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The VIS detector system of SOXS
SOXS will be a unique spectroscopic facility for the ESO NTT telescope able
to cover the optical and NIR bands thanks to two different arms: the UV-VIS
(350-850 nm), and the NIR (800-1800 nm). In this article, we describe the
design of the visible camera cryostat and the architecture of the acquisition
system. The UV-VIS detector system is based on a e2v CCD 44-82, a custom
detector head coupled with the ESO continuous ow cryostats (CFC) cooling system
and the NGC CCD controller developed by ESO. This paper outlines the status of
the system and describes the design of the different parts that made up the
UV-VIS arm and is accompanied by a series of contributions describing the SOXS
design solutions.Comment: 9 pages, 13 figures, to be published in SPIE Proceedings 1070
Development status of the UV-VIS detector system of SOXS for the ESO-NTT telescope
SOXS will be the new spectroscopic facility for the ESO NTT telescope able to
cover the optical and NIR bands by using two different arms: the UV-VIS
(350-850 nm), and the NIR (800-2000 nm). In this article, we describe the
development status of the visible camera cryostat, the architecture of the
acquisition system and the progress in the electronic design. The UV-VIS
detector system is based on a CCD detector 44-82 from e2v, a custom detector
head, coupled with the ESO continuous flow cryostats (CFC), a custom cooling
system, based on a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), and the New General
Controller (NGC) developed by ESO. This paper outlines the development status
of the system, describes the design of the different parts that make up the
UV-VIS arm and is accompanied by a series of information describing the SOXS
design solutions in the mechanics and in the electronics parts. The first tests
of the detector system with the UV-VIS camera will be shown.Comment: 10 pager, 13 figure