Speaker
Donna Kubik
(Fermilab)
Description
The Dark Energy Survey Camera (DECam) will be comprised of a mosaic of 74 charge-coupled devices (CCDs). The DES science goals set stringent technical requirements for the CCDs. The CCDs are provided by LBNL with valuable cold probe data at -40 deg C, providing an indication of which CCDs are more likely to pass. After comprehensive testing of 270 CCDs at -100 deg C, 124 qualify as science grade. Testing this large number of CCDs to determine which best meet the DES requirements is a very time-consuming task. We developed a multistage testing program to automatically collect and analyze CCD test data.
Author
Donna Kubik
(Fermilab)
