南极望远镜软件系统:控制、监控与数据采集
天体物理仪器与方法
2012-10-19 v1 宇宙学与河外天体物理
摘要
我们介绍了用于控制和运行南极望远镜的软件系统。南极望远镜是一台 10 米口径的毫米波望远镜,旨在以角分角分辨率测量宇宙微波背景 (CMB) 的各向异性。在 2011/12 年的南极夏季,SPT 配备了一台新的偏振敏感相机,由 1536 个转变边缘传感器测辐射热计组成。这些测辐射热计使用 36 个独立的数字频率复用 (\dfmux) 读出板进行读出,每个读出板都有自己的嵌入式处理器。这些自主板通过板载软件和固件控制并读出来自焦平面的数据。运行在独立控制计算机上的整体控制软件系统控制着 \dfmux 板、低温恒温器以及望远镜运行的所有其他方面。该控制软件实时收集和监控数据,并将数据存储到磁盘上以便传输至美国进行分析。
引用
@article{arxiv.1210.4966,
title = {South Pole Telescope Software Systems: Control, Monitoring, and Data Acquisition},
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journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.4966},
year = {2012}
}