Calibration strategy for the SPICA/SAFARI instrument

Russell F. Shipman; Bart Vandenbussche; Edgar Castillo-Domínguez; Alvaro Labiano; Willem Jellema; Angiola Orlando

doi:10.1117/12.2562071

13 December 2020 Calibration strategy for the SPICA/SAFARI instrument

Russell F. Shipman, Bart Vandenbussche, Edgar Castillo-Domínguez, Alvaro Labiano, Willem Jellema, Angiola Orlando

Proceedings Volume 11443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 114436L (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562071
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2020, Online Only

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Abstract

SPICA is a mid to far infra-red space mission to explore the processes that form galaxies, stars and planets. SPICA/SAFARI is the far infrared spectrometer that provides near-background limited observations between 34 and 230 micrometers. The core of SAFARI consists of 4 grating modules, dispersing light onto 5 arrays of TES detectors per module. The grating modules provide low resolution (250) instantaneous spectra over the entire wavelength range. The high resolution (1500 to 12000) mode is accomplished by placing a Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) in front of the gratings. Each grating module detector sees an interferogram from which the high resolution spectrum can be constructed. SAFARI data will be a convolution of complex spectral, temporal and spatial information. Along with spectral calibration accuracy of < 1 %, a relative flux calibration of 1% and an absolute flux calibration accuracy of 10% are required. This paper will discuss the calibration strategy and its impact on the instrument design of SAFARI

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Russell F. Shipman, Bart Vandenbussche, Edgar Castillo-Domínguez, Alvaro Labiano, Willem Jellema, and Angiola Orlando "Calibration strategy for the SPICA/SAFARI instrument", Proc. SPIE 11443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 114436L (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562071

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