Paper 13103-28
Paper 13103-28
Astronomical Spectroscopy with Skipper CCDs: First Results from a Skipper CCD Focal Plane Prototype at SIFS
17 June 2024 • 13:50 - 14:10 Japan Standard Time | Room G312/313, North - 3F
Abstract
We present results from characterizing and optimizing an ultra-low noise Skipper CCD focal plane prototype for the SOAR Integral Field Spectrograph (SIFS). We outline an observation strategy that allows to maximize the signal-to-noise by implementing the Skipper CCD’s region of interest capability that allows to readout a selected region of the detector with tunable readout noise. Finally, we will present the first astronomical spectral data results from the Skipper CCD instrument at SOAR and demonstrate the scientific improvements made possible by ultra-low noise detectors.
Presenter
The Univ. of Chicago (United States)
Edgar Marrufo Villalpando is a DOE SCGSR and GIRA Fellow completing his Physics PhD at The University of Chicago. He works on developing and adapting ultra-low noise Skipper CCDs for astronomical applications in preparation for future cosmological surveys. He also works on deriving dark matter constraints via using stellar streams as dark matter structure probes.