A4 Refereed article in a conference publication
Characterisation and assessment of the SOXS Spectrograph UV-VIS Detector System
Authors: Cosentino, Rosario; Hernandez, Marcos; Ventura, Hector; Campana, Sergio; Claudi, Riccardo; Schipani, Pietro; Aliverti, Matteo; Asquini, Laura; Baruffolo, Andrea; Battain, Federico; Ben-Ami, Sagi; Bichkovsky, Alex; 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; Afchren, Jani; Araiza-Duran, Jose Antonip; Arcavi, Iair; Brucalassi, Anna; Bruch, Rachel; Cappellaro, Enrico; Colapietro, Mirko; Della Valle, Massimo; Di Benedetto, Rosario; Di Filippo, Simone; D'Orsi, Sergio; Gal-Yam, Avishay; Genoni, Matteo; Kotilainen, Jari; Li Causi, Gianluca; Marty, Laurent; Mattila, Seppo; Rappaport, Michael; Radhakrishnan, Kalyan; Ricci, Davide; Riva, Marco; Salasnich, Bernardo; Savarese, Salvatore; Smartt, Stephen; Sanchez, Ricardo Zanmar; Stritzinger, Maximilian; Accardo, Matteo; Mehrgan, Leander H.; Ives, Derek
Editors: Bryant, JJ; Motohara, K; Vernet, JR
Conference name: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation
Publisher: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
Publishing place: BELLINGHAM
Publication year: 2024
Journal: Proceedings of SPIE : the International Society for Optical Engineering
Book title : Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X
Journal acronym: PROC SPIE
Article number: 130962U
Series title: Proceedings of SPIE
Volume: 13096
Number of pages: 9
ISBN: 978-1-5106-7515-5
eISBN: 978-1-5106-7516-2
ISSN: 0277-786X
eISSN: 1996-756X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019853
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019853
The SOXS spectrograph, designed for the ESO NTT telescope, operates in both the optical (UV-VIS: 350-850 nm) and NIR (800-2000 nm) bands. This article provides an overview of the final tests conducted on the UV-VIS camera system using a telescope simulator. It details the system's performance evaluation, including key metrics such as gain, readout noise, and linearity, and highlights the advancements made in the upgraded acquisition system. The testing process, conducted in the Padua laboratory, involved comprehensive simulations of the telescope environment to ensure the results closely resemble those expected at the ESO-NTT telescope. The successful completion of these tests confirms the system's readiness for deployment to Chile, where it will be installed on the NTT telescope, marking a significant milestone in the SOXS project.
