Cropper, M;
Pottinger, S;
Azzollini, R;
Szafraniec, M;
Awan, S;
Mellier, Y;
Berthé, M;
... Conversi, L; + view all
(2018)
VIS: the visible imager for Euclid.
In: Lystrup, M and MacEwen, HA and Fazio, GG and Batalha, N, (eds.)
Proceedings of the Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave.
SPIE: Bellingham (WA), USA.
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Abstract
Euclid-VIS is the large format visible imager for the ESA Euclid space mission in their Cosmic Vision program, scheduled for launch in 2021. Together with the near infrared imaging within the NISP instrument, it forms the basis of the weak lensing measurements of Euclid. VIS will image in a single r+i+z band from 550-900 nm over a field of view of ~0.5 deg². By combining 4 exposures with a total of 2260 sec, VIS will reach to deeper than mAB=24.5 (10s) for sources with extent ~0.3 arcsec. The image sampling is 0.1 arcsec. VIS will provide deep imaging with a tightly controlled and stable point spread function (PSF) over a wide survey area of 15000 deg² to measure the cosmic shear from nearly 1.5 billion galaxies to high levels of accuracy, from which the cosmological parameters will be measured. In addition, VIS will also provide a legacy dataset with an unprecedented combination of spatial resolution, depth and area covering most of the extra-Galactic sky. Here we will present the results of the study carried out by the Euclid Consortium during the period up to the beginning of the Flight Model programme.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | VIS: the visible imager for Euclid |
| Event: | SPIE ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES + INSTRUMENTATION 2018 |
| Location: | Austin (TX), USA |
| Dates: | 10th-15th June 2018 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781510619500 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1117/12.2315372 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1117/12.2315372 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Charge-coupled devices, Calibration, Point spread functions, Staring arrays, Space operations, Radiation effects |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10060141 |
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