2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Near-Infrared Mosaic Camera
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11554005
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 展開研究 |
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| Research Field |
Astronomy
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
ICHIKAWA Takashi Tohoku University, Graduate School of Science, Associate Professor, 大学院・理学研究科, 助教授 (80212992)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YAMADA Toru National Astronomical Observatory, Associate Professor, 光学赤外線天文学,研究系, 助教授 (90271519)
AOKI Tsutomu Kiso Observatory, Tokyo University, Research Associate, 大学院・理学系研究科, 助手 (10251414)
TAMURA Shinichi Tohoku University, Graduate School of Science, Professor, 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (60004371)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2001
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| Keywords | near-Infrared / focal plane array / mosaic / camera |
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| Research Abstract |
In this research, we have constructed a near-infrared mosaic camera with two 2048 x 2048 HgCdTe arrays for wide field imaging at 0.8 to 2.5 μm wavelengths. TUFPAC (Tohoku University Focal Plane Array Controller) is an array control system specifically designed for flexible control and efficient data acquisition for 2048 x 2048 HgCdTe (HAWAII-2) array. A personal computer operated by Linux OS controls mosaic HAWAII-2s with DSP boards installed on the PCI bus. Using TUFPAC, we have extensively examined the performance (stability, read-out noise, linearity, and dark noise) of the arrays installed in a test dewar specifically designed for the test. The mosaic camera will be installed to multi-object near-infrared camera and spectrograph (MOIRCS), which is supposed to be used with SUBARU telescope at National Astronomical Observatory for the study of galaxy evolution and structural formation of clusters at high redshift.
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