slicersim: A python package to simulate image slicer spectroscopic observations -- application to the Lazuli Spectrograph

arXiv:2607.06391 · astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.CO · Submitted 2026-07-07 · Read on arXiv

M. Rigault, Y. Copin, G. Aldering, J. Edelstein, G. Furesz, J. Lasker, T. Miller, S. Perlmutter, A. Roy, E. Schlawin, G. Stefansson

astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.CO

Submitted: 2026-07-07

Comments: Submitted to A&A

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Core — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Adam — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Calibration — 2× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Integral Field Spectroscopy — 2× in this paper

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