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5 March 2003 Performance of the infrared array camera (IRAC) for SIRTF during instrument integration and test
Joseph L. Hora, Giovanni G. Fazio, Lori E. Allen, Matthew L.N. Ashby, Pauline Barmby, Lynne K. Deutsch, Jiasheng Huang, S. Thomas Megeath, Michael A. Pahre, Brian Michael Patten, Zhong Wang, Steven P. Willner, William F. Hoffmann, J. Eric Mentzell, Peter Eisenhardt, Daniel Stern, Varoujan Gorjian, William J. Glaccum, Mark Lacy, Sean Carey, Jason A. Surace, William T. Reach, Judith L. Pipher, William J. Forrest, Craig R. McCreight
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Abstract
The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) is one of three focal plane instruments in the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF). IRAC is a four-channel camera that obtains simultaneous images at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8 microns. Two adjacent 5.12x5.12 arcmin fields of view in the SIRTF focal plane are viewed by the four channels in pairs (3.6 and 5.8 microns; 4.5 and 8 microns). All four detector arrays in the camera are 256x256 pixels in size, with the two shorter wavelength channels using InSb and the two longer wavelength channels using Si:As IBC detectors. We describe here the results of the instrument functional and calibration tests completed at Ball Aerospace during the integration with the cryogenic telescope assembly, and provide updated estimates of the in-flight sensitivity and performance of IRAC in SIRTF.
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Joseph L. Hora, Giovanni G. Fazio, Lori E. Allen, Matthew L.N. Ashby, Pauline Barmby, Lynne K. Deutsch, Jiasheng Huang, S. Thomas Megeath, Michael A. Pahre, Brian Michael Patten, Zhong Wang, Steven P. Willner, William F. Hoffmann, J. Eric Mentzell, Peter Eisenhardt, Daniel Stern, Varoujan Gorjian, William J. Glaccum, Mark Lacy, Sean Carey, Jason A. Surace, William T. Reach, Judith L. Pipher, William J. Forrest, and Craig R. McCreight "Performance of the infrared array camera (IRAC) for SIRTF during instrument integration and test", Proc. SPIE 4850, IR Space Telescopes and Instruments, (5 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461791
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KEYWORDS
Calibration

Camera shutters

Lamps

Short wave infrared radiation

Optical testing

Sensors

Telescopes

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