Investigations on assembly and coverage for modular focal planes of multiplexed telescopes

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Autori principali: Rombach, Maxime, Xu, Xiangyu, Araujo, Ricardo, Thurneysen, Markus, Caseiro, Stefane, Magnenat, Corentin, Silber, Joseph H., Galal, Malak, Schlegel, David, Kneib, Jean-Paul
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author Rombach, Maxime
Xu, Xiangyu
Araujo, Ricardo
Thurneysen, Markus
Caseiro, Stefane
Magnenat, Corentin
Silber, Joseph H.
Galal, Malak
Schlegel, David
Kneib, Jean-Paul
author_facet Rombach, Maxime
Xu, Xiangyu
Araujo, Ricardo
Thurneysen, Markus
Caseiro, Stefane
Magnenat, Corentin
Silber, Joseph H.
Galal, Malak
Schlegel, David
Kneib, Jean-Paul
contents Multiplexed surveys have the ambition to grow larger for the next generation of focal plane instruments. Future projects such as Spec-S5, MUST, and WST have an ever-growing need for multi-object spectroscopy (13,000 - 20,000 simultaneous objects) which demands further investigations of novel focal plane instrumentation. In this paper, we present a rigorous study of focal plane coverage optimization and assembly of triangular modules of alpha-beta fiber positioners with a 6.2 mm pitch. The main focus here is to examine different module arrangements namely, framed, semi-frameless, and fullyframeless assemblies. Framed and semi-frameless describe here the usage of a manufactured focal plate to hold the modules together and provide the correct focus and tilt to the fibers. Work on automatically generating such focal plates for project adaptability and ease of manufacturing will also be presented. On the other hand, the frameless approach proposes a connection method freed from the need of a focal plate. The following paper will also present their capabilities to meet the requirements for focal plane assembly such as focus, tilt and coverage.
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spellingShingle Investigations on assembly and coverage for modular focal planes of multiplexed telescopes
Rombach, Maxime
Xu, Xiangyu
Araujo, Ricardo
Thurneysen, Markus
Caseiro, Stefane
Magnenat, Corentin
Silber, Joseph H.
Galal, Malak
Schlegel, David
Kneib, Jean-Paul
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Multiplexed surveys have the ambition to grow larger for the next generation of focal plane instruments. Future projects such as Spec-S5, MUST, and WST have an ever-growing need for multi-object spectroscopy (13,000 - 20,000 simultaneous objects) which demands further investigations of novel focal plane instrumentation. In this paper, we present a rigorous study of focal plane coverage optimization and assembly of triangular modules of alpha-beta fiber positioners with a 6.2 mm pitch. The main focus here is to examine different module arrangements namely, framed, semi-frameless, and fullyframeless assemblies. Framed and semi-frameless describe here the usage of a manufactured focal plate to hold the modules together and provide the correct focus and tilt to the fibers. Work on automatically generating such focal plates for project adaptability and ease of manufacturing will also be presented. On the other hand, the frameless approach proposes a connection method freed from the need of a focal plate. The following paper will also present their capabilities to meet the requirements for focal plane assembly such as focus, tilt and coverage.
title Investigations on assembly and coverage for modular focal planes of multiplexed telescopes
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.16596