Gaia Radial Velocity Spectrometer
Abstract
This paper presents the specification, design, and development of the Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS) on the European Space Agency's Gaia mission. Starting with the rationale for the full six dimensions of phase space in the dynamical modelling of the Galaxy, the scientific goals and derived top-level instrument requirements are discussed, leading to a brief description of the initial concepts for the instrument. The main part of the paper is a description of the flight RVS, considering the optical design, the focal plane, the detection and acquisition chain, and the as-built performance drivers and critical technical areas. After presenting the pre-launch performance predictions, the paper concludes with the post-launch developments and mitigation strategies, together with a summary of the in-flight performance at the end of commissioning.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1804.09369,
title = {Gaia Radial Velocity Spectrometer},
author = {M. Cropper and D. Katz and P. Sartoretti and T. Prusti and J. H. J. de Bruijne and F. Chassat and P. Charvet and J. Boyadijan and M. Perryman and G. Sarri and P. Gare and M. Erdmann and U. Munari and T. Zwitter and M. Wilkinson and F. Arenou and A. Vallenari and A. Gómez and P. Panuzzo and G. Seabroke and C. Allende Prieto and K. Benson and O. Marchal and H. Huckle and M. Smith and C. Dolding and K. Janßen and Y. Viala and R. Blomme and S. Baker and S. Boudreault and F. Crifo and C. Soubiran and Y. Frémat and G. Jasniewicz and A. Guerrier and L. P. Guy and C. Turon and A. Jean-Antoine-Piccolo and F. Thévenin and M. David and E. Gosset and Y. Damerdji},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.09369},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
19 pages, 20 figures. Associated with the Gaia Data Release 2