The NEID precision radial velocity spectrometer: port adapter overview, requirements, and test plan

Sarah E. Logsdon*, Michael W. McElwain, Qian Gong, Ming Liang, Fernando Santoro, Christian Schwab, Chad Bender, Cullen Blake, Samuel Halverson, Fred Hearty, Emily Hunting, Kurt P. Jaehnig, Suvrath Mahadevan, Andrew J. Monson, Jeffrey W. Percival, Jayadev Rajagopal, Lawrence Ramsey, Arpita Roy, Michael P. Smith, Ryan C. TerrienErik Timmerman, Phil Willems, Marsha J. Wolf, Jason Wright

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    Abstract

    The NEID spectrometer is an optical (380-930 nm), fiber-fed, precision Doppler spectrometer currently in de- velopment for the WIYN 3.5 m telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory as part of the NN-EXPLORE partnership. Designed to achieve a radial velocity precision of < 30 cm/s, NEID will be sensitive enough to detect terrestrial-mass exoplanets around low-mass stars. Light from the target stars is focused by the telescope to a bent Cassegrain port at the edge of the primary mirror mechanical support. The specialized NEID "Port Adapter" system is mounted at this bent Cassegrain port and is responsible for delivering the incident light from the telescope to the NEID fibers. In order to provide stable, high-quality images to the science instrument, the Port Adapter houses several sub-components designed to acquire the target stars, correct for atmospheric dis- persion, stabilize the light onto the science fibers, and calibrate the spectrometer by injecting known wavelength sources such as a laser frequency comb. Here we provide an overview of the overall opto-mechanical design and system requirements of the Port Adapter. We also describe the development of system error budgets and test plans to meet those requirements.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationGround-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII
    EditorsChristopher J. Evans, Luc Simard, Hideki Takami
    Place of PublicationBellingham, Washington
    PublisherSPIE
    Pages1-10
    Number of pages10
    ISBN (Electronic)9781510619586
    ISBN (Print)9781510619579
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 27 Jul 2018
    EventGround-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII 2018 - Austin, United States
    Duration: 10 Jun 201814 Jun 2018

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of SPIE
    PublisherSPIE
    Volume10702
    ISSN (Print)0277-786X
    ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

    Conference

    ConferenceGround-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII 2018
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityAustin
    Period10/06/1814/06/18

    Keywords

    • exoplanets
    • radial velocity instrumentation
    • systems engineering

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