Paper 13099-63
Paper 13099-63
SOXS System engineering from design to installation: challenges and results
On demand | Presented live 17 June 2024 
Abstract
SOXS (SOn of X-Shooter) is a high-efficiency spectrograph with a mean Resolution-Slit product of about 3500 over the entire band capable of simultaneously observing the complete spectral range 350-2000 nm. It consists of three scientific arms (the UV-VIS Spectrograph, the NIR Spectrograph, and the Acquisition Camera) connected by the Common Path system to the NTT, and the Calibration Unit. During the last year, we performed the instrument AIV at the integration site in Europe. It is still ongoing. We present an overview of the flow for validation of the scientific and technical requirements, after integration of the sub-systems with some results as highlights. Further, we give an overview of the methodologies used for planning and managing the assembly of the sub-systems, their integration, and tests before the acceptance of the instrument in Europe (PAE). SOXS could be used as an example for the system engineering of an instrument of moderate complexity, with a large geographic spread of the team.
Presenter
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy)
Riccardo Claudi was born in Torino (1955-10-5). Graduated in Physics (Laurea 110/110) at Rome University "La Sapienza" (May 1987) with a dissertation on the UV behavior of the dwarf Nova SS Cyg. In 1987 he won a research grant at the IAC (Tenerife Canary Island Spain) and successively, in 1988, he won a position as a graduate Technician at Padova Astronomical Observatory. Since November 2000 he has been Staff Astronomer at the same Observatory. Its research fields are the extrasolar planets and astrobiology, and the instrumentation for achieving data in these fields. He was PM for SARG@TNG and of the IFS of SPHERE@VLT. Further, he was chair of GAPS (Global Architecture of Planetary Systems) and continues as a member of the GAPS board. Now he is the System Engineer of SOXS (Son of X-Shooter), and the PI of LOCNES (LOw Cost Nir Extended Solar telescope).