The Astronomical Journal (Jan 2023)
Astrometric Calibration and Performance of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Focal Plane
- S. Kent,
- E. Neilsen,
- K. Honscheid,
- D. Rabinowitz,
- E. F. Schlafly,
- J. Guy,
- D. Schlegel,
- J. García-Bellido,
- T. S. Li,
- E. Sanchez,
- J. Silber,
- J. Aguilar,
- S. Ahlen,
- D. Brooks,
- T. Claybaugh,
- A. de la Macorra,
- P. Doel,
- D. J. Eisenstein,
- K. Fanning,
- A. Font-Ribera,
- J. E. Forero-Romero,
- S. Gontcho A. Gontcho,
- J. Jimenez,
- D. Kirkby,
- T. Kisner,
- A. Kremin,
- M. Landriau,
- L. Le Guillou,
- M. E. Levi,
- C. Magneville,
- M. Manera,
- P. Martini,
- A. Meisner,
- R. Miquel,
- J. Moustakas,
- J. Nie,
- N. Palanque-Delabrouille,
- W. J. Percival,
- C. Poppett,
- M. Rezaie,
- A. J. Ross,
- G. Rossi,
- M. Schubnell,
- H. Seo,
- Gregory Tarlé,
- B. A. Weaver,
- R. Zhou,
- Z. Zhou,
- H. Zou
Affiliations
- S. Kent
- ORCiD
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory , P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, USA ; [email protected]; Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago , 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- E. Neilsen
- ORCiD
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory , P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, USA ; [email protected]
- K. Honscheid
- Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, The Ohio State University , 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Department of Physics, The Ohio State University , 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- D. Rabinowitz
- ORCiD
- Physics Department, Yale University , P.O. Box 208120, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
- E. F. Schlafly
- Space Telescope Science Institute , 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- J. Guy
- ORCiD
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- D. Schlegel
- ORCiD
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- J. García-Bellido
- ORCiD
- Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) UAM/CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , Cantoblanco, E-28049, Madrid, Spain
- T. S. Li
- Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto , Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada
- E. Sanchez
- ORCiD
- CIEMAT , Avenida Complutense 40, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
- J. Silber
- ORCiD
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- J. Aguilar
- ORCiD
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- S. Ahlen
- ORCiD
- Physics Department, Boston University , 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- D. Brooks
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London , Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
- T. Claybaugh
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- A. de la Macorra
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , Cd. de México C.P. 04510, México
- P. Doel
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London , Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
- D. J. Eisenstein
- ORCiD
- Center for Astrophysics ∣ Harvard & Smithsonian , 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- K. Fanning
- The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- A. Font-Ribera
- Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra Barcelona, Spain
- J. E. Forero-Romero
- Departamento de Física, Universidad de los Andes , Cra. 1 No. 18A-10, Edificio Ip, CP 111711, Bogotá, Colombia; Observatorio Astronómico, Universidad de los Andes , Cra. 1 No. 18A-10, Edificio H, CP 111711 Bogotá, Colombia
- S. Gontcho A. Gontcho
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- J. Jimenez
- Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra Barcelona, Spain
- D. Kirkby
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California , Irvine, CA 92697, USA
- T. Kisner
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- A. Kremin
- ORCiD
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- M. Landriau
- ORCiD
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- L. Le Guillou
- ORCiD
- Sorbonne Université , CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), F-75005 Paris, France
- M. E. Levi
- ORCiD
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- C. Magneville
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay , F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- M. Manera
- Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , E-08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
- P. Martini
- ORCiD
- Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, The Ohio State University , 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University , 4055 McPherson Laboratory, 140 W 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- A. Meisner
- ORCiD
- NSF's NOIRLab , 950 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
- R. Miquel
- ORCiD
- Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra Barcelona, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats , Passeig de Lluís Companys, 23, E-08010 Barcelona, Spain
- J. Moustakas
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Siena College , 515 Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY 12211, USA
- J. Nie
- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences , A20 Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100012, People’s Republic of China
- N. Palanque-Delabrouille
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay , F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- W. J. Percival
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo , 200 University Avenue W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada; Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics , 31 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5, Canada; Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics, University of Waterloo , 200 University Avenue W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
- C. Poppett
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California , Berkeley, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; University of California , Berkeley, 110 Sproul Hall #5800 Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- M. Rezaie
- Department of Physics, Kansas State University , 116 Cardwell Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
- A. J. Ross
- Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, The Ohio State University , 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University , 4055 McPherson Laboratory, 140 W 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- G. Rossi
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sejong University , Seoul, 143-747, Republic of Korea
- M. Schubnell
- Department of Physics, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- H. Seo
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Ohio University , Athens, OH 45701, USA
- Gregory Tarlé
- ORCiD
- University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- B. A. Weaver
- NSF's NOIRLab , 950 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
- R. Zhou
- ORCiD
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Z. Zhou
- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences , A20 Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100012, People’s Republic of China
- H. Zou
- ORCiD
- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences , A20 Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100012, People’s Republic of China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/acf7c3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 166,
no. 4
p. 177
Abstract
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, consisting of 5020 robotic fiber positioners and associated systems on the Mayall telescope at Kitt Peak, Arizona, is carrying out a survey to measure the spectra of 40 million galaxies and quasars and produce the largest 3D map of the universe to date. The primary science goal is to use baryon acoustic oscillations to measure the expansion history of the universe and the time evolution of dark energy. A key function of the online control system is to position each fiber on a particular target in the focal plane with an accuracy of 11 μ m rms 2D. This paper describes the set of software programs used to perform this function along with the methods used to validate their performance.
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