核心概念
本文探討了在薇拉·魯賓天文台的 LSST 相機電光測試中發現的「天氣」現象,該現象是由相機內部空氣流動引起的干涉圖案,並模擬分析其對點擴散函數的影響。
統計資料
在高於 50000e-/像素的通量下,「天氣」模式更加明顯。
2D 相關函數顯示,在 r > 100 像素時,所有三種情況都存在平台特徵。
模擬結果顯示,「天氣」情景下的平均 PSF sigma 為 1.0715 ± 0.005,「無天氣」情景下的平均 PSF sigma 為 1.0710 ± 0.005,而「增強天氣」情景下的平均 PSF sigma 為 1.129 ± 0.005。
引述
“When we first constructed a PTC for the integrated LSSTCam, we calculated the pixel correlations using methods similar to [1] and noticed there was unexpected degree of pixel correlation between different pixel pairs, with correlations extending roughly two to four times higher than expected.”
“We found a turbulent weather-like pattern in difference images that is persistent at low levels (10−3) in high-flux (half full-well) flat images across the entire focal plane.”
“This suggests that the difference patterns in Figure 3 are due to the turbulence of the air inside the camera body caused by the VPC, possibly close to the L3 where the VPC nozzle exists.”
“The combination of diverging light, large focal ratio number, and short flash times, leads to detectable turbulence effects in the EO test flat images.”
“This shows that the weather effect is minimized due to the fast optical system (f/1.2) and should not affect the LSST.”