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Published October 12, 2004 | Version Published
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First results from Herschel-SPIRE performance tests

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  • 1. ROR icon Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
  • 2. ROR icon Jet Propulsion Lab
  • 3. ROR icon Cardiff University
  • 4. ROR icon European Space Research and Technology Centre
  • 5. ROR icon University of Lethbridge
  • 6. ROR icon California Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The Spectral and Photometric Imaging REceiver (SPIRE) is one of the three scientific instruments on the European Space Agency's Herschel mission. At the start of 2004 the Cryogenic Qualification Model (CQM) of SPIRE was tested with the aim of verifying the instrument system design and evaluating key performance parameters. We present a description of the test facility, an overview of the instrument tests carried out on the CQM, and the first results from the analysis of the test data. Instrument optical efficiency and detector noise levels are close to the values expected from unit-level tests, and the SPIRE instrument system works well, with no degradation in performance from stray light, electromagnetic interference or microphonically induced noise. Some anomalies and imperfections in the instrument performance, test set-up, and test procedures have been identified and will be addressed in the next test campaign.

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© 2004 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.

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Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) , Physics Department
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Proceedings of SPIE
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5487