ACS CCD Gains, Full Well Depths, and Linearity up to and Beyond Saturation

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Jan 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004acs..rept...17g&link_type=abstract

Instrument Science Report ACS 2004-01, 18 pages

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Hubble Space Telescope, Hst, Space Telescope Science Institute, Advanced Camera For Surveys, Acs

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The CCDs on ACS may both be operated at multiple gain settings. Analysis of calibration and science data is used to establish corrections to the supported HRC GAIN=4 and WFC GAIN=2 values; relative to the default gains decreased values of e-/DN of 1.27% and 0.78% respectively are indicated. Maps of the full well depth at which saturation sets in for both HRC and WFC are provided, both cameras show spatial variations in excess of 10%. When operated with gains that fully sample the full well depth, the CCDs remain perfectly (<0.1% relative count levels) linear to well beyond saturation with simple summation over pixels that have been bled into as a result of over-saturation. Linearity at levels from marginal detection in single exposures, to multiple levels up to saturation, and at multiple levels beyond saturation are presented showing excellent results.

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