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

Cosentino, R.; Hernandez, Marcos; Ventura, H. Pérez; Campana, S.; Claudi, R.; Schipani, P.; Aliverti, Matteo; Baruffolo, A.; Ben-Ami, Sagi; Biondi, Federico; Capasso, Giulio; D’Alessio, F.; D’Avanzo, P.; Hershko, Ofir; Kuncarayakti, H.; Landoni, Marco; Munari, Matteo; Pignata, G.; Rubin, A.; Scuderi, S.; Vitali, F.; Young, D. R.; Achrén, Jani; 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; Kotilainen, Jari; Causi, G. Li; Mattila, S.; Rappaport, Michael; Radhakrishnan, Kalyan; Ricci, Davide; Riva, M.; Salasnich, Bernardo; Smartt, S. J.; Sánchez, Ricardo Zanmar; Stritzinger, Maximilian; Accardo, M.; Mehrgan, Leander; Ives, Derek; Hopgood, Josh

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“…17 The progress on the detector system is reported in an accompanying paper in these proceedings. 9 The full assembly is shown in Figure 13 and is currently under test.…”

Section: G R_avg T_avgmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…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.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Progress on the UV-VIS arm of SOXS

Rubin

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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“…17 The progress on the detector system is reported in an accompanying paper in these proceedings. 9 The full assembly is shown in Figure 13 and is currently under test.…”

Section: G R_avg T_avgmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Progress on the UV-VIS arm of SOXS

Rubin

Ben-Ami

Hershko

et al. 2020

Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII

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“…The UV-VIS spectrograph, shown in Figure 13, is directly connected to the interface flange via three large kinematic mounts. More details on this subsystem can be found in [5] and [6]. Another notable interface is the 90° Johnston coupling (dark red in Figure 13) used to transfer the liquid nitrogen from a tank to the CFC via a rotating LN2 line described in section 4.2.…”

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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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“…All the motorized functions, sensors, interlocks and calibration lamps of the instrument are controlled by the Instrument Control Electronics [11] (ICE), which is based on a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) architecture and distributed in independent subracks to simplify assembly, test and integration. Additional control systems are needed to operate the Cryo-Vacuum subsystem and the UV-VIS [12], [13] and NIR detectors.…”

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Progress and tests on the instrument control electronics for SOXS

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Capasso

D’Orsi

et al. 2020

Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VI

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The forthcoming SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) will be a new spectroscopic facility for the ESO New Technology Telescope in La Silla, focused on transient events and able to cover both the UV-VIS and NIR bands. The instrument passed the Final Design Review in 2018 and is currently in manufacturing and integration phase. This paper is focused on the assembly and testing of the instrument control electronics, which will manage all the motorized functions, alarms, sensors, and electric interlocks. The electronics is hosted in two main control cabinets, divided in several subracks that are assembled to ensure easy accessibility and transportability, to simplify test, integration and maintenance. Both racks are equipped with independent power supply distribution and have their own integrated cooling systems. This paper shows the assembly strategy, reports on the development status and describes the tests performed to verify the system before the integration into the whole instrument.

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

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Progress on the UV-VIS arm of SOXS

Progress on the UV-VIS arm of SOXS

Manufacturing, integration, and mechanical verification of SOXS

Progress and tests on the instrument control electronics for SOXS

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