Recalibration of Pre-SM4 STIS Echelle Throughputs
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| author | Siebert, Matthew R. Carlberg, Joleen K. Hernandez, Svea Monroe, TalaWanda |
| author_facet | Siebert, Matthew R. Carlberg, Joleen K. Hernandez, Svea Monroe, TalaWanda |
| contents | Recent improvements to stellar atmospheric models have merited updated flux calibration for high priority STIS observing modes. Specifically, in the FUV and NUV, continuum differences of 1-3% are present between the newest models (CALSPECv11) and previous models (CALSPECv04-v07). As a result of these improvements the STIS team has derived updated sensitivity curves and blaze shift coefficients for a variety of echelle modes in order to meet targeted flux accuracies. The first series of echelle sensitivity updates primarily targeted post-Servicing Mission 4 (SM4; in 2009) observations. In this ISR, we investigate instead applying a simple scaling (derived from the ratio of new vs old CALSPEC model continua) to the previously determined throughputs of STIS echelle modes. This alternative approach has a straightforward implementation and provides reasonable accuracy, especially in cases where available calibration data are lacking (e.g., pre-SM4 era). Adopting this scaling approach, we delivered pre-SM4 throughput updates for 8 echelle modes, resulting in typical improvements of 0.5-2.4% across the FUV and NUV. |
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| spellingShingle | Recalibration of Pre-SM4 STIS Echelle Throughputs Siebert, Matthew R. Carlberg, Joleen K. Hernandez, Svea Monroe, TalaWanda Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Recent improvements to stellar atmospheric models have merited updated flux calibration for high priority STIS observing modes. Specifically, in the FUV and NUV, continuum differences of 1-3% are present between the newest models (CALSPECv11) and previous models (CALSPECv04-v07). As a result of these improvements the STIS team has derived updated sensitivity curves and blaze shift coefficients for a variety of echelle modes in order to meet targeted flux accuracies. The first series of echelle sensitivity updates primarily targeted post-Servicing Mission 4 (SM4; in 2009) observations. In this ISR, we investigate instead applying a simple scaling (derived from the ratio of new vs old CALSPEC model continua) to the previously determined throughputs of STIS echelle modes. This alternative approach has a straightforward implementation and provides reasonable accuracy, especially in cases where available calibration data are lacking (e.g., pre-SM4 era). Adopting this scaling approach, we delivered pre-SM4 throughput updates for 8 echelle modes, resulting in typical improvements of 0.5-2.4% across the FUV and NUV. |
| title | Recalibration of Pre-SM4 STIS Echelle Throughputs |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.08868 |