Testing an e2v CCD230-42 sensor for dark current performance at ambient temperatures - Final Paper

Technical Report · Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1213202· OSTI ID:1213202

Dungee, Ryan ^[1]

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1. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

The design of the Guidance Focus and Alignment (GFA) system for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) project calls for a set of charge-coupled devices (CCDs) which operate at ambient temperature. Here we assess the performance of these CCDs under such conditions. Data was collected from –21°C to 28°C and used to determine the effect of temperature on the effectiveness of dark current subtraction. Comparing the dark current uncertainty to our expected signal has shown that the DESI design specifications will be met without need for significant changes.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 1213202
• Report Number(s): SLAC-TN-15-024
• Resource Relation: Conference: Boston, MA (United States), 19-23 Jul 2015
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English