Paper 13093-124
Paper 13093-124
Performance qualification of the detector on board the Spektr-UF (WSO-UV) space telescope
17 June 2024 • 17:30 - 19:00 Japan Standard Time | Room G5, North - 1F
Abstract
The characterization of the Microchannel plate detector (MCP) of the Far Ultraviolet channel implemented in the imaging instrument on board the WSO-UV observatory is presented. The campaign of qualification tests and the analysis of the results (carried out by the manufacture PHOTEK together with a team from Universidad Complutense de Madrid) cover technical aspects such as quantum efficiency, photon counting uniformity, count rate linearity, spot uniformity, temporal stability or spatial uniformity.
Presenter
Univ. Complutense de Madrid (Spain)
Dr. Gómez de Castro is Full professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics and member of the Mathematics Faculty in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). She is also Principal Investigator of the Spanish participation in the space telescope Spektr-UF/WSO-UV, director of the Research Group AEGORA and Vicepresident of Division B (Facilities, Technologies and Data Science) of the International Astronomical Union.