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16 - 21 June 2024
Yokohama, Japan
Conference 13096 > Paper 13096-99
Paper 13096-99

Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) for Subaru Telescope: Spectrograph System final integration and performance at LAM and Subaru

17 June 2024 • 17:30 - 19:00 Japan Standard Time | Room G5, North - 1F

Abstract

The Spectrograph System of Subaru Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) is fed by 2400 fibers and consists of four identical spectrograph modules with 4 arms and 600 fibers each. This paper recalls the overall integration process for the spectrograph module series, presents the test procedures and results for the Spectrograph System, the anomalies and issues we overcame in the series, and finally the delivery and installation of four modules at the Subaru Telescope in Hawai`I in 2019, 2022 and 2023. We detail the strategies developed to resolve technical issue such as defocus and tilt encountered after the delivery of the first module for the visible focal planes. We extensively present the optical and thermal performance of the spectrograph system. Finally, we present and discuss lessons learned for the largest 8m-class multi-object spectrograph system.

Presenter

Lab. d'Astrophysique de Marseille, Ctr. National d'Études Spatiales, Aix-Marseille Univ., CNRS (France)
Fabrice Madec is a senior research engineer at the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, France. He is specialized in astronomical instrumentation: VLT SPHERE and SUBARU PFS. Fabrice Madec is the lead person for the integration, tests and verification of the Spectrograph System for the PFS Subaru instrument at both LAM and Subaru site.
Application tracks: Astrophotonics
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Lab. d'Astrophysique de Marseille, Ctr. National d'Études Spatiales, Aix-Marseille Univ., CNRS (France)
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Lab. d'Astrophysique de Marseille, Ctr. National d'Études Spatiales, Aix-Marseille Univ., CNRS (France)
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Patrick Blanchard
Lab. d'Astrophysique de Marseille, Ctr. National d'Études Spatiales, Aix-Marseille Univ., CNRS (France)
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Jean-Antoine Benedetti
Lab. d'Astrophysique de Marseille, Ctr. National d'Études Spatiales, Aix-Marseille Univ., CNRS (France)
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Michael Carle
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Patrick Vors
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Marc Jaquet
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