Skipper CCD Long-Term Vacuum Chamber

Journal Article · Mon Jul 28 04:00:00 EDT 2025 · No journal information

OSTI ID:2574865

Struven, Wolfgang; Botti, Ana Martina ^[1]; Chavez, Claudio ^[1]

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1. Fermilab

The Skipper CCD is a high-sensitivity Charge Coupled Device (CCD) sensor designed at Fermilab that has extremely low readout noise. The Skipper can only be operated at pressures below 10-4Torr (about a millionth of an atmosphere). The purpose of this project was to investigate whether a long-term vacuum chamber could be used for the Skipper CCD, which would require only being re-pumped once a year. This would allow the Skipper to be fully integrated here at Fermilab and then be transported anywhere for immediate use.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy
• DOE Contract Number: 89243024CSC000002
• OSTI ID: 2574865
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-POSTER-25-0159-STUDENT; oai:inspirehep.net:2957531
• Journal Information: No journal information, Journal Name: No journal information
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English