Gain sag in the FUV detector of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8145, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sahnow, David J ^a   Oliveira, Cristina ^b   Aloisi, Alessandra ^b   Hodge, Philip E ^b   Massa, Derck ^b   Osten, Rachel ^b   Proffitt, Charles ^b   Bostroem, Azalee ^b   McPhate, Jason B ^c   Béland, Stéphane ^d   Osterman, Steven N ^d   Penton, Steven V ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STScI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

COS; Cosmic Origins Spectrograph; delay line; detectors; Hubble Space Telescope; microchannel plates; ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

COS; COSMIC ORIGINS SPECTROGRAPHS; DELAY LINE; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; MICROCHANNEL PLATES; ULTRAVIOLET;

ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGY; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE STORAGE TUBES; MICROCHANNELS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPECTROGRAPHS; WAVES;

DETECTORS;

EID: 80055040663     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.893989     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

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4. Massa, D. et al., [Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Data Handbook, Version 2.0], STScI, Baltimore (2009).
5. Sahnow, D. J., "Long term gain variation in the FUSE detectors," Proc. SPIE 5488, 731-737 (2004).