Calibration strategy for the COROT photometry

Details Calibration strategy for the COROT photometry Calibration strategy for the COROT photometry

Jan 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004esasp.538..183b&link_type=abstract

In: Second Eddington Workshop: Stellar structure and habitable planet finding, 9 - 11 April 2003, Palermo, Italy. Edited by F. F

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Calibration, Photometry

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Like Eddington, the COROT photometer will measure very small fluctutions on a large signal: the amplitudes of planetary transits and solar-like oscillations are expressed in ppm (parts per million). For such an instrument, specific calibration has to be done during the different phases of the development of the instrument and of all the subsystems. Two main things have to be taken into account: - the calibration during the study phase; - the calibration of the sub-systems and building of numerical models. The first item allows us to clearly understand all the perturbations (internal and external) and to identify their relative impacts on the expected signal (by numerical models including expected values of perturbations and sensitivity of the instrument). Methods and a schedule for the calibration process can also be introduced, in good agreement with the development plan of the instrument. The second item is more related to the measurement of the sensitivity of the instrument and all its sub-systems. As the instrument is designed to be as stable as possible, we have to mix measurements (with larger fluctuations of parameters than expected) and numerical models. Some typical reasons for that are: - there are many parameters to introduce in the measurements and results from some models (bread-board for example) may be extrapolated to the flight model; - larger fluctuations than expected are used (to measure precisely the sensitivity) and numerical models give the real value of noise with the expected fluctuations. - Characteristics of sub-systems may be measured and models used to give the sensitivity of the whole system built with them, as end-to-end measurements may be impossible (time, budget, physical limitations). Also, house-keeping measurements have to be set up on the critical parts of the sub-systems: measurements on thermal probes, power supply, pointing, etc. All these house-keeping data are used during ground calibration and during the flight, so that correct correlation between signal and house-keeping can be achieved.

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