Optical subsystems calibration and derived radiometric instrument response of the PHEBUS spectrometer on board of the BepiColombo Mission

Probing of Hermean By Ultraviolet Spectroscopy (PHEBUS) is a double spectrometer that will fly onboard of the BepiColombo mission. It will investigate the composition and dynamic of Mercury's exosphere to better understand the coupled surface - exosphere - magnetosphere system of the planet. Th...

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Published inJournal of instrumentation Vol. 7; no. 10; p. P10023
Main Authors Zuppella, P, Corso, A J, Polito, V, Mariscal, J F, Rouanet, N, Maria, J L, Nicolosi, P, Quemerais, E, Pelizzo, M G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IOP Publishing 01.10.2012
Subjects
Astrophysics
Calibration
Dynamical systems
Dynamics
Exosphere
Formalism
Instrumentation
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic
Missions
Physics
Sciences of the Universe
Spectrometers
Space instrumentation
Polarisation
Spectrometers
Spectral responses
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Summary:Probing of Hermean By Ultraviolet Spectroscopy (PHEBUS) is a double spectrometer that will fly onboard of the BepiColombo mission. It will investigate the composition and dynamic of Mercury's exosphere to better understand the coupled surface - exosphere - magnetosphere system of the planet. The radiometric calibration tests are ongoing and an approach based on the Mueller Matrix formalism has been adopted to determine the pure efficiency of the instrument. To our knowledge, this is the first time that a such complete method is applied to the calibration of space instrumentation.
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ISSN:1748-0221
1748-0221
DOI:10.1088/1748-0221/7/10/P10023