The vacuum and cryogenics system of the SOXS spectrograph
: Scuderi S, Bellassai G, Di Benedetto R, Martinetti E, Micciche A, Nicotra C, Occhipinti G, Scire C, Aliverti M, Genoni M, Vitali F, Campana S, Claudi R, Schipani P, Baruffolo A, Ben-Ami S, Capasso G, Cosentino R, D'Alessio F, D'Avanzo P, Hershko O, Kuncarayakti H, Landoni M, Munari M, Pignata G, Radhakrishnan K, Rubin A, Young D, Achren J, Araiza-Duran JA, Arcavi I, Battaini F, Brucalassi A, Bruch R, Cappellaro E, Colapietro M, Della Valle M, D'Orsi S, Gal-Yam A, Diaz MH, Kotilainen J, Li Causi G, Marty L, Mattila S, Rappaport M, Ricci D, Riva M, Salasnich B, Smartt S, Sanchez RZ, Stritzinger M, Ventura HP
: Ramón Navarro, Roland Geyl
: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation
Publisher: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, PO BOX 10, BELLINGHAM, WA 98227-0010 USA
: 2022
: Proceedings of SPIE : the International Society for Optical Engineering
: Proceedings of SPIE: Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation V
: ADVANCES IN OPTICAL AND MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTATION V
: PROC SPIE
: 1218844
: Proceedings of SPIE: the International Society for Optical Engineering
: 12188
: 1218844
: 12
: 0277-786X
: 1996-756X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629378
: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629378
: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/176793324
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a single object spectrograph built by an international consortium for the ESO NTT telescope. SOXS is based on the heritage of the X-Shooter at the ESO-VLT with two arms (UV-VIS and NIR) working in parallel, with a Resolution-Slit product approximate to 4500, capable of simultaneously observing over the entire band the complete spectral range from the U- to the H-band. SOXS will carry out rapid and long-term Target of Opportunity requests on a variety of astronomical objects.The SOXS vacuum and cryogenic control system has been designed to evacuate, cool down and maintain the UV-VIS detector and the entire NIR spectrograph to their operating temperatures. The design chosen allows the two arms to be operated independently. This paper describes the final design of the cryo-vacuum control system, its functionalities and the tests performed in the integration laboratories.
