SimCADO - an instrument data simulator package for MICADO at the E-ELT
- Author(s)
- Kieran Leschinski, Oliver Czoske, Rainer Köhler, Michael Mach, Werner Zeilinger, Gijs Verdoes Kleijn, Joao Alves, Wolfgang Kausch, Norbert Przybilla
- Abstract
MICADO will be the first-light wide-field imager for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) and will provide diffraction limited imaging (7mas at 1.2mm) over a ∼53 arc-second field of view. In order to support various consortium activities we have developed a first version of SimCADO: An instrument simulator for MICADO. SimCADO uses the results of the detailed simulation efforts conducted for each of the separate consortium-internal work packages in order to generate a model of the optical path from source to detector readout. SimCADO is thus a tool to provide scientific context to both the science and instrument development teams who are ultimately responsible for the final design and future capabilities of the MICADO instrument. Here we present an overview of the inner workings of SimCADO and outline our plan for its further development.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Astrophysics
- External organisation(s)
- Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, University of Groningen
- Journal
- Proceedings of SPIE
- No. of pages
- 17
- ISSN
- 0277-786X
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232483
- Publication date
- 09-2016
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103004 Astrophysics
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics, Applied Mathematics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Science Applications
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/47cd5ab2-c94b-4ab2-b476-1c1ec9e37e93