SimCADO - an instrument data simulator package for MICADO at the E-ELT

Autor(en)
Kieran Leschinski, Oliver Czoske, Rainer Köhler, Michael Mach, Werner Zeilinger, Gijs Verdoes Kleijn, Joao Alves, Wolfgang Kausch, Norbert Przybilla
Abstrakt

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(en)
Institut für Astrophysik
Externe Organisation(en)
Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, University of Groningen
Journal
Proceedings of SPIE
Anzahl der Seiten
17
ISSN
0277-786X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232483
Publikationsdatum
09-2016
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
103004 Astrophysik
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics, Applied Mathematics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Science Applications
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/47cd5ab2-c94b-4ab2-b476-1c1ec9e37e93