Design and development of the SOXS calibration unit

Hanindyo Kuncarayakti; Jani Achrén; Sergio Campana; Riccardo Claudi; Pietro Schipani; Matteo Aliverti; Andrea Baruffolo; Sagi Ben-Ami; Federico Biondi; Giulio Capasso; Rosario Cosentino; Francesco D'Alessio; Paolo D'Avanzo; Ofir Hershko; Marco Landoni; Matteo Munari; Giuliano Pignata; Adam Rubin; Salvatore Scuderi; Fabrizio Vitali; David Young; José Antonio Araiza-Duran; Iair Arcavi; Anna Brucalassi; Rachel Bruch; Enrico Cappellaro; Mirko Colapietro; Massimo della Valle; Marco de Pascale; Rosario Di Benedetto; Sergio D'Orsi; Avishay Gal-Yam; Matteo Genoni; Marcos Hernandez; Jari Kotilainen; Gianluca Li Causi; Seppo Mattila; Kalyan Radhakrishnan; Michael Rappaport; Davide Ricci; Marco Riva; Bernardo Salasnich; Stephen Smartt; Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez; Maximilian Stritzinger; Hector Ventura

doi:https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560951

Design and development of the SOXS calibration unit

Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Jani Achrén, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben-Ami, Federico Biondi, Giulio Capasso, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Ofir Hershko, Marco Landoni, Matteo Munari, Giuliano Pignata, Adam Rubin, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio VitaliDavid Young, José Antonio Araiza-Duran, Iair Arcavi, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo della Valle, Marco de Pascale, Rosario Di Benedetto, Sergio D'Orsi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Marcos Hernandez, Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Seppo Mattila, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Michael Rappaport, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, Stephen Smartt, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Maximilian Stritzinger, Hector Ventura

Weizmann Institute of Science, Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

SOXS is a new spectrograph for the New Technology Telescope (NTT), optimized for transient and variable objects, covering a wide wavelength range from 350 to 2000 nm. SOXS is equipped with a calibration unit that will be used to remove the instrument signatures and to provide wavelength calibration to the data. The calibration unit will employ seven calibration lamps: a quartz-tungsten-halogen and a deuterium lamp for the flat-field correction, a ThAr lamp and four pencil-style rare-gas lamps for the wavelength calibration. The light from the calibration lamps is injected into the spectrograph mimicking the f/11 input beam of the NTT, by using an integrating sphere and a custom doublet. The oversized illumination patch covers the length of the spectrograph slit homogeneously, with < 1% variation. The optics also supports the second mode of the unit, the star-simulator mode that emulates a point source by utilizing a pinhole mask. Switching between the direct illumination and pinhole modes is performed by a linear stage. A safety interlock switches off the main power when the lamp box cover is removed, preventing accidental UV exposure to the service personnel. All power supplies and control modules are located in an electronic rack at a distance from the telescope platform. In this presentation we describe the optical, mechanical, and electrical designs of the SOXS calibration unit, and report the status of development in which the unit is currently in the test and verification stage.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII
Editors	Christopher J. Evans, Julia J. Bryant, Kentaro Motohara
Publisher	SPIE
Number of pages	7
Volume	11447
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510636811
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560951
State	Published - 13 Dec 2020
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII 2020 - Virtual, Online, United States Duration: 14 Dec 2020 → 22 Dec 2020

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	11447

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Conference	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Virtual, Online
Period	14/12/20 → 22/12/20

Keywords

Calibration
Spectroscopy
Transients

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Kuncarayakti, H., Achrén, J., Campana, S., Claudi, R., Schipani, P., Aliverti, M., Baruffolo, A., Ben-Ami, S., Biondi, F., Capasso, G., Cosentino, R., D'Alessio, F., D'Avanzo, P., Hershko, O., Landoni, M., Munari, M., Pignata, G., Rubin, A., Scuderi, S., ... Ventura, H. (2020). Design and development of the SOXS calibration unit. In C. J. Evans, J. J. Bryant, & K. Motohara (Eds.), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII (Vol. 11447). Article 1144766 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 11447). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560951

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Design and development of the SOXS calibration unit. / Kuncarayakti, Hanindyo; Achrén, Jani; Campana, Sergio et al.
Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII. ed. / Christopher J. Evans; Julia J. Bryant; Kentaro Motohara. Vol. 11447 SPIE, 2020. 1144766 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 11447).

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