Bibcode
                                    
                            Chen, Y.-P.; Trager, S. C.; Peletier, R. F.; Lançon, A.; Vazdekis, A.; Prugniel, Ph.; Silva, D. R.; Gonneau, A.
    Bibliographical reference
                                    Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 565, id.A117, 32 pp.
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                        2014
            
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                            Citations
                                    105
                            Refereed citations
                                    94
                            Description
                                    We present the first release of the X-shooter Spectral Library (XSL).
This release contains 237 stars. The spectra in this release span a
wavelength range of 3000-10 200 Å and have been observed at a
resolving power of R ≡ λ/ Δλ ~ 10 000. The
spectra were obtained at ESO's 8-m Very Large Telescope (VLT). The
sample contains O-M, long-period variable, C and S stars. The spectra
are flux-calibrated and telluric-corrected. We describe a new technique
for the telluric correction. The wavelength coverage, spectral
resolution, and spectral type of this library make it well suited to
stellar population synthesis of galaxies and clusters, kinematical
investigation of stellar systems, and the study of the physics of cool
stars.
Full Table 3 and Table A.1 are only available at the CDS via anonymous
ftp to http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr
(ftp://130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/qcat?J/A+A/565/A117
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