SCALA: In situ calibration for integral field spectrographs

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Zeitschriftentitel:	Astronomy & Astrophysics
Personen und Körperschaften:	Lombardo, S., Küsters, D., Kowalski, M., Aldering, G., Antilogus, P., Bailey, S., Baltay, C., Barbary, K., Baugh, D., Bongard, S., Boone, K., Buton, C., Chen, J., Chotard, N., Copin, Y., Dixon, S., Fagrelius, P., Feindt, U., Fouchez, D., Gangler, E., Hayden, B., Hillebrandt, W., Hoffmann, A., Kim, A. G., Leget, P.-F., McKay, L., Nordin, J., Pain, R., Pécontal, E., Pereira, R., Perlmutter, S., Rabinowitz, D., Reif, K., Rigault, M., Rubin, D., Runge, K., Saunders, C., Smadja, G., Suzuki, N., Taubenberger, S., Tao, C., Thomas, R. C.
In:	Astronomy & Astrophysics, 607, 2017, S. A113
Format:	E-Article
Sprache:	Unbestimmt
veröffentlicht:	EDP Sciences
Schlagwörter:	Space and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Zusammenfassung:	<jats:p><jats:italic>Aims. </jats:italic>The scientific yield of current and future optical surveys is increasingly limited by systematic uncertainties in the flux calibration. This is the case for type Ia supernova (SN Ia) cosmology programs, where an improved calibration directly translates into improved cosmological constraints. Current methodology rests on models of stars. Here we aim to obtain flux calibration that is traceable to state-of-the-art detector-based calibration.</jats:p> <jats:p><jats:italic>Methods. </jats:italic>We present the SNIFS Calibration Apparatus (SCALA), a color (relative) flux calibration system developed for the SuperNova integral field spectrograph (SNIFS), operating at the University of Hawaii 2.2 m (UH 88) telescope.</jats:p> <jats:p><jats:italic>Results. </jats:italic>By comparing the color trend of the illumination generated by SCALA during two commissioning runs, and to previous laboratory measurements, we show that we can determine the light emitted by SCALA with a long-term repeatability better than 1%. We describe the calibration procedure necessary to control for system aging. We present measurements of the SNIFS throughput as estimated by SCALA observations.</jats:p> <jats:p><jats:italic>Conclusions. </jats:italic>The SCALA calibration unit is now fully deployed at the UH 88 telescope, and with it color-calibration between 4000 Å and 9000 Å is stable at the percent level over a one-year baseline.</jats:p>
Umfang:	A113
ISSN:	0004-6361 1432-0746
DOI:	10.1051/0004-6361/201731076