Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Mar 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003spie.4841.1265b&link_type=abstract
Instrument Design and Performance for Optical/Infrared Ground-based Telescopes. Edited by Iye, Masanori; Moorwood, Alan F. M.
Computer Science
Performance
Scientific paper
We have completed a detailed thermal analysis of Binospec, a wide-field, multi-slit spectrograph being developed for the 6.5m MMT. The goals of our analysis were to minimize temperature gradients and thermally-induced deflections and achieve a > 24 hr time constant in the spectrograph optics. We consider the effects of conduction, convection, and radiation with the external environment, and model the consequences of opening a spectrograph to insert new slit masks or filters. We study when internal heat sources balance environmental effects, and the local effects of a hot motor in a spectrograph. We review the results of these thermal analyses and draw general conclusions useful to instrument builders.
Boyd David A.
Brown Warren L.
Fabricant Daniel G.
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