The 2007 ESO Instrument Calibration Workshop

Part I. Introduction

1. Instruments Calibration at the La Silla Paranal Observatory
G. Marconi

2. The Detector Monitoring Project
P. Amico, P. Ballester, W. Hummel, G. LoCurto, L. Lundin, A. Modigliani, P. Sinclaire, L. Vanzi

Part II. Session 1: Optical Spectro-Imagers

3. IOT Overview: Optical Spectro-Imagers
F. Patat

4. Photometry with FORS
W. Freudling, P. Møller, F. Patat, S. Moehler, M. Romaniello, E. Jehin, K. O’Brien, C. Izzo, E. Pompei

5. Radial Velocity Measurements Based on FORS2 and FLAMES Spectra
M. Monelli, M. Nonino, G. Bono, P. François, F. Thévenin, R. Buonanno, F. Caputo, C. E. Corsi, L. Pulone, H. A. Smith, P. B. Stetson, A. R. Walker

6. The VLT-FLAMES Survey of Massive Stars: Instrumental Stability and Detection of Massive Binaries
C. J. Evans, D. J. Lennon, I. Hunter, T. Augusteijn, S. J. Smartt

7. VIMOS Total Transmission Profiles for Broad-Band Filters
S. Mieske, M. Rejkuba, S. Bagnulo, C. Izzo, G. Marconi

8. Laboratory Measurements of Calibration Sources for X-Shooter
F. Saitta, F. Kerber, P. Bristow, H. Dekker, S. D’Odorico, C. Dupuy, J.-L. Lizon, A. Norup Sorensen, J. Vernet

9. Modelling the Fringing of the FORS2 CCD
J. R. Walsh, H. Kuntschner, E. Jehin, A. Kaufer, K. O’Brien, M. Riquelme, A. Smette

10. Master Response Curves for Flux Calibration of VIMOS Spectroscopy
B. Wolff

Part III. Session 2: Optical Multi-object Spectrographs

11. IOT Overview: Optical Multi-Object Spectrographs
L. Schmidtobreick, S. Bagnulo, E. Jehin, G. Marconi, K. O’Brien, E. Pompei, I. Saviane

12. Quantitative Spectroscopy with FLAMES
P. Bonifacio

13. Good News for MOS, MXU & Co. – The New Spectroscopic Pipeline for the FORSes
S. Moehler

14. Calibrating the VIMOS Redshift Survey Data
M. Scodeggio, P. Franzetti, B. Garilli, M. Fumana, L. Paioro, A. Zanichelli

Part IV. Session 3: Near-IR and mid-IR Spectro-Imagers

15. IOT Overview: IR Instruments
E. Mason

16. Some (Little) Thing(s) about VISIR
E. Pantin, L. Vanzi, U. Weilenmann

17. Infrared Spectrograph Calibration Issues: Using CRIRES, the High
Resolution Infrared Spectrograph for ESO’s VLT as an Example
H.U. Käufl

18. Calibrating Mid-Infrared Standard Stars
D. Dobrzycka, L. Vanzi

19. Stellar Calibrators for the Medium Resolution Spectrometer of the Mid Infra-Red Instrument on Board the JWST
E. Bauwens, L. Decin, E. Bauwens, J.A.D.L. Blommaert

20. ISAAC LW Telluric Line Atlas
C. Papadaki, L. Schmidtobreick, W. Hummel, A. Smette

21. Building-Up a Database of Spectro-Photometric Standard Stars from the Ultraviolet to the Near-Infrared
J. Vernet, F. Kerber, S. D’Odorico, R. Bohlin, V. Ivanov, C. Lidman, E. Mason, T. Rauch, F. Saitta, A. Smette, J. Walsh, R. Fosbury, P. Goldoni, P. Groot, F. Hammer, M. Horrobin, L. Kaper, P. Kjaergaard-Rasmussen, R. Pallavicini, F. Royer

Part V. Session 4: Data Flow and Data Reduction Software

22. The VLT Data Flow System
M. Peron

23. ESO Reflex: A Graphical Workflow Engine for Running Recipes
R. N. Hook, M. Romaniello, M. Ullgrén, P. Järveläinen, S. Maisala, T. Oittinen, V. Savolainen, O. Solin, J. Tyynelä, M. Peron, C. Izzo, T. Licha

24. Astronomical Data Reduction Pipelines at NASA: 30 Years and Counting
D. Lindler

25. The End-to-End Pipeline for HST Slitless Spectra PHLAG
M. Kümmel, R. Albrecht, R. Fosbury, W. Freudling, J. Haase, R. N. Hook, H. Kuntschner, A. Micol, M. R. Rosa, J. R. Walsh

26. A Bottom-Up Approach to Spectroscopic Data Reduction
C. Izzo, Y. Jung, P. Ballester

27. Model Based Instrument Calibration
P. Bristow, F. Kerber, M.R. Rosa

28. From Predictive Calibration to Forward Analysis – Preparing for the ELT Era
M. R. Rosa

29. Efits: A New Efficient and Flexible FITS Library
A. Grado, M. Pavlov, L. Limatola

30. Error Propagation in the X-shooter Pipeline
M. Horrobin, P. Goldoni, F. Royer, P. François, G. Blanc, J. Vernet, A. Modigliani, J. Larsen

31. The CRIRES Data Reduction Challenges
Y. Jung, P. Bristow

32. THELI - A Pipeline for UV- to Mid-IR Imaging Data Reduction
M. Schirmer, T. Erben

33. MUSE: Design and Status of the Data Reduction Pipeline
P. Weilbacher, J. Gerssen, M. M. Roth, P. Böhm, The MUSE Team

Part VI. Session 5: Adaptive Optics Instruments

34. IOT Overview: Adaptive Optics
N. Ageorges, C. Lidman, C. Dumas

35. AO Assisted Spectroscopy with SINFONI: PSF, Background, and Interpolation
R. Davies

36. Imaging and Treatment of the PSF in AO Instruments: Application to NACO
Y. Clénet, E. Gendron, G. Rousset, T. Fusco, C. Lidman, M. Kasper, N. Ageorges, O. Marco

37. Probing ?-arcsec Astrometry with NACO
A. Seifahrt, T. Röll, R. Neuhäuser

Part VII. Session 6: Integral Field Spectroscopy

38. IOT Overview: Integral Field Spectroscopy
P. Amico, S. Bagnulo, C. Dumas, C. Izzo, G. Marconi, C. Melo

39. Integral Field Spectrographs: A User’s View
E. Emsellem

40. Specsim: A Software Simulator for Integral Field Unit Spectrometers
N. P. F. Lorente, A. C. H. Glasse, G. S. Wright, S. K. Ramsay, C. J. Evans

41. Integral Field Spectroscopy with VIMOS
M. M. Roth, A. Monreal-Ibero, L. Christensen, T. Becker, J. Gerssen, P. Weilbacher

42. KMOS: Design Overview and Calibration Requirements
R. M. Sharples, S. K. Ramsay, R. Davies, M. Lehnert

43. Calibration of the KMOS Multi-Field Imaging Spectrometer
S. K. Ramsay, S. Rolt, R. M. Sharples, R. Davies

44. MUSE: A Second-Generation Integral-Field Spectrograph for the VLT
R. M. McDermid, R. Bacon, S. Bauer, P. Boehm, D. Boudon, S. Brau-Nogué, P. Caillier, L. Capoani, C. M. Carollo, N. Champavert, T. Contini, E. Daguisé, B. Delabre, J. Devriendt, S. Dreizler, J. Dubois, M. Dupieux, J. P. Dupin, E. Emsellem, P. Ferruit, M. Franx, G. Gallou, J. Gerssen, B. Guiderdoni, T. Hahn, D. Hofmann, A. Jarno, A. Kelz, C. Koehler, W. Kollatschny, J. Kosmalski, F. Laurent, S. J. Lilly, J. L. Lizon, M. Loupias, A. Manescau, C. Monstein, H. Nicklas, L. Parès, L. Pasquini, A. Pécontal-Rousset, E. Pécontal, R. Pello, C. Petit, J.-P. Picat, E. Popow, A. Quirrenbach, R. Reiss, E. Renault, M. Roth, J. Schaye, G. Soucail, M. Steinmetz, S. Stroebele, R. Stuik, P. Weilbacher, L. Wisotzki, H. Wozniak, P. T. de Zeeuw

45. SPHERE-IFS: A Tool for Direct Detection of Giant Planets
R. U. Claudi, J. Antichi, R. G. Gratton, S. Desidera, A. Berton, D. Mesa, M. Turatto, M. Feldt, K. Dohlen, J.-L. Beuzit, D. Mouillet, P. Puget

46. The Origin of Fringing in the VIMOS IFU
E. Jullo, L. Christensen, A. Smette, S. Bagnulo, C. Izzo, G. Marconi

47. A User’s View of VIMOS-IFU Calibrations
H. Kuntschner

Part VIII. Session 7: High Resolution Spectroscopy

48. IOT Overview: High Resolution Spectrographs
G. Lo Curto, P. Francois, C. Ledoux, C. Melo, E. Pompei, A. Smette, L. Vanzi

49. Quantitative Spectroscopy with UVES
P. E. Nissen

50. High Resolution and High Precision-Spectroscopy with HARPS
F. Pepe, C. Lovis

51. Laser Comb: A Novel Calibration System for High Resolution Spectrographs
C. Araujo-Hauck, L. Pasquini, A. Manescau, Th. Udem, T. W. Hänsch, R. Holzwarth, A. Sizmann, H. Dekker, S. D’Odorico, M. T. Murphy

52. Instrumental Line Shape Function for High Resolution Fourier Transform Molecular and Atmospheric Spectroscopy
M. Badaoui, F. Schreier, G. Wagner, M. Birk

53. Calibration Sources for CRIRES
F. Kerber, A. Seifahrt, P. Bristow, G. Nave, H. U. Käufl, M. R. Rosa, C. J. Sansonetti, R. Siebenmorgen, A. Smette

54. Recent Developments in the Optimal Extraction of UVES Spectra
J. M. Larsen, P. Ballester, V. D’Odorico, c. Ledoux, A. Modigliani, J. Pritchard, H. Sana, A. Smette

55. A new Generation of Spectrometer Calibration Techniques Based on Optical Frequency Combs
P. O. Schmidt, S. Kimeswenger, H. U. Käufl

Part IX. Session 8: Atmospheric Effects

56. Photometric Calibration of LSST Data
D. L. Burke

57. The GTC Photometric Calibration Programme
J. M. Rodríguez Espinosa, A. Di Césare, P. L. Hammersley

58. Measuring the Amount of Precipitable Water Vapour with VISIR
A. Smette, H. Horst, J. Navarrete

59. NIR Extinction Coefficients in Paranal
E. Mason, G. Lombardi, C. Lidman, A. O. Jaunsen

60. Improvements in the Residual OH Emission Removal in SINFONI Pipeline Spectra
A. Modigliani, R. Davies, C. Dumas, M. Neeser

61. Calibration of the Relationship Between Precipitable Water Vapor and 225 GHz Atmospheric Opacity via Optical Echelle Spectroscopy at Las Campanas Observatory
J. Thomas-Osip, A. McWilliam, M. Phillips, D. Osip

Part X. Session 9: Interferometric Instrumentation

62. IOT Overview: Calibrations of the VLTI Instruments (MIDI and AMBER)
S. Morel, F. Rantakyrö, T. Rivinius, S. Stefl, C. Hummel, S. Brillant, M. Schöller, I. Percheron, M. Wittkowski, A. Richichi, P. Ballester

63. AMBER on the VLTI: Data Processing and Calibration Issues
F. Millour, R. Petrov, F. Malbet, E. Tatulli, G. Duvert, G. Zins, E. Altariba, M. Vannier, O. Hernandez, G. Li Causi

64. QC and Analysis of MIDI Data Using mymidigui and OYSTER
C. A. Hummel

65. Calibration of AMBER Visibilities at Low Spectral Resolution
P. Cruzalèbes, A. Spang, S. Sacuto

66. VLTI Instruments: From J to N Band Instrumental Calibrations, from Short to Long Baseline Astronomical Calibrations
I. Percheron

Part XI. Session 10: Polarimetry

67. IOT Overview Polarimetry
N. Ageorges

68. Polarimetry with ESO Instruments
H. M. Schmid

69. Faint NIR Polarimetric Standards
R. Barrena, J. A. Acosta-Pulido, A. Manchado

70. Developmental Aspects of a Multi-Slit Spectro-Polarimeter
K. George, R. Sankarasubramanian, R. Bayanna, H. Lin, P. Venkatakrishnan

71. Current and Future Instruments Providing a Spectro-
Polarimetric Mode
S. Hubrig, I. Ilyin

72. Circular Polarization Observations at ESO Using UT2 and FORS1
S. Katajainen, V. Piirola, H. Lehto, A. Berdyugin

Part XII. Session 11: Wide Field Imagers

73. IOT Overview: Wide-Field Imaging
F. J. Selman

74. Processing Wide Field Imaging Data
M. J. Irwin

75. The Garching-Bonn Deep Survey (GaBoDS) Wide-Field-Imaging Reduction Pipeline
H. Hildebrandt, T. Erben, M. Schirmer, J. P. Dietrich, P. Schneider

76. Calibrating VISTA Data
J. Emerson, S. Hodgkin, P. Bunclark, M. Irwin, J. Lewis

77. The VISTA Data Flow System
J. Lewis, M. Irwin, P. Bunclark, S. Hodgkin

78. SkyMapper and the Southern Sky Survey a Resource for the Southern Sky
S. C. Keller, B. P. Schmidt, M. S. Bessell

79. Quality Control Monitoring for WFCAM
M. Riello, M. Irwin

80. Relative and Absolute Calibration for Multi-Band Data Collected with the 2.2 m ESO/MPI and 1.54 m Danish Telescopes
A. Calamida, C. E. Corsi, G. Bono, P. B. Stetson, L. M. Freyhammer, R. Buonanno

81. Album: A Tool for the Analysis of Slitless Spectra and its Application to ESO WFI Data
C. Martayan, D. Baade, A.-M. Hubert, M. Floquet, J. Fabregat, E. Bertin

Part XIII. Workshop Summary

82. The 2007 ESO Instrument Calibration Workshop – A Personal Summary
D. Baade

Keywords: Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Measurement Science, Instrumentation