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Background

Two STA5200 CCD detectors were received from STA on 31 August 2021.  The shipment included integrated CryoTel coolers with active vibration cancellation, two Archon detector drive units, two cooler control units, and all necessary interconnection cabling.

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The SN31179 system was installed to a vacuum chamber for laboratory testing.  Photos are available here.

A summary of the acceptance tests and results follows.


Vibration Tests

Initial tests to verify the 100nm positional stability requirement were carried out with the help of Georg Gassner