Overview of the Instrumentation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
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Abareshi B., Aguilar J.ORCID, Ahlen S.ORCID, Alam ShadabORCID, Alexander David M.ORCID, Alfarsy R., Allen L.ORCID, Prieto C. AllendeORCID, Alves O., Ameel J.ORCID, Armengaud E., Asorey J.ORCID, Aviles Alejandro, Bailey S.ORCID, Balaguera-Antolínez A.ORCID, Ballester O.ORCID, Baltay C., Bault A.ORCID, Beltran S. F.ORCID, Benavides B., BenZvi S., Berti A.ORCID, Besuner R., Beutler FlorianORCID, Bianchi D., Blake C., Blanc P., Blum R., Bolton A., Bose S.ORCID, Bramall D., Brieden S.ORCID, Brodzeller A.ORCID, Brooks D.ORCID, Brownewell C., Buckley-Geer E., Cahn R. N.ORCID, Cai Z.ORCID, Canning R., Capasso R.ORCID, Rosell A. CarneroORCID, Carton P., Casas R., Castander F. J.ORCID, Cervantes-Cota J. L.ORCID, Chabanier S.ORCID, Chaussidon E.ORCID, Chuang C.ORCID, Circosta C., Cole S.ORCID, Cooper A. P.ORCID, Costa L. da, Cousinou M.-C., Cuceu A.ORCID, Davis T. M.ORCID, Dawson K.ORCID, Cruz-Noriega R. de la, Macorra A. de la, Mattia A. de, Costa J. DellaORCID, Demmer P., Derwent M., Dey A.ORCID, Dey B.ORCID, Dhungana G.ORCID, Ding Z.ORCID, Dobson C., Doel P., Donald-McCann J., Donaldson J., Douglass K.ORCID, Duan Y.ORCID, Dunlop P., Edelstein J., Eftekharzadeh S., Eisenstein D. J.ORCID, Enriquez-Vargas M., Escoffier S.ORCID, Evatt M., Fagrelius P., Fan X.ORCID, Fanning K., Fawcett V. A.ORCID, Ferraro S., Ereza J.ORCID, Flaugher B., Font-Ribera A., Forero-Romero J. E., Frenk C. S.ORCID, Fromenteau S., Gänsicke B. T.ORCID, Garcia-Quintero C., Garrison L.ORCID, Gaztañaga E.ORCID, Gerardi F., Gil-Marín H., A Gontcho S. Gontcho, Gonzalez-Morales Alma X.ORCID, Gonzalez-de-Rivera G.ORCID, Gonzalez-Perez V.ORCID, Gordon C., Graur O.ORCID, Green D.ORCID, Grove C., Gruen D.ORCID, Gutierrez G., Guy J., Hahn C.ORCID, Harris S., Herrera D.ORCID, Herrera-Alcantar Hiram K.ORCID, Honscheid K., Howlett C., Huterer D.ORCID, Iršič V.ORCID, Ishak M.ORCID, Jelinsky P., Jiang L.ORCID, Jimenez J., Jing Y. P.ORCID, Joyce R.ORCID, Jullo E.ORCID, Juneau S.ORCID, Karaçaylı N. G.ORCID, Karamanis M.ORCID, Karcher A., Karim T.ORCID, Kehoe R.ORCID, Kent S.ORCID, Kirkby D.ORCID, Kisner T.ORCID, Kitaura F., Koposov S. E.ORCID, Kovács A.ORCID, Kremin A.ORCID, Krolewski Alex, L’Huillier B.ORCID, Lahav O., Lambert A., Lamman C., Lan Ting-Wen, Landriau M.ORCID, Lane S., Lang D.ORCID, Lange J. U., Lasker J.ORCID, Guillou L. LeORCID, Leauthaud A.ORCID, Van Suu A. LeORCID, Levi Michael E.ORCID, Li T. S.ORCID, Magneville C., Manera M., Manser Christopher J.ORCID, Marshall B., Martini PaulORCID, McCollam W., McDonald P.ORCID, Meisner Aaron M.ORCID, Mena-Fernández J.ORCID, Meneses-Rizo J.ORCID, Mezcua M., Miller T., Miquel R.ORCID, Montero-Camacho P., Moon J., Moustakas J.ORCID, Mueller E., Muñoz-Gutiérrez Andrea, Myers Adam D., Nadathur S.ORCID, Najita J., Napolitano L., Neilsen E.ORCID, Newman Jeffrey A.ORCID, Nie J. D.ORCID, Ning Y.ORCID, Niz G.ORCID, Norberg P.ORCID, Noriega Hernán E.ORCID, O’Brien T., Obuljen A.ORCID, Palanque-Delabrouille N.ORCID, Palmese A., Zhiwei P., Pappalardo D., PENG X.ORCID, Percival W. J.ORCID, Perruchot S., Pogge R.ORCID, Poppett C., Porredon A.ORCID, Prada F.ORCID, Prochaska J.ORCID, Pucha R.ORCID, Pérez-Fernández A., Pérez-Ràfols I.ORCID, Rabinowitz D.ORCID, Raichoor A.ORCID, Ramirez-Solano S., Ramírez-Pérez César, Ravoux C., Reil K., Rezaie M.ORCID, Rocher A., Rockosi C.ORCID, Roe N. A., Roodman A.ORCID, Ross A. J., Rossi G., Ruggeri R., Ruhlmann-Kleider V., Sabiu C. G.ORCID, Safonova S.ORCID, Said K.ORCID, Saintonge A.ORCID, Catonga Javier Salas, Samushia L.ORCID, Sanchez E.ORCID, Saulder C.ORCID, Schaan E.ORCID, Schlafly E., Schlegel D.ORCID, Schmoll J., Scholte D., Schubnell M., Secroun A.ORCID, Seo H.ORCID, Serrano S., Sharples Ray M.ORCID, Sholl Michael J., Silber Joseph HarryORCID, Silva D. R.ORCID, Sirk M., Siudek M., Smith A., Sprayberry D.ORCID, Staten R., Stupak B., Tan T., Tarlé GregoryORCID, Tie Suk SienORCID, Tojeiro R., Ureña-López L. A., Valdes F.ORCID, Valenzuela O.ORCID, Valluri M.ORCID, Vargas-Magaña M., Verde L.ORCID, Walther M.ORCID, Wang B.ORCID, Wang M. S.ORCID, Weaver B. A., Weaverdyck C., Wechsler R.ORCID, Wilson Michael J., Yang J.ORCID, Yu Y.ORCID, Yuan S.ORCID, Yèche ChristopheORCID, Zhang H.ORCID, Zhang K.ORCID, Zhao ChengORCID, Zhou RongpuORCID, Zhou ZhiminORCID, Zou H.ORCID, Zou J.ORCID, Zou S.ORCID, Zu Y.ORCID
Abstract
Abstract
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) embarked on an ambitious 5 yr survey in 2021 May to explore the nature of dark energy with spectroscopic measurements of 40 million galaxies and quasars. DESI will determine precise redshifts and employ the baryon acoustic oscillation method to measure distances from the nearby universe to beyond redshift z > 3.5, and employ redshift space distortions to measure the growth of structure and probe potential modifications to general relativity. We describe the significant instrumentation we developed to conduct the DESI survey. This includes: a wide-field, 3.°2 diameter prime-focus corrector; a focal plane system with 5020 fiber positioners on the 0.812 m diameter, aspheric focal surface; 10 continuous, high-efficiency fiber cable bundles that connect the focal plane to the spectrographs; and 10 identical spectrographs. Each spectrograph employs a pair of dichroics to split the light into three channels that together record the light from 360–980 nm with a spectral resolution that ranges from 2000–5000. We describe the science requirements, their connection to the technical requirements, the management of the project, and interfaces between subsystems. DESI was installed at the 4 m Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory and has achieved all of its performance goals. Some performance highlights include an rms positioner accuracy of better than 0.″1 and a median signal-to-noise ratio of 7 of the [O ii] doublet at 8 × 10−17 erg s−1 cm−2 in 1000 s for galaxies at z = 1.4–1.6. We conclude with additional highlights from the on-sky validation and commissioning, key successes, and lessons learned.
Funder
U.S. Department of Energy National Science Foundation
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Subject
Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics
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