The Design and Development Status of the Cryogenic Receiver for the EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE)

Tim Rehm; Lee Bernard; Andrea Bocchieri; Nat Butler; Quentin Changeat; Azzurra D’Alessandro; Billy Edwards; John Gamaunt; Qian Gong; John Hartley; Kyle Helson; Logan Jensen; Daniel P. Kelly; Kanchita Klangboonkrong; Annalies Kleyheeg; Nikole Lewis; Steven Li; Michael Line; Stephen F. Maher; Ryan McClelland; Laddawan R. Miko; Lorenzo Mugnai; Peter Nagler; C. Barth Netterfield; Vivien Parmentier; Enzo Pascale; Jennifer Patience; Javier Romualdez; Subhajit Sarkar; Paul A. Scowen; Gregory S. Tucker; Augustyn Waczynski; Ingo Waldmann

doi:10.1117/12.2629588

The Design and Development Status of the Cryogenic Receiver for the EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE)

Tim Rehm, Lee Bernard, Andrea Bocchieri, Nat Butler, Quentin Changeat, Azzurra D’Alessandro, Billy Edwards, John Gamaunt, Qian Gong, John Hartley, Kyle Helson, Logan Jensen, Daniel P. Kelly, Kanchita Klangboonkrong, Annalies Kleyheeg, Nikole Lewis, Steven Li, Michael Line, Stephen F. Maher, Ryan McClellandLaddawan R. Miko, Lorenzo Mugnai, Peter Nagler, C. Barth Netterfield, Vivien Parmentier, Enzo Pascale, Jennifer Patience, Javier Romualdez, Subhajit Sarkar, Paul A. Scowen, Gregory S. Tucker, Augustyn Waczynski, Ingo Waldmann

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Abstract

The EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE) is an instrument dedicated to measuring spectroscopic phase curves of extrasolar giant planets. EXCITE will carry a moderate resolution near-infrared spectrograph and will fly on a long duration balloon mission. We give an overview of the mechanical and thermal design and development status of the EXCITE cryogenic receiver. Active cooling for the EXCITE cryostat is provided by two linear pulse-tube cryocoolers. We discuss cryocooler thermal performance, integration of the spectrometer and detector, and the mounting scheme that attaches the cryostat to the backplate of the telescope. To reject heat power from the cryocoolers, gravity-assisted copper-methanol thermosyphons will maintain cryocooler temperatures within 20 ^◦C of ambient temperature during operation. We discuss the results of preliminary thermal modeling of the thermosyphons as well as performance testing of a prototype built for in-lab verification.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX
Editors	Christopher J. Evans, Julia J. Bryant, Kentaro Motohara
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510653498
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629588
State	Published - 2022
Event	Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2022 - Montreal, Canada Duration: Jul 17 2022 → Jul 22 2022

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	12184
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2022
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	7/17/22 → 7/22/22

Keywords

atmospheres
balloon-borne instrumentation
cryogenics
exoplanets
phase curves
spectroscopy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Rehm, T., Bernard, L., Bocchieri, A., Butler, N., Changeat, Q., D’Alessandro, A., Edwards, B., Gamaunt, J., Gong, Q., Hartley, J., Helson, K., Jensen, L., Kelly, D. P., Klangboonkrong, K., Kleyheeg, A., Lewis, N., Li, S., Line, M., Maher, S. F., ... Waldmann, I. (2022). The Design and Development Status of the Cryogenic Receiver for the EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE). In C. J. Evans, J. J. Bryant, & K. Motohara (Eds.), Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX Article 121842I (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 12184). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629588

The Design and Development Status of the Cryogenic Receiver for the EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE). / Rehm, Tim; Bernard, Lee; Bocchieri, Andrea et al.
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. ed. / Christopher J. Evans; Julia J. Bryant; Kentaro Motohara. SPIE, 2022. 121842I (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 12184).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Rehm, T, Bernard, L, Bocchieri, A, Butler, N, Changeat, Q, D’Alessandro, A, Edwards, B, Gamaunt, J, Gong, Q, Hartley, J, Helson, K, Jensen, L, Kelly, DP, Klangboonkrong, K, Kleyheeg, A, Lewis, N, Li, S, Line, M, Maher, SF, McClelland, R, Miko, LR, Mugnai, L, Nagler, P, Netterfield, CB, Parmentier, V, Pascale, E, Patience, J, Romualdez, J, Sarkar, S, Scowen, PA, Tucker, GS, Waczynski, A & Waldmann, I 2022, The Design and Development Status of the Cryogenic Receiver for the EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE). in CJ Evans, JJ Bryant & K Motohara (eds), Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX., 121842I, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 12184, SPIE, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2022, Montreal, Canada, 7/17/22. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629588

Rehm T, Bernard L, Bocchieri A, Butler N, Changeat Q, D’Alessandro A et al. The Design and Development Status of the Cryogenic Receiver for the EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE). In Evans CJ, Bryant JJ, Motohara K, editors, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. SPIE. 2022. 121842I. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2629588

Rehm, Tim ; Bernard, Lee ; Bocchieri, Andrea et al. / The Design and Development Status of the Cryogenic Receiver for the EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE). Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. editor / Christopher J. Evans ; Julia J. Bryant ; Kentaro Motohara. SPIE, 2022. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).

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