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Title: As-built new Mayall telescope top end for the DESI project

Abstract

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is under construction to measure the expansion history of the Universe using the Baryon Acoustic Oscillation technique. The spectra of 35 million galaxies and quasars over 14000 sq deg will be measured during the life of the experiment. A new prime focus corrector for the KPNO Mayall telescope will deliver light to 5000 ber optic positioners. The bers in turn feed ten broad- band spectrographs. We will present an overview of the mechanical structure that sits atop the Mayall Serrurier trusses and supports the six lenses, the Atmospheric Dispersion Compensator (ADC) rotator and the Focal Plane Assembly. Furthermore, this mechanical structure has already been built, we will describe the main technical requirements and challenges during the construction.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [4]
  1. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  2. Space Science Lab. (United States)
  3. Univ. College London (United Kingdom)
  4. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Org.:
DESI
OSTI Identifier:
1460361
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-CONF-18-317-E
Journal ID: ISSN 0277-786X; 1681926; TRN: US1901927
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 17072; Conference: SPIE Optics + Photonics 2018, San Diego, CA (United States), 19-23 Aug 2018; Journal ID: ISSN 0277-786X
Publisher:
SPIE
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; Prime Focus; Mayall Telescope; Cosmic Acceleration; Dark Energy

Citation Formats

Gutierrez, Gaston, Friend, Donald, Stefanik, Andrew, Besuner, Robert W., Brooks, David, Doel, Peter, Gallo, Giuseppe, Flaugher, Brenna, and Tarle, Gregory. As-built new Mayall telescope top end for the DESI project. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1117/12.2312728.
Gutierrez, Gaston, Friend, Donald, Stefanik, Andrew, Besuner, Robert W., Brooks, David, Doel, Peter, Gallo, Giuseppe, Flaugher, Brenna, & Tarle, Gregory. As-built new Mayall telescope top end for the DESI project. United States. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312728
Gutierrez, Gaston, Friend, Donald, Stefanik, Andrew, Besuner, Robert W., Brooks, David, Doel, Peter, Gallo, Giuseppe, Flaugher, Brenna, and Tarle, Gregory. Tue . "As-built new Mayall telescope top end for the DESI project". United States. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312728. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1460361.
@article{osti_1460361,
title = {As-built new Mayall telescope top end for the DESI project},
author = {Gutierrez, Gaston and Friend, Donald and Stefanik, Andrew and Besuner, Robert W. and Brooks, David and Doel, Peter and Gallo, Giuseppe and Flaugher, Brenna and Tarle, Gregory},
abstractNote = {The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is under construction to measure the expansion history of the Universe using the Baryon Acoustic Oscillation technique. The spectra of 35 million galaxies and quasars over 14000 sq deg will be measured during the life of the experiment. A new prime focus corrector for the KPNO Mayall telescope will deliver light to 5000 ber optic positioners. The bers in turn feed ten broad- band spectrographs. We will present an overview of the mechanical structure that sits atop the Mayall Serrurier trusses and supports the six lenses, the Atmospheric Dispersion Compensator (ADC) rotator and the Focal Plane Assembly. Furthermore, this mechanical structure has already been built, we will describe the main technical requirements and challenges during the construction.},
doi = {10.1117/12.2312728},
journal = {Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering},
number = ,
volume = 17072,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {7}
}

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Figure 1 Figure 1: Model of the Mayall telescope with the addition of DESI hardware. The calibration lamp system is mounted to the new upper ring. The ring, spider, and cage supports the new corrector via a hexapod. The Focal Plane System is mounted to the end of the Corrector. Ten fibermore » cables, each with over 500 fibers, run from the Focal Plane System, along the telescope structure, and into a thermally-controlled room within the Mayall Large Coudé Room. A slithead at the end of each fiber cable directs light into a spectrograph, which disperses the light onto three detectors per spectra. All of the instrument is controlled with the Instrument Control System. The data are rapidly transferred offsite where they are processed through a custom pipeline.« less

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