Hora, Joseph L. and Fazio, Giovanni G. and Allen, Lori E. and Ashby, Matthew L. N. and Barmby, Pauline and Deutsch, Lynne K. and Huang, Jiasheng and Megeath, S. Tom and Pahre, Michael A. and Patten, Brian M. and Wang, Zhong and Willner, Steven P. and Hoffmann, William F. and Mentzell, J. Eric and Eisenhardt, Peter and Stern, Daniel and Gorjian, Varoujan and Glaccum, William and Lacy, Mark and Carey, Sean and Surace, Jason A. and Reach, William T. and Pipher, Judith L. and Forrest, William J. and McCreight, Craig R. (2003) Performance of the infrared array camera (IRAC) for SIRTF during instrument integration and test. In: IR Space Telescopes and Instruments. Proceedings of SPIE. No.4850. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers , Bellingham, WA, pp. 83-97. ISBN 9780819446299. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20181217-161033323
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The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) is one of three focal plane instruments in the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF). IRAC is a four-channel camera that obtains simultaneous images at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8 microns. Two adjacent 5.12x5.12 arcmin fields of view in the SIRTF focal plane are viewed by the four channels in pairs (3.6 and 5.8 microns; 4.5 and 8 microns). All four detector arrays in the camera are 256x256 pixels in size, with the two shorter wavelength channels using InSb and the two longer wavelength channels using Si:As IBC detectors. We describe here the results of the instrument functional and calibration tests completed at Ball Aerospace during the integration with the cryogenic telescope assembly, and provide updated estimates of the in-flight sensitivity and performance of IRAC in SIRTF.
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| Additional Information: | © 2003 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. We acknowledge funding from NASA Office of Space Science for the work performed at the CfA and GSFC. We thank the Integration and Test group at GSFC for their excellent support of the IRAC testing program, including Ray Jungo, Ed Lander, Marty Brown, Ayman Mekhail, Maureen Armbruster, Peter Gorog, Jim MacLeod, and GSFC QA including Shirley Paul and Norm Lee. We also thank John Polizotti, Leslie Frazier, John Boczenowski, Warren Martell, and Paul Okun from SAO Central Engineering for system engineering and QA support. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Group: | Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Subject Keywords: | infrared astronomy, infrared arrays, calibration, SIRTF, IRAC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series Name: | Proceedings of SPIE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issue or Number: | 4850 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1117/12.461791 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Official Citation: | Joseph L. Hora, Giovanni G. Fazio, Lori E. Allen, Matthew L.N. Ashby, Pauline Barmby, Lynne K. Deutsch, Jiasheng Huang, S. Thomas Megeath, Michael A. Pahre, Brian Michael Patten, Zhong Wang, Steven P. Willner, William F. Hoffmann, J. Eric Mentzell, Peter Eisenhardt, Daniel Stern, Varoujan Gorjian, William J. Glaccum, Mark Lacy, Sean Carey, Jason A. Surace, William T. Reach, Judith L. Pipher, William J. Forrest, Craig R. McCreight, "Performance of the infrared array camera (IRAC) for SIRTF during instrument integration and test," Proc. SPIE 4850, IR Space Telescopes and Instruments, (5 March 2003); doi: 10.1117/12.461791 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposited On: | 18 Dec 2018 18:02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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