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AMICA: the Antarctic Mid-Infrared CAmera for the IRAIT telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2006

M. Giard ,
F. Casoli ,
F. Paletou ,
M. Dolci ,
G. Valentini ,
O. Straniero ,
G. Di Rico ,
M. Ragni ,
D. Pelusi  and
C. Giuliani
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M. Dolci
Affiliation:
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Collurania Teramo, via Maggini, 64100 Teramo, Italy
G. Valentini
Affiliation:
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Collurania Teramo, via Maggini, 64100 Teramo, Italy
O. Straniero
Affiliation:
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Collurania Teramo, via Maggini, 64100 Teramo, Italy
G. Di Rico
Affiliation:
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Collurania Teramo, via Maggini, 64100 Teramo, Italy
M. Ragni
Affiliation:
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Collurania Teramo, via Maggini, 64100 Teramo, Italy
D. Pelusi
Affiliation:
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Collurania Teramo, via Maggini, 64100 Teramo, Italy
C. Giuliani
Affiliation:
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Collurania Teramo, via Maggini, 64100 Teramo, Italy
A. Di Cianno
Affiliation:
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Collurania Teramo, via Maggini, 64100 Teramo, Italy
I. Di Varano
Affiliation:
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Collurania Teramo, via Maggini, 64100 Teramo, Italy
G. Tosti
Affiliation:
Universitá degli Studi di Perugia, Piazza dell'Universitá 1, 06100 Perugia, Italy
M. Busso
Affiliation:
Universitá degli Studi di Perugia, Piazza dell'Universitá 1, 06100 Perugia, Italy
L. Corcione
Affiliation:
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, via Osservatorio 20, 10025 Pino Torinese (TO), Italy
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Abstract

We report a preliminary study of the main focal plane instrument for the IRAIT telescope, currently being built at INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Teramo. The basic requirements are those of a remotely-controlled camera aimed to perform 10- and 20-μm photometry from Dome-C in the standard bandpasses N and Q. Starting from the site properties and the science goals, the main components of AMICA (Antarctic Mid-Infrared CAmera) are described: a Si:As BIB array detector, sensitive in the range 2–28 μm; a fully reflective optical design; a cryostat modified in order to work at the extreme environmental conditions of the antarctic plateau; a cryocooler maintaining the operating temperature of 4.2 K without external intervention; an automatized and flexible control electronics.
AMICA is designed to fully exploit the unique mid-infrared observing conditions at Dome-C.

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Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 14: Dome C Astronomy and Astrophysics Meeting , 2005 , pp. 337 - 342
Copyright
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2005

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