Workshop 6

MSSL

9-10 June 2003

 

Presentations

- Introduction (David Katz)

      1-  RVS design

- Opical design (Fanny Chemla)

- Mechanical and thermal Interface (John Coker & Berend Winter)

- Electrical design (Barry Hancock)

- Tilt mechanism (Pascal Vola)

      2-  Detection/selection and telemetry

- Detection, Selection, Payload Data Handling Electronics (Frédéric Arenou & Shan Mignot)

- Telemetry budget & compression ratio (Yves Viala)

- Selection strategy (Mark Cropper)

  3-  Calibration strategies and error budget

- Wavelength calibration (Françoise Crifo)

- Wavelength calibration using asteroids (Tomaz Zwitter)

- Optical characterisation of CCDs illuminated by a faint signal (D. Walton)

  4-  RVS simulator and GDASS

- RVS simulator and GDASS (David Katz)

  5-  RVS performances

- Discovering binaries with GAIA (Tomaz Zwitter)

- Derivation of radial velocities in crowded areas (Tomaz Zwitter)

- Derivation of radial velocities in crowded areas (Mark Cropper)

- Atmospheric parameters (Frédéric Thévenin)