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Table 1

Active, planned, and notional high-resolution IR spectrographs.

Instrument Resolution Wavelength coverage Telescope Status References

CSHELL 40 000 1–5 μm, ~ 0.0025λ coverage IRTF (3 m) Operating Greene et al. (1993)
Phoenix 70 000 1–5 μm, ~ 0.005λ coverage KPNO (4 m) Operating Hinkle et al. (1998)
ARIES 50 000 1–2.5 μm simultaneous MMT (6.5 m) Operating McCarthy et al. (1998)
CRIRES 90 000 1–5 μm, ~ 0.02λ coveragea VLT (8 m) Operatinga Kaeufl et al. (2004)
IRCS 20 000 1–5 μm, ~ 0.2 μm coverage Subaru (8 m) Operating Tokunaga et al. (1998)
NIRSPEC 20 000 1–5 μm, ~ 0.1λ coverage Keck (10 m) Operating McLean et al. (1998)

IGRINS 40 000 1.5–2.5 μm simultaneous McDonald (2.7 m) Commissioning Yuk et al. (2010)
GIANO 50 000 1–2.5 μm simultaneous TNG (3.6 m) Commissioning Oliva et al. (2012)
ISHELL 72 000 1–5 μm, ~ 0.1λ coverage IRTF (3 m) Under construction Rayner et al. (2012)
CARMENES 82 000 0.6–1.7μm simultaneous Calar Alto (3.5 m) Under construction Quirrenbach et al. (2012)
SPIRou 75 000 1–2.4μm simultaneous CFHT (3.6 m) Under construction Thibault et al. (2012)
IRD 70 000 1–1.75 μm simultaneous Subaru (8 m) Under construction Tamura et al. (2012)
HPF 50 000 0.95–1.35 μm simultaneous HET (9 m) Under construction Mahadevan et al. (2012)
HiJak 60 000 0.8–2.5 μm simultaneous DCT (4.3 m) Notional Muirhead et al. (in prep.)
iLocater 100 000 0.95–1.1 μm simultaneous LBT (8 m) Planned Crepp et al. (2014)
METIS 100 000 2.9–5.5 μm simultaneous E-ELT (39 m) Planned Brandl et al. (2010, 2012)
HIRES 100 000 0.4–2.5 μm simultaneous E-ELT (39 m) Notional Maiolino et al. (2013)
NIRES-B 20 000 1–2.5 μm simultaneous TMT (30 m) Notional TMT Project (2013)
NIRES-R 100 000 3–5 μm simultaneous TMT (30 m) Notional TMT Project (2013)
GMTNIRS 60 000 1–5 μm simultaneous GMT (25 m) Notional Jaffe et al. (2006); Lee et al. (2010)

Notes.

(a)

CRIRES is scheduled to be upgraded during 2014–2017 to provide ~ 0.2λ coverage.

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