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Ultra-stable temperature and pressure control for the Habitable-zone Planet Finder spectrograph

  • Gudmundur K. Stefánsson
  • , Frederick R. Hearty
  • , Paul M. Robertson
  • , Eric I. Levi
  • , Suvrath Mahadevan
  • , Tyler B. Anderson
  • , Andrew J. Monson
  • , Chad F. Bender
  • , Samuel P. Halverson
  • , Yiting Li
  • , Lawrence W. Ramsey
  • , Arpita Roy
  • , Christian Schwab
  • , Ryan C. Terrien
  • , Matthew J. Nelson
  • , Basil Blank

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

    Abstract

    We present recent long-term stability test results of the cryogenic Environmental Control System (ECS) for the Habitable zone Planet Finder (HPF), a near infrared ultra-stable spectrograph operating at 180 Kelvin. Exquisite temperature and pressure stability is required for high precision radial velocity (< 1m=s) instruments, as temperature and pressure variations can easily induce instrumental drifts of several tens-to-hundreds of meters per second. Here we present the results from long-term stability tests performed at the 180K operating temperature of HPF, demonstrating that the HPF ECS is stable at the 0:6mK level over 15-days, and <10 -7 Torr over months.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationGround-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
    EditorsChristopher J. Evans, Luc Simard, Hideki Takami
    Place of PublicationBellingham, Washington
    PublisherSPIE
    Pages1-9
    Number of pages9
    ISBN (Electronic)9781510601963
    ISBN (Print)9781510601956
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016
    EventGround-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    Duration: 26 Jun 2016 → 30 Jun 2016

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of SPIE
    PublisherSPIE
    Volume9908
    ISSN (Print)0277-786X
    ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

    Other

    OtherGround-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    CityEdinburgh
    Period26/06/16 → 30/06/16

    Keywords

    • Doppler spectrographs
    • Near infrared spectrographs
    • Pressure controlled instruments
    • Temperature-controlled instruments

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