Development status of the UV-VIS detector system of SOXS for the ESO-NTT telescope

Development status of the UV-VIS detector system of SOXS for the ESO-NTT telescope

SOXS will be the new spectroscopic facility for the ESO NTT telescope able to cover the optical and NIR bands by using two different arms: the UV-VIS (350-850 nm), and the NIR (800-2000 nm). In this article, we describe the development status of the visible camera cryostat, the architecture of the a...

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Main Authors: Cosentino, Rosario, Hernandez, Marcos, Ventura, Hector, Campana, Sergio, Claudi, Riccardo, Schipani, Pietro, Aliverti, Matteo, Baruffolo, Andrea, Ami, Sagi Ben, Biondi, Federico, Capasso, Giulio, D'Alessio, Francesco, D'Avanzo, Paolo, Hershko, Ofir, Kuncarayakti, Hanindyo, Landoni, Marco, Munari, Matteo, Pignata, Giuliano, Rubin, Adam, Scuderi, Salvatore, Vitali, Fabrizio, Young, David, Achren, Jani, Duran, Jose Antonio Araiza, Arcavi, Iair, Brucallassi, Anna, Bruch, Rachel, Cappellaro, Enrico, Colapietro, Mirko, Della Valle, Massimo, De Pascale, Marco, Di Benedetto, Rosario, D'Orsi, Sergio, Yam, Avishay Gal, Genoni, Matteo, Kotilainen, Jari, Causi, Gianluca Li, Mattila, Seppo, Rappaport, Michael, Radhakrishnan, Kalyan, Ricci, Davide, Riva, Marco, Salasnich, Bernardo, Smartt, Stephen, Sanchez, Ricardo Zanmar, Stritzinger, Maximilian, Accardo, Matteo, Mehrgan, Leander H, Ives, Derek, Hopgood, Josh
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 23-12-2020
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Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
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Summary:SOXS will be the new spectroscopic facility for the ESO NTT telescope able to cover the optical and NIR bands by using two different arms: the UV-VIS (350-850 nm), and the NIR (800-2000 nm). In this article, we describe the development status of the visible camera cryostat, the architecture of the acquisition system and the progress in the electronic design. The UV-VIS detector system is based on a CCD detector 44-82 from e2v, a custom detector head, coupled with the ESO continuous flow cryostats (CFC), a custom cooling system, based on a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), and the New General Controller (NGC) developed by ESO. This paper outlines the development status of the system, describes the design of the different parts that make up the UV-VIS arm and is accompanied by a series of information describing the SOXS design solutions in the mechanics and in the electronics parts. The first tests of the detector system with the UV-VIS camera will be shown.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2012.12769