ELT -HIRES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT; the end-to-end simulator: design approach and results.

Matteo Genoni, Marco Landoni, Marco Riva, Giorgio Pariani, Elena Mason, Paolo Di Marcantonio, Oscar A. Gonzalez, Philipp Huke, Heidi Korhonen, Marco Xompero, Christophe Giordano, Igor Di Varano, Gianluca Li Causi, Ernesto Oliva, Thomas Marquart, Alessandro Marconi, George Z. Angeli (Editor), Philippe Dierickx (Editor)

Abstract

We present the updated design and architecture of the End-to-End simulator model of the high resolution spectrograph HIRES for the future Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). The model allows to simulate the propagation of photons starting from the scientific object of interest up to the detector, allowing to evaluate the performance impact of the different parameters in the spectrograph design. The model also includes a calibration light module, suitable to evaluate data reduction requirements. In this paper, we will detail the architecture of the simulator and the computational model which are strongly characterized by modularity and flexibility that will be crucial in the next generation instrumentation for projects such as the ELT due to of the high complexity and long-time design and development. We also highlight the Cloud Computing Architecture adopted for this software based on Amazon Web Services (AWS). We also present synthetic images obtained with the current version of the End-to-End simulator based on the requirements for ELTHIRES (especially high radial velocity accuracy) that are then ingested in the Data reduction Software (DRS) of CRIRES+ as case study.

Original languageEnglish
JournalProceedings of the SPIE
Volume10705
Pages (from-to)43
ISSN0277-786X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
EventModeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy VIII - Austin, United States
Duration: 10 Jun 201815 Jun 2018

Conference

ConferenceModeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy VIII
LocationAustin, United States
Period10/06/201815/06/2018

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