NIP: the near infrared imaging photometer for Euclid

Mario Schweitzer; Ralf Bender; Reinhard Katterloher; Frank Eisenhauer; Reiner Hofmann; Roberto Saglia; Rory Holmes; Oliver Krause; Hans-Walter Rix; Jeff Booth; Parker Fagrelius; Jason Rhodes; Suresh Seshadri; Alexandre Refregier; Jerome Amiaux; Jean-Louis Augueres; Olivier Boulade; Christophe Cara; Adam Amara; Simon Lilly; Eli Atad-Ettedgui; Anna-Maria Di Giorgio; Ludovic Duvet; Christopher Kuehl; Mohsin Syed

doi:10.1117/12.857031

5 August 2010 NIP: the near infrared imaging photometer for Euclid

Mario Schweitzer, Ralf Bender, Reinhard Katterloher, Frank Eisenhauer, Reiner Hofmann, Roberto Saglia, Rory Holmes, Oliver Krause, Hans-Walter Rix, Jeff Booth, Parker Fagrelius, Jason Rhodes, Suresh Seshadri, Alexandre Refregier, Jerome Amiaux, Jean-Louis Augueres, Olivier Boulade, Christophe Cara, Adam Amara, Simon Lilly, Eli Atad-Ettedgui, Anna-Maria Di Giorgio, Ludovic Duvet, Christopher Kuehl, Mohsin Syed

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Proceedings Volume 7731, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 77311K (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857031
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The NIP is a near infrared imaging photometer that is currently under investigation for the Euclid space mission in context of ESA's 2015 Cosmic Vision program. Together with the visible camera (VIS) it will form the basis of the weak lensing measurements for Euclid. The NIP channel will perform photometric imaging in 3 near infrared bands (Y, J, H) covering a wavelength range from ~ 0.9 to 2 μm over a field of view (FoV) of ~ 0.5 deg². With the required limiting point source magnitude of 24 mAB (5 sigma) the NIP channel will be used to determine the photometric redshifts of over 2 billion galaxies collected over a wide survey area of 20 000 deg². In addition to the photometric measurements, the NIP channel will deliver unique near infrared (NIR) imaging data over the entire extragalactic sky, enabling a wide variety of ancillary astrophysical and cosmological studies. In this paper we will present the results of the study carried out by the Euclid Imaging Consortium (EIC) during the Euclid assessment phase.

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Mario Schweitzer, Ralf Bender, Reinhard Katterloher, Frank Eisenhauer, Reiner Hofmann, Roberto Saglia, Rory Holmes, Oliver Krause, Hans-Walter Rix, Jeff Booth, Parker Fagrelius, Jason Rhodes, Suresh Seshadri, Alexandre Refregier, Jerome Amiaux, Jean-Louis Augueres, Olivier Boulade, Christophe Cara, Adam Amara, Simon Lilly, Eli Atad-Ettedgui, Anna-Maria Di Giorgio, Ludovic Duvet, Christopher Kuehl, and Mohsin Syed "NIP: the near infrared imaging photometer for Euclid", Proc. SPIE 7731, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 77311K (5 August 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857031

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