Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph detectors and ultraviolet signal-to-noise capabilities
| Autor: | Mary Elizabeth Kaiser, Bruce E. Woodgate, Randy A. Kimble, Charles W. Bowers, Steven B. Kraemer, Vic S. Argabright, Phillip A. Driggers, Don J. Lindler, Ralph C. Bohlin, Charles N. Van Houten, Richard L. Bybee, Alan W. Delamere, David A. Dorn, Anthony C. Danks, Charles L. Joseph, J. Gethyn Timothy, Theodore R. Gull, Terrence L. Beck, Morley M. Blouke, Lawrence W. Brown, Mark D. Brumfield, Mark Clampin, David A. Content, Lee D. Feinberg, Walter B. Fowler, Paul Goudfrooij, Robert J. Hill, Richard Reed, Clive Standley, J. J. Yagelowich |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
Physics
Faint Object Spectrograph business.industry Detector Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics Spectral line Optics Signal-to-noise ratio Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Spectral resolution business Spectroscopy Spectrograph Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph |
| Zdroj: | Space Telescopes and Instruments V. |
| ISSN: | 0277-786X |
| Popis: | The space telescope imaging spectrograph (STIS) was designed as a versatile spectrograph capable of maintaining or exceeding the spectroscopic capabilities of both the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph and the Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) over the broad bandpass extending from the UV through the visible. STIS achieves performance gains over the aforementioned first generation Hubble Space Telescope instruments primarily through the use of large a real detectors in both the UV and visible regions of the spectrum. Simultaneous spatial and spectral coverage is provided through long slit or slitless spectroscopy. This paper will review the detector design and in-flight performance. Attention will be focussed on the key issue of S/N performance. Spectra obtained during the first few months of operation, illustrate that high signal-to-noise spectra can be obtained while exploiting STIS's multiplexing advantage. From analysis of a single spectrum of GD153, with counting statistics of approximately 165, a S/N of approximately 130 is achieved per spectral resolution element in the FUV. In the NUV a single spectrum of GRW + 70D5824, with counting statistics of approximately 200, yields a S/N of approximately 150 per spectral resolution element. An even higher S/N capability is illustrated through the use of the fixed pattern split slits in the medium resolution echelle modes where observations of BD28D42 yield a signal-to-noise of approximately 250 and approximately 350 per spectral resolution element in the FUV and NUV respectively. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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