New Developments in Array Technology and Applications: Proceedings of the 167th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in the Hague, the Netherlands, August 23–27, 1994

392 Pages·1995·9.84 MB·English

by  A. G. Davis Philip (auth.)

NEWDEVELOPMENTS INARRAYTECHNOLOGYAND APPLICAnONS
1NfERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
UNION ASTRONOMIQUE INfERNATIONALE
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN
ARRAY TECHNOLOGY
AND APPLICATIONS
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 167TH SYMPOSIUM OF THE
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION,
HELD IN THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS, AUGUST 23-27, 1994
EDITEDBY
A. G. DA VIS PHILIP
Union College ami the Institute for Space Observations
KENNETH A. JANES
Boston University
and
ARTHUR R. UPGREN
Van Vleck Observatory, Wesleyan University
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
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Table ofContents
Preface xv
Section I-Review Papers
INTRODUCTION
A. G. Davis Philip 3
ARRAY DETECTORSAND INSTRUMENTSFORTHEESO VLT
Sandro D'Odorico 9
DESIGNAND FABRICATIONOF LARGE CCDs FORTHEKECK
OBSERVATORYDEIMOSSPECTROGRAPH
R. J. Stover, W. E. Brown,D. K. Gilmoreand
M. Wei 19
SCIENTIFIC CCD PROSPECTSFOR 1994 AND BEYOND
Paul R. Jordenand A. P. Oates 27
NEWDEVELOPMENTS IN CCD TECHNOLOGYFORTHE UV-EUV
SPECTRALRANGE
Giovanni Bonanno 39
CCD CONTROLLERS
Robert W. Leach 49
CCDs IN ACTIVE ACQUISITIONSYSTEMS
A. Blecha 57
CCD DEVELOPMENTACTIVITIES AT ESO
O.Iwert 67
INFRAREDARRAY DETECTORS: PERFORMANCEAND PROSPECTS
Ian S. McLean 69
viii
THE LICK OBSERVATORYTWO MICRONCAMERA
K. Gilmore, D. Rank and P. Temi 79
INFRAREDARRAYS AT THEEUROPEANSOUTHERNOBSERVATORY
G. Finger, G. Nicolini, P. Biereichel,M. Meyer and
A. F. M. Moorwood 81
THE IMPACT OF INFRARED ARRAYTECHNOLOGYONASTRONOMY
Giovanni G. Fazio 93
MONOLITHICSi BOLOMETERARRAYS: DETECTORSFORFAR
INFRARED AND SUBMILLIMETERDETECTION
HarveyMoseley 95
OBSERVATIONALCONCERNSAND TECHNIQUESFORHIGH
BACKGROUNDMID-INFRARED (5 -20 micron) ARRAY IMAGING
Daniel Y. Gezari 97
AN INFRARED CAMERA BASEDONA LARGE PtSi ARRAY
I. S. Glass, K. Sekiguchi and Y. Nakada 109
PtSi IR ARRAY IN MOSAIC CONFIGURAnON
MunetakaUeno, Fumiaki Tsumurayaand
Yoshihiro Chikada 117
CCD PHOTOMETRY-PRESENTAND FUTURE
Alistair R. Walker 123
CCD PHOTOMETRY:SOMEBASIC CONCERNS
C. Sterken 131
CHOOSINGFILTERSTOMAKE CCD PHOTOMETRYTRANS
FORMABLETO OTHERDETECTORS
AndrewT. Young 145
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AUTOMATED CCD SCANNINGFOR NEAREARTH ASTEROIDS
RobertJedicke 157
CCD TIME SERIESPHOTOMETRYOFASTRONOMICALSOURCES
Steve B. Howell 167
HIGH PRECISIONSTELLARPHOTOMETRYWITH CCDs. 1.
A. J. Penny 173
HIGH PRECISIONSTELLARPHOTOMETRYWITH CCDs. II.
Michael S. Bessell 175
PRECISIONDIFFERENTIALCCD PHOTOMETRY
L. A. Balona 187
ARRAYPOLARIMETRYAND OPTICAL-DIFFERENCINGPHOTOMETRY
J. Tinbergen 197
COSMIC RAY EVENTSAND NATURALRADIOACTIVITY IN
CCD CRYOSTATS
Ralph Florentin-Nielsen, MichaelJ. Andersen
and Sven P. Nielsen 207
MOCAM: A 4k X 4k CCD MOSAIC FORTHE CANADA-FRANCE
HAWAll TELESCOPEPRIME FOCUS
J. C. Cuillandre, Y. Melliers, R. Murowinski,
D. Crampton, G. Luppino and R. Arsenault 213
ECHELLESPECTROSCOPYWITH A CCD AT LOWSIGNAL-TO
NOISE RATIO
Didier Queloz 221
NICMOS3 DETECTOR'FORSPECTROSCOPY
L. Vanzi, A. Marconi and S. Gennari 231
SPECTRAL CLASSIFICATIONWITH ARRAY DETECTORS
c.J. Corbally 241
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SPECTROSCOPICOBSERVATIONSOF SOLARSYSTEM OBJECTS:
PUSHINGTHELIMITS
AnitaL. Cochran 251
"VA-ET-VENT"("BACK-AND-FORTH") CCD SPECTROSCOPY:
A NEWWAYTO INCREASETHELIMITINGMAGNITUDEOF
VERY LARGETELESCOPES
G. Soucail, j. C. Cuillandre,J. P. Picat
and B. Fon 263
SOME PROBLEMSOF WIDE-FIELDASTROMETRYWITH A SHORT
FOCUS CCD ASTROGRAPH
1. S. Guseva 275
A DUAL CCD MOSAIC CAMERASYSTEM SEARCHINGFOR
MASSIVE COMPACTHALOOBJECTS(MACHOs)
Kern H. Cook 285
MULTI-FIBERSPECTROSCOPYWITH WIDE-FIELDTELESCOPES
F. G. Watson 287
PERFORMANCEOFA 2048 x2048 PIXELTHREE-SIDE
BUTTABLECCD DESIGNEDFORLARGEFOCALPLANES
IN ASTRONOMY
J. A. Coniula 295
CCD MOSAIC DEVELOPMENTFORLARGE OPTICALTELESCOPES
G. A. Luppino, M. R. Mezger and
S. Miyazaki 297
HIGHLIGHTSOF IAU SYMPOSIUM No. 167
Sandro D'Odorico 309
xi
Section II -PosterPapers
THE TRANSPUTERBASED CCD CONTROLLERAT ESO
Roland Reiss 317
DETECTORCONTROLLERSFORTHEGALILEOTELESCOPE:A
PROGRESSREPORT
G. Bonanno, P. Bruno,R. Consentino, F. Bortoletto,
M. D'Alessandro, D. Fantinel, A. Balesstraand
P. Marcucci 319
THE RUTHERFORD-SAAO CCD CONTROLLERSAND THEIR
APPLICATIONS
I. S. Glass, D. B. Carter, G. F. Woodhouse,
N. A. Walthamand G. M. Newton 321
CCD IMAGERSWITH ENHANCEDUV SENSITIVITYFORINDUSTRIAL
AND SCIENTIFICAPPLICATIONS
G. I. Vishnevsky, M. G. Vydrevich, L. Yu. Lazovsky,
V. G. Kossov and S. S. Tataushchikov 323
THE LARGE-FIELDBRIGHT-STARHIGH-PRECISIONCCD
PHOTOMETEROF BAO
ShiyangJiang 325
EFFECTSOF SHUTTERTIMING ON CCD PHOTOMETRY
D. Galadi-Enriquez, C. Jordi and E. Trullols 327
ASTRONOMICALAPPLICATIONSOF CCDs IN HUNGARY: THE
FIRST STEPS AND FUTURE PLANS
G. Szecsenyi-Nagy 329
A SIMPLE CCD-SYSTEMFORSECONDARYALIGNMENTOF THE
SPECTRUM-UVSPACE TELESCOPE
V. Didkovsky, N. V. Steshenko, P. I. Borzyak
and A. I. Dolgushin 331
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THEMODERNIZATIONOFTHEPULKOVOPHOTOGRAPHIC
(PHOTOELECTRIC)VERTICAL CIRCLEBYA CCD ARRAY
G. A. Goncharov, B. K. Bagildinsky,E. V. Kornilov,
D. D. Polojentsev, K. V. Rumyantsev and V. D. Shkutov 333
A NEW OCULARMICROMETERFORTHEMAHIS
T. R. Kirian, V. S. Korepanov and V. M. Grozdilov 335
PbS AND CCD ARRAY AUTOCOLLIMATIONMICROMETERS
FORTHEINFRAREDMERIDIANCIRCLE
V. N. Yershov 337
THE NOAOCCD CONTROLLER- ARCON
AlistairR. Walker 339
INTENSIFIEDELECTRON-BOMBARDEDCCD IMAGES FOR
INDUSTRIALAND SCIENTIFICAPPLICATIONS
I. Dalinenko, G. Vishnevsky, V. Kossov, L. Lasovsky,
G. Kuzmin and A. Malyarov 341
THE CCDs AT ESO: A SYSTEMATICTESTINGPROGRAM
T. M. C. Abbott 343
DEVELOPMENTOFA 7000 x4000 PIXELMOSAIC CCD CAMERA
NobunariKashikawa, MasafumiYagi, Naoki Yasuda,
Sadanori Okamura,Kazuhiro Shimasaku, Mamoru
Doi and Maki Sekiguchi 345
THEFEASIBILITYOFA CCD FORAN ASTROMETRICREFRACTOR
A. R. Upgren, Alice Morales,Jose Herrero,J. W.
Griese, III,J. M. Vincent andJohn T. Lee 347
STELLARPOSITIONSFROM CCD IMAGES
A. R. Upgren, C. Abad andJ. Stock 349