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Integration and verification testing of the LSST camera

Authors :
K. Gilmore
Andrew Rasmussen
M. Turri
Myriam Migliore
S. L. Marshall
J. S. Ricol
Seth Digel
Margaux Lopez
A. W. Borgland
T. Glanzman
Sven Herrmann
J.R. Bogart
Adam Snyder
James Chiang
Martin Nordby
H. Kelly
B. Baumann
Céline Combet
E. Rosenberg
Scott P. Newbry
G. Dargaud
D. Hascall
Kevin Reil
J. Wolfe
P. Antilogus
Yousuke Utsumi
Andrei Nomerotski
W. B. Focke
Stefano Russo
Matthew R. Rumore
Travis Lange
A. Roodman
Ludovic Eraud
E. Perbet
O. Saxton
Stephen A. Tether
Péter Takács
Tim W. Bond
Claire Juramy
P. Hascall
A. S. Johnson
Richard Dubois
Justine Haupt
C. Vescovi
Paul O'Connor
Scott Winters
M. Marton
A. Barrau
Peter Doherty
H. Neal
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC)
Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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)
Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP)
Source :
Proc.SPIE Int.Soc.Opt.Eng., SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2018, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2018, Jun 2018, Austin, United States. pp.107050D, ⟨10.1117/12.2314017⟩
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 2018.

Abstract

International audience; The Integration and Verification Testing of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Camera is described. The LSST Camera will be the largest astronomical camera ever constructed, featuring a 3.2 giga-pixel focal plane mosaic of 189 CCDs with in-vacuum controllers and readout, dedicated guider and wavefront CCDs, a three element corrector with a 1.6-meter diameter initial optic, six optical filters covering wavelengths from 320 to 1000 nm with a novel filter exchange mechanism, and camera-control and data acquisition capable of digitizing each image in two seconds. In this paper, we describe the integration processes under way to assemble the Camera and the associated verification testing program. The Camera assembly proceeds along two parallel paths: one for the focal plane and cryostat and the other for the Camera structure itself. A range of verification tests will be performed interspersed with assembly to verify design requirements with a test-as-you-build methodology. Ultimately, the cryostat will be installed into the Camera structure as the two assembly paths merge, and a suite of final Camera system tests performed. The LSST Camera is scheduled for completion and delivery to the LSST observatory in 2020.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Proc.SPIE Int.Soc.Opt.Eng., SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2018, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2018, Jun 2018, Austin, United States. pp.107050D, ⟨10.1117/12.2314017⟩
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