Rigaut, FrançoisFrançoisRigautMcDermid, RichardRichardMcDermidCRESCI, GiovanniGiovanniCRESCIVIOTTO, VALENTINAVALENTINAVIOTTOEllis, SimonSimonEllisBrodrick, DavidDavidBrodrickAGAPITO, GuidoGuidoAGAPITOFUSCO, THIERRY HERVE JEANTHIERRY HERVE JEANFUSCONEICHEL, BENOIT SYLVAINBENOIT SYLVAINNEICHELHaguenauer, PierrePierreHaguenauerPLANTET, Cedric Antoine Adrien GabrielCedric Antoine Adrien GabrielPLANTETSALASNICH, BernardoBernardoSALASNICHALIVERTI, MatteoMatteoALIVERTIANTONIUCCI, SimoneSimoneANTONIUCCIBALESTRA, AndreaAndreaBALESTRABARUFFOLO, AndreaAndreaBARUFFOLOBeltramo-Martin, OlivierOlivierBeltramo-MartinBERGOMI, MariaMariaBERGOMIBlanco, AndreaAndreaBlancoBONAGLIA, MarcoMarcoBONAGLIABONO, GiuseppeGiuseppeBONOBUSONI, LorenzoLorenzoBUSONICAROLO, ElenaElenaCAROLOCHINELLATO, SIMONETTASIMONETTACHINELLATOContent, RobertRobertContentCranney, JesseJesseCranneyde Silva, GayandhiGayandhide SilvaESPOSITO, SimoneSimoneESPOSITOFANTINEL, DanielaDanielaFANTINELFARINATO, JACOPOJACOPOFARINATOHaynes, DionneDionneHaynesHorton, AnthonyAnthonyHortonGausachs, GastonGastonGausachsGilbert, JamesJamesGilbertGratadour, DamienDamienGratadourGREGGIO, DavideDavideGREGGIOGULLIEUSZIK, MARCOMARCOGULLIEUSZIKKorkiakoski, VisaVisaKorkiakoskiMAGRIN, DEMETRIODEMETRIOMAGRINMAGRINI, LauraLauraMAGRINIMARAFATTO, LucaLucaMARAFATTOMcGregor, HelenHelenMcGregorMendel, TrevorTrevorMendelMonty, StephanieStephanieMontyPEDICHINI, FernandoFernandoPEDICHINIPINNA, EnricoEnricoPINNAPORTALURI, ElisaElisaPORTALURIRADHAKRISHNAN SANTHAKUMARI, KALYAN KUMARKALYAN KUMARRADHAKRISHNAN SANTHAKUMARIRAGAZZONI, RobertoRobertoRAGAZZONIRobertson, DavidDavidRobertsonSchwab, ChristianChristianSchwabStröbele, StefanStefanStröbeleThorn, ElliottElliottThornVaccarella, AnninoAnninoVaccarellaVASSALLO, DanieleDanieleVASSALLOWaller, LewLewWallerZamkotsian, FrédéricFrédéricZamkotsianZanutta, AlessoAlessoZanuttaZhang, HaoHaoZhang2025-02-262025-02-262020978151063681197815106368280277-786Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/36270A consortium of several Australian and European institutes - together with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) - has initiated the design of MAVIS, a Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) system for the ground- based 8-m Very Large Telescope (VLT). MAVIS (MCAO-assisted Visible Imager and Spectrograph) will deliver visible images and integral field spectrograph data with 2-3x better angular resolution than the Hubble Space Telescope, making it a powerful complement at visible wavelengths to future facilities like the space-based James Webb Space Telescope and the 30 to 40m-class ground-based telescopes currently under construction, which are all targeting science at near-infrared wavelengths. MAVIS successfully passed its Phase A in May 2020. We present the motivations, requirements, principal design choices, conceptual design, expected performance and an overview of the exciting science enabled by MAVIS....STAMPAenConference paper10.1117/12.25618862-s2.0-85100002356https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/11447/2561886/MAVIS-conceptual-design/10.1117/12.2561886.shorthttps://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/851000023562020SPIE11447E..1RRFIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA