Journal
OPTICAL AND INFRARED INTERFEROMETRY AND IMAGING VIII
Volume 12183, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
DOI: 10.1117/12.2627973
Keywords
high angular resolution imaging; interferometry; BIFROST; Asgard; VLTI; planet formation; protoplanetary disks; extrasolar planets
Funding
- European Research Council (ERC) [101003096]
- STFC Consolidated Grant [ST/V000721/1]
- ERC under the European Union [CoG-866070]
- European Union [101004719]
- European Research Council (ERC) [101003096] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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This article presents the science cases and instrument design considerations for the BIFROST instrument, which aims to open a new window for the VLT Interferometer. It discusses how BIFROST can be used to study stellar evolution, detect protoplanets, and probe planetary systems and multiple star systems.
We present science cases and instrument design considerations for the BIFROST instrument that will open the short-wavelength (Y/J/H-band), high spectral dispersion (up to R=25,000) window for the VLT Interferometer. BIFROST will be part of the Asgard Suite of instruments and unlock powerful venues for studying accretion & mass-loss processes at the early/late stages of stellar evolution, for detecting accreting protoplanets around young stars, and for probing the spin-orbit alignment in directly-imaged planetary systems and multiple star systems. Our survey on GAIA binaries aims to provide masses and precision ages for a thousand stars, providing a legacy data set for improving stellar evolutionary models as well as for Galactic Archaeology. BIFROST will enable off-axis spectroscopy of exoplanets in the 0.025-1 '' separation range, enabling high-SNR, high spectral resolution follow-up of exoplanets detected with ELT and JWST. We give an update on the status of the project, outline our key technology choices, and discuss synergies with other instruments in the proposed Asgard Suite of instruments.
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