| Title: |
LSST camera verification testing and characterization |
| Authors: |
Roodman, Aaron; Rasmussen, Andrew; Bradshaw, Andrew; Charles, Eric; Chiang, Jim; Digel, Seth; Dubois, Richard; Johnson, Tony; Kahn, Steve; Liang, Shuang; Marshall, Stuart; Neal, Homer; Plazas, Andres; Reil, Kevin; Rykoff, Eli; Schindler, Rafe; Schutt, Theo; Utsumi, Yousuke; Bogart, Joanne; Bond, Tim; Bowdish, Boyd; Cisneros, Stephen; Eisner, Alan; Freytag, Mark; Hascall, Diane; Lange, Travis; Lazarte, Juan Carlos; Lopez, Margaux; Mendez, Chris; Newbry, Scott; Nordby, Martin; Onoprienko, Dmitry; Osier, Shawn; Pollek, Hannah; Qiu, Brian; Saxton, Owen; Tether, Stephen; Thayer, Gregg; Turri, Max; Banovetz, John; O'Connor, Paul; Riot, Vincent; Wolfe, Justin; Lage, Craig; Polin, Daniel; Snyder, Adam; Tyson, Anthony; Nichols, Renee; Ritz, Steve; Shestakov, Adrian; Wood, Duncan; Broughton, Alex; Park, Hyeyun; Esteves, Johnny; Barrau, Aurélien; Bregeon, Johan; Combet, Celine; Dargaud, Guillaume; Lagorio, Eric; Migliore, Myriam; Vezzu, Francis; Antilogus, Pierre; Astier, Pierre; Daubard, Guillaume; Juramy, Claire; Laporte, Didier; Guillemin, Thibault; Aubourg, Eric; Boucaud, Alexandre; Parisel, Camille; Virieux, Francoise; Breugnon, Patrick; Karst, Pierre; Marini, Aurelien; Fisher-Levine, Merlin; Waters, Chris |
| Contributors: |
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC); Stanford University; Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY (BNL); UT-Battelle, LLC-Stony Brook University SUNY (SBU); State University of New York (SUNY)-State University of New York (SUNY)-U.S. Department of Energy Washington (DOE); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL); University of California Davis (UC Davis); University of California (UC); University of California Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz); University of California Irvine (UC Irvine); Duke University Durham; Université du Michigan = University of Michigan Ann Arbor (UMich); Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC); Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP); Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA); Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE (UMR_7585)); Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP); Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)); Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité); Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM); Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Princeton University |
| Source: |
Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. ; SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2024 Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X ; https://hal.science/hal-04668431 ; SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2024 Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X, Jun 2024, Yokohama, Japan. pp.536-551, ⟨10.1117/12.3019698⟩ ; https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/13096/3019698/LSST-camera-verification-testing-and-characterization/10.1117/12.3019698.short |
| Publisher Information: |
CCSD; SPIE |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Subject Terms: |
[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]; [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] |
| Subject Geographic: |
Yokohama; Japan |
| Description: |
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan ; International audience ; The LSST Camera is the sole instrument for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and consists of a 3.2 gigapixel focal plane mosaic with in-vacuum controllers, dedicated guider and wavefront CCDs, a three-element corrector whose largest lens is 1.55m in diameter, six optical interference filters covering a 320–1050 nm bandpass with an out-of-plane filter exchange mechanism, and camera slow control and data acquisition systems capable of digitizing each image in 2 seconds. In this paper, we describe the verification testing program performed throughout the Camera integration and results from characterization of the Camera’s performance. These include an electro-optical testing program, measurement of the focal plane height and optical alignment, and integrated functional testing of the Camera’s major mechanisms: shutter, filter exchange system and refrigeration systems. The Camera is due to be shipped to the Rubin Observatory in 2024, and plans for its commissioning on Cerro Pachon are briefly described. |
| Document Type: |
conference object |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
INSPIRE: 2814827 |
| DOI: |
10.1117/12.3019698 |
| Availability: |
https://hal.science/hal-04668431; https://hal.science/hal-04668431v1/document; https://hal.science/hal-04668431v1/file/LSST_Camera_Testing_and_Characterization_SPIE_2024.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019698 |
| Rights: |
https://about.hal.science/hal-authorisation-v1/ ; info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.EA92856 |
| Database: |
BASE |