RTN-055: Study of the Linearity of the CCDs of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Calderon, Jerónimo; Giraldo Murillo, Lina M.; Lage, Craig S.; Plazas Malagón, Andrés A.

doi:10.71929/rubin/2575154

Title: RTN-055: Study of the Linearity of the CCDs of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

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We show our exploration of sets of PTC data for different detectors of the LSSTCam, and inspect how it deviates from polynomial and exponential fits. We present a tutorial on how to connect to the Rubin Science Platform and access the notebooks and other project files. Then we present the approach taken to work with the LSST Science Pipeline's linearizer algorithm and the results obtained by varying the parameters involved in the different fits that can be used.

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Universitá degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata; Laboratoire Lagrange, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur; Instituto de Física, Universidad de Antioquia
Instituto de Física, Universidad de Antioquia
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California, Davis
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Publication Date:: Fri Mar 31 04:00:00 UTC 2023

Other Number(s):: Vera C. Rubin Observatory Technical Note RTN-055

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

Research Org.:: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Sponsoring Org.:: U.S. National Science Foundation; U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science

Subject:: 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS

OSTI Identifier:: 2575154

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2575154

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                    Calderon, Jerónimo, Giraldo Murillo, Lina M., Lage, Craig S., and Plazas Malagón, Andrés A. RTN-055: Study of the Linearity of the CCDs of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.  United States: N. p., 2023. 
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                    Calderon, Jerónimo, Giraldo Murillo, Lina M., Lage, Craig S., & Plazas Malagón, Andrés A. RTN-055: Study of the Linearity of the CCDs of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2575154

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                    Calderon, Jerónimo, Giraldo Murillo, Lina M., Lage, Craig S., and Plazas Malagón, Andrés A. 2023.  
"RTN-055: Study of the Linearity of the CCDs of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2575154.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2575154. Pub date:Fri Mar 31 04:00:00 UTC 2023

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  abstractNote = {We show our exploration of sets of PTC data for different detectors of the LSSTCam, and inspect how it deviates from polynomial and exponential fits. We present a tutorial on how to connect to the Rubin Science Platform and access the notebooks and other project files. Then we present the approach taken to work with the LSST Science Pipeline's linearizer algorithm and the results obtained by varying the parameters involved in the different fits that can be used.},

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