Development of the CCDs for the ESA GAIA cornerstone mission

Andrew D. Holland; Michael A.C. Perryman; Cyril Vetel; Roy Steward; Ian B. Hutchinson; Richard M. Ambrosi; David Ryan Smith; Steve Bowring; David J. Burt; Tim Eaton; David G. Morris; Peter Poole; Robert Davancens; Anouk Laborie; Pierre Pouny; Frederic Safa; Igor Zayer; Alexander D.T. Short

doi:10.1117/12.515401

12 January 2004 Development of the CCDs for ESA GAIA cornerstone mission

Andrew D. Holland, Michael A.C. Perryman, Cyril Vetel, Roy Steward, Ian B. Hutchinson, Richard M. Ambrosi, David Ryan Smith, Steve Bowring, David J. Burt, Tim Eaton, David G. Morris, Peter Poole, Robert Davancens, Anouk Laborie, Pierre Pouny, Frederic Safa, Igor Zayer, Alexander D.T. Short

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Proceedings Volume 5167, Focal Plane Arrays for Space Telescopes; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.515401
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The ESA cornerstone mission GAIA will perform astrometric and photometric measurements on one billion objects, and is due for launch in 2010 into L2 orbit. The key astrometric focal plane will comprise over 180 large area CCDs with a focal surface of about 0.5m². The 45x60mm² CCDs for the focal plane will include technical features new to CCDs. This paper will discuss the characteristics of these devices, including the measures to improve the radiation hardness of the technology.

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Andrew D. Holland, Michael A.C. Perryman, Cyril Vetel, Roy Steward, Ian B. Hutchinson, Richard M. Ambrosi, David Ryan Smith, Steve Bowring, David J. Burt, Tim Eaton, David G. Morris, Peter Poole, Robert Davancens, Anouk Laborie, Pierre Pouny, Frederic Safa, Igor Zayer, and Alexander D.T. Short "Development of the CCDs for ESA GAIA cornerstone mission", Proc. SPIE 5167, Focal Plane Arrays for Space Telescopes, (12 January 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.515401

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