SOXS (SOn of X-Shooter) is a high-efficiency spectrograph with a mean Resolution-Slit product of 3500 over the entire band capable of simultaneously observing the complete spectral range 350-2000 nm. It consists of three scientific arms (the UV-VIS Spectrograph, the NIR Spectrograph and the Acquisition Camera) connected by the Common Path system to the NTT, and the Calibration Unit. We present an overview of the flow from the scientific to the technical requirements, and the realization of the sub-systems. Further, we give an overview of the methodologies used for planning and managing the assembly of the sub-systems, their integration and tests before the acceptance of the instrument in Europe (PAE) along with the plan for the integration of SOXS to the NTT. SOXS could be used as an example for the system engineering of an instrument of moderate complexity, with a large geographic spread of the team.
@article{arxiv.2209.07209,
title = {SOXS AIT: a paradigm for system engineering of a medium class telescope instrument},
author = {Riccardo Claudi and Kalyan Radhakrishnan and Federico Battaini and Sergio Campana and Pietro Schipani and Matteo Aliverti and Jose Antonio Araiza-Duran and Andrea Baruffolo and Sagi Ben-Ami and Anna Brucalassi and Giulio Capasso and Mirko Colapietro and Rosario Cosentino and Francesco D'Alessio and Paolo D'Avanzo and Rosario Di Benedetto and Sergio D'Orsi and Matteo Genoni and Ofir Hershko and Hanindyo Kuncarayakti and Marco Landoni and Matteo Munari and Giuliano Pignata and Michael Rappaport and Davide Ricci and Adam Rubin and Salvo Scuderi and Stephen Smartt and Fabrizio Vitali and David Young and Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez and Jani Achren and Iair Arcavi and Rachel Bruch and Enrico Cappellaro and Massimo Della Valle and Avishay Gal-Yam and Gianluca Li Causi and Luca Marafatto and Seppo Matila and Marco Riva and Bernardo Salasnich and Maximilian Stritzinger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.07209},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
12 pages, 4 Figures, SPIE: Astronomical Telescope + Instrumentation, Montreal 2022. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1812.07401