A few months ago a
few of us (Bleck-Neuhaus, Burrows, Notholt, Richter)
were discussing during the seminar the maximum resolution of a grating
spectrometer. Unfortunately, no consensus could be reached.
Since no volunteer was found for this Friday seminar we will take the
opportunity to discuss (i) first in general the
resolution of a grating spectrometer and then (ii) show how its maximum possible
resolution is limited. Maybe this time we get a
consensus.