Design and development of the SOXS calibration unit

Kuncarayakti, H.; Achrén, Jani; Campana, S.; Claudi, R.; Schipani, P.; Aliverti, Matteo; Baruffolo, A.; Ben-Ami, Sagi; Biondi, Federico; Capasso, Giulio; Cosentino, R.; D’Alessio, F.; D’Avanzo, P.; Hershko, Ofir; Landoni, Marco; Munari, Matteo; Pignata, G.; Rubin, A.; Scuderi, S.; Vitali, F.; Young, D. R.; Araiza-Durán, José Antonio; Arcavi, I.; Brucalassi, Anna; Bruch, R.; Colapietro, Mirko; Valle, M. Della; Pascale, Marco De; Benedetto, Rosario Di; D’Orsi, Sergio; Gal‐Yam, A.; Genoni, Matteo; Hernandez, Marcos; Kotilainen, Jari; Causi, G. Li; Mattila, S.; Radhakrishnan, Kalyan; Rappaport, Michael; Ricci, Davide; Riva, M.; Salasnich, Bernardo; Smartt, S. J.; Sánchez, Ricardo Zanmar; Stritzinger, Maximilian; Ventura, H. Pérez

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“…The calibration unit, provides the calibration spectra to remove the instrument signature. The calibration spectra are generated using a synthetic light source, adopting an integrating sphere equipped with lamps suitable for wavelength and flux calibrations across the full wavelength range of the instrument (350-2000 nm); for details see 13…”

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SOXS end-to-end simulator: development and applications for pipeline design

Genoni¹,

Landoni

Causi

et al. 2020

Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy IX

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We present the development of the End-to-End simulator for the SOXS instrument at the ESO-NTT 3.5-m telescope. SOXS will be a spectroscopic facility, made by two arms high efficiency spectrographs, able to cover the spectral range 350-2000 nm with resolving power R≈4500. The E2E model allows to simulate the propagation of photons starting from the scientific target of interest up to the detectors. The outputs of the simulator are synthetic frames, which will be mainly exploited for optimizing the pipeline development and possibly assisting for proper alignment and integration phases in laboratory and at the telescope. In this paper, we will detail the architecture of the simulator and the computational model, which are strongly characterized by modularity and flexibility. Synthetic spectral formats, related to different seeing and observing conditions, and calibration frames to be ingested by the pipeline are also presented.

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SOXS end-to-end simulator: development and applications for pipeline design

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Landoni

Causi

et al. 2020

Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy IX

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“…The optic box is directly connected to the CP via three kinematic mounts, which can be seen in Figure 11 (left). More details on this subsystem can be found in [3].…”

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Manufacturing, integration, and mechanical verification of SOXS

Aliverti

Oggioni

Genoni

et al. 2020

Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII

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SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a medium resolution (~4500) wide-band (0.35 -2.0 µm) spectrograph which passed the Final Design Review in 2018. The instrument is planned to be installed at the NTT in La Silla and it is mainly composed by five different optomechanical subsystems (Common Path, NIR spectrograph, UV-VIS spectrograph, Camera, and Calibration) and other mechanical subsystems (Interface flange, Platform, cable corotator, and cooling). It is currently in the procurement and integration phase. In this paper we present the post-FDR modifications in the mechanical design due to the various iterations with the manufacturers and the actual procurement status. The last part describes the strategy used to keep under control the mechanical interfaces between the subsystems.

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“…SOXS is comprised of a common path, which splits the incoming light to a UV-VIS arm (0.35 − 0.85 µm) and a NIR arm (0.8 − 2.0 µm), an acquisition camera, and a calibration unit-all of which are described in other papers in these proceedings. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] The visual arm has a novel design, which was described in our previous paper. 16 The beam is divided into four bands and imaged by a single camera.…”

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Progress on the UV-VIS arm of SOXS

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Ben-Ami

Hershko

et al. 2020

Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII

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We present our progress on the UV-VIS arm of Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS), a new spectrograph for the NTT. Our design splits the spectral band into four sub-bands that are imaged onto a single detector. Each band uses an optimized high efficiency grating that operates in 1st order (m=1). In our previous paper we presented the concept and preliminary design. SOXS passed a Final Design Review in July 2018 and is well into the construction *

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Design and development of the SOXS calibration unit

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SOXS end-to-end simulator: development and applications for pipeline design

SOXS end-to-end simulator: development and applications for pipeline design

Manufacturing, integration, and mechanical verification of SOXS

Progress on the UV-VIS arm of SOXS

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