Euclid Near Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer instrument concept and first test results obtained for different breadboards models at the end of phase C

Thierry Maciaszek, Anne Ealet, Knud Jahnke, Eric Prieto, Yannick Mellier, William Bon, Anne Bonefoi, Michael Carle, Amandine Caillat, Anne Costille, Doriane Dormoy, Franck Ducret, Christophe Fabron, Aurélien Febvre, Benjamin Foulon, José Garrido Garcia, Jean Luc Gimenez, Emmanuel Grassi, David Le Mignant, Tony PamplonaPatrice Sanchez, William Gillard, Mathieu Niclas, Aurélia Secroun, Bogna Kubik, Jérome Amiaux, Jean Christophe Barrière, Michel Berthe, Cyrille Rosset, Adriano De Rosa, Enrico Franceschi, Gianluca Morgante, Francesca Sortino, Massimo Trifoglio, Luca Valenziano, Laura Patrizii, F. Fornari, F. Giacomini, A. Margiotta, N. Mauri, L. Pasqualini, G. Sirri, M. Spurio, M. Tenti, R. Travaglini, Stefano Dusini, F. Dal Corso, C. Sirignano, Salvador Ventura, Carlotta Bonoli, Andrea Balestra, Eduardo Medina Celi, Ruben Farinelli, Leonardo Corcione, Sebastiano Ligori, Frank Grupp, Carolin Wimmer, Felix Hormuth, Gregor Seidel, Stefanie Wachter, Cristobal Padilla, Mikel Lamensans, Ricard Casas, Ivan Lloro, Rafael Toledo-Moreo, Jaime Gomez, Carlos Colodro-Conde, David Lizán, Jose Javier Diaz, Per B. Lilje, Michael I. Andersen, Anton N. Sørensen, Peter Jakobsen, Allan Hornstrup, Niels Christian Jessen, Cédric Thizy, Warren Holmes, Ulf Israelsson, Michael Seiffert, Augustyn Waczynski, René J. Laureijs, Giuseppe Racca, Jean Christophe Salvignol, Tobias Boenke, Paolo Strada

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Abstract

The Euclid mission objective is to understand why the expansion of the Universe is accelerating through by mapping the geometry of the dark Universe by investigating the distance-redshift relationship and tracing the evolution of cosmic structures. The Euclid project is part of ESA's Cosmic Vision program with its launch planned for 2020 (ref [1]). The NISP (Near Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer) is one of the two Euclid instruments and is operating in the near-IR spectral region (900- 2000nm) as a photometer and spectrometer. The instrument is composed of: - a cold (135K) optomechanical subsystem consisting of a Silicon carbide structure, an optical assembly (corrector and camera lens), a filter wheel mechanism, a grism wheel mechanism, a calibration unit and a thermal control system - a detection subsystem based on a mosaic of 16 HAWAII2RG cooled to 95K with their front-end readout electronic cooled to 140K, integrated on a mechanical focal plane structure made with molybdenum and aluminum. The detection subsystem is mounted on the optomechanical subsystem structure - a warm electronic subsystem (280K) composed of a data processing / detector control unit and of an instrument control unit that interfaces with the spacecraft via a 1553 bus for command and control and via Spacewire links for science data This presentation describes the architecture of the instrument at the end of the phase C (Detailed Design Review), the expected performance, the technological key challenges and preliminary test results obtained for different NISP subsystem breadboards and for the NISP Structural and Thermal model (STM).

Original languageEnglish
Article numberUNSP 99040T
JournalProceedings of S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9904
ISSN0277-786X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Jun 2016

Keywords

  • Euclid
  • Infrared
  • Instrument
  • NISP
  • Photometry
  • Spectroscopy

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