munari M, Pignata G, Radhakrishnan K, Rubino A, Scuderi S, Vitali F, Young D, Achren J, Araiza-Duran JA, Arcavi I, Battaini F, Brucalassi A, Bruch R, Cappellaro E, Colapietro M, Della Valle M, Di Benedetto R, D'Orsi S, Gal-Yam A, Genoni M, Hernandez M, Kotilainen J, Causi GL, Lessio L, Marty L, Mattila S, Rappaport M, Ricci D, Riva M, Salasnich B, Savarese S, Smartt S, Sanchez RZ, Stritzinger M, Umbriaco G, Ventura H, Pasquini L, Scholler M, Kaufl HU, Accardo M, Mehrgan L, Pompei E, Saviane I
Editors: Christopher J. Evans, Julia J. Bryant, Kentaro Motohara
Conference name: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation
Publisher: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, PO BOX 10, BELLINGHAM, WA 98227-0010 USA
Publication year: 2022
Journal: Proceedings of SPIE : the International Society for Optical Engineering
Book title : Proceedings of SPIE: Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX
Journal name in source: GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY IX
Journal acronym: PROC SPIE
Article number: 121840O
Series title: Proceedings of SPIE : the International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume: 12184
First page : 121840O
Number of pages: 9
ISSN: 0277-786X
eISSN: 1996-756X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628329
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628329
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a single object spectrograph offering a simultaneous spectral coverage from U- to H-band, built by an international consortium for the 3.58-m ESO New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory. It is designed to observe all kind of transients and variable sources discovered by different surveys with a highly flexible schedule maintained by the consortium, based on the Target of Opportunity concept. SOXS is going to be a fundamental spectroscopic partner for any kind of imaging survey, becoming one of the premier transient follow-up instruments in the Southern hemisphere. This paper gives an updated status of the project, when the instrument is in the advanced phase of integration and testing in Europe, prior to the activities in Chile.
