The NEID Precision Radial Velocity Spectrometer: Characterization and Operation of the NEID CCD Detectors
Abstract
NEID is a 380-930 nm precision Doppler spectrometer in development for the WIYN 3.5-m telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory as part of the NN-Explore Partnership. The wide spectral grasp of NEID requires a monolithic CCD detector with a large area, small pixels, and excellent quantum efficiency across the NEID bandpass. NEID employs a single, deep depletion CCD290-99 device from e2v having 9Kx9K pixels with 10 micron pitch and Astro Multi-2 AR coating. We describe the operation of the CCD290-99 device as well as the results of the CCD testing and characterization efforts performed at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #233
- Pub Date:
- January 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019AAS...23314027G