SCORPIO: Final Design and Performance Estimates for Time- Domain Astronomy

摘要

SCORPIO is the next facility instrument for the Gemini South telescope at Cerro Pachon, Chile. SCORPIO'S main science driver is the detection and monitoring of faint time-domain events, in particular the follow-up of discoveries by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, but it can also carry out with unique efficiency a large variety of astrophysical programs. The instrument has recently passed Critical Design Review and is now in its Assembly, Integration and Verification phase. In this paper we provide an updated overview of the final instrument design and the main performance parameters in light of the science drivers.