SNAP Telescope
- Creators
- Sholl, M.
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Ellis, R.
- Rhodes, J.
- Smith, R. M.
- Taylor, K.
- Other:
- Mather, John C.
Abstract
Mission requirements, the baseline design, and optical systems budgets for the SuperNova/Acceleration Probe (SNAP) telescope are presented. SNAP is a proposed space-based experiment designed to study dark energy and alternate explanations of the acceleration of the universe's expansion by performing a series of complementary systematics-controlled astrophysical measurements. The goals of the mission are a Type Ia supernova Hubble diagram and a wide-field weak gravitational lensing survey. A 2m widefield three-mirror telescope feeds a focal plane consisting of 36 CCDs and 36 HgCdTe detectors and a high-efficiency, low resolution integral field spectrograph. Details of the maturing optical system, with emphasis on structural stability during terrestrial testing as well as expected environments during operations at L2 are discussed. The overall stray light mitigation system, including illuminated surfaces and visible objects are also presented.
Additional Information
© 2004 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). This work was supported by the Director, Office of Science, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC03-76SF00098.Attached Files
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Additional details
- Eprint ID
- 87236
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20180619-143225664
- DE-AC03-76SF00098
- Department of Energy (DOE)
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2018-06-19Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-15Created from EPrint's last_modified field
- Series Name
- Proceedings of SPIE
- Series Volume or Issue Number
- 5487