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Edwards, Michelle L., Eikenberry, Stephen S., Charcos-Llorens, Miguel, Lasso, Nestor, Julian, Jeff, Raines, S. Nicholas, Packham, Christopher, Hanna, Kevin, Bandyopadhyay, Reba M., Marin-Franch, Antonio, Rodgers, J. Michael |
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AIP Conference Proceedings; 5/23/2008, Vol. 1010 Issue 1, p186-188, 3p |
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We report on the status of the Canarias InfraRed Camera Experiment (CIRCE), a near-infrared visitor instrument for the 10.4 meter Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). Besides functioning as a 1–2.5 micron imager with a 3.4×3.4 arcminute field-of-view and 0.10 arsecond pixels, CIRCE will have the capacity for low and moderate resolution grism spectroscopy and imaging and spectro- polarimetry. Furthermore, it will be equipped with J, H, and Ks broad-band filters and a several narrow-band filters, including He I (2.058) and Brγ (2.16). We anticipate CIRCE's myriad capabilities will allow it to play a vital role in a variety of projects involving X-ray binaries including: the search for counterparts to INTEGRAL sources in the heavily obscured Galactic Plane, follow-up spectroscopy of potential HMXB and LMXB counterparts, polarimetry and monitoring of microquasar flares, and the study of extragalactic XRB environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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