Characterisation and assessment of the SOXS Spectrograph UV-VIS detector system

Rosario Cosentino; Marcos Hernandez; Hector Ventura; Sergio Campana; Riccardo Claudi; Pietro Schipani; Matteo Aliverti; Laura Asquini; Andrea Baruffolo; Federico Battaini; Sagi Ben-Ami; Alex Bichkovsky; Giulio Capasso; Francesco D'Alessio; Paolo D'Avanzo; Ofir Hershko; Hanindyo Kuncarayakti; Marco Landoni; Matteo Munari; Giuliano Pignata; Adam Rubin; Salvatore Scuderi; Fabrizio Vitali; David Young; Jani Achrén; José Antonio Araiza-Durán; Iair Arcavi; Anna Brucalassi; Rachel Bruch; Enrico Cappellaro; Mirko Colapietro; Massimo Della Valle; Rosario Di Benedetto; Simone Di Filippo; Sergio D'Orsi; Avishay Gal-Yam; Matteo Genoni; Jari Kotilainen; Gianluca Li Causi; Laurent Marty; Seppo Mattila; Michael Rappaport; Kalyan Radhakrishnan; Davide Ricci; Marco Riva; Bernardo Salasnich; Salvatore Savarese; Stephen Smartt; Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez; Maximilian Stritzinger; Matteo Accardo; Leander H. Mehrgan; Derek Ives

doi:10.1117/12.3019853

18 July 2024 Characterisation and assessment of the SOXS Spectrograph UV-VIS detector system

Rosario Cosentino, Marcos Hernandez, Hector Ventura, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Laura Asquini, Andrea Baruffolo, Federico Battaini, Sagi Ben-Ami, Alex Bichkovsky, Giulio Capasso, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Ofir Hershko, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Marco Landoni, Matteo Munari, Giuliano Pignata, Adam Rubin, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, David Young, Jani Achrén, José Antonio Araiza-Durán, Iair Arcavi, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Rosario Di Benedetto, Simone Di Filippo, Sergio D'Orsi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Laurent Marty, Seppo Mattila, Michael Rappaport, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, Salvatore Savarese, Stephen Smartt, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Maximilian Stritzinger, Matteo Accardo, Leander H. Mehrgan, Derek Ives

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Proceedings Volume 13096, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X; 130962U (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019853
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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The SOXS spectrograph, designed for the ESO NTT telescope, operates in both the optical (UV-VIS: 350-850 nm) and NIR (800-2000 nm) bands. This article provides an overview of the final tests conducted on the UV-VIS camera system using a telescope simulator. It details the system’s performance evaluation, including key metrics such as gain, readout noise, and linearity, and highlights the advancements made in the upgraded acquisition system. The testing process, conducted in the Padua laboratory, involved comprehensive simulations of the telescope environment to ensure the results closely resemble those expected at the ESO-NTT telescope. The successful completion of these tests confirms the system’s readiness for deployment to Chile, where it will be installed on the NTT telescope, marking a significant milestone in the SOXS project.

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Rosario Cosentino, Marcos Hernandez, Hector Ventura, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Laura Asquini, Andrea Baruffolo, Federico Battaini, Sagi Ben-Ami, Alex Bichkovsky, Giulio Capasso, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Ofir Hershko, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Marco Landoni, Matteo Munari, Giuliano Pignata, Adam Rubin, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, David Young, Jani Achrén, José Antonio Araiza-Durán, Iair Arcavi, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Rosario Di Benedetto, Simone Di Filippo, Sergio D'Orsi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Laurent Marty, Seppo Mattila, Michael Rappaport, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, Salvatore Savarese, Stephen Smartt, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Maximilian Stritzinger, Matteo Accardo, Leander H. Mehrgan, and Derek Ives "Characterisation and assessment of the SOXS Spectrograph UV-VIS detector system", Proc. SPIE 13096, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X, 130962U (18 July 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019853

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