MOMOS: The Multi-Object MKID Optical Spectrometer Simulator and Data Reduction Package

The Multi-Object MKID Optical Spectrometer (MOMOS) is a proposed visible wavelength spectrograph that uses microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) targeting an initial resolving power of 3500 for up to five fiber inputs. With their modest wavelength-resolving abilities, MKIDs take the place o...

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Main Authors: Crystal S. Kim, John I. Bailey III, Ronald A. López, W. Hawkins Clay, Benjamin A. Mazin
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astronomical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/adace4
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author Crystal S. Kim
John I. Bailey III
Ronald A. López
W. Hawkins Clay
Benjamin A. Mazin
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description The Multi-Object MKID Optical Spectrometer (MOMOS) is a proposed visible wavelength spectrograph that uses microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) targeting an initial resolving power of 3500 for up to five fiber inputs. With their modest wavelength-resolving abilities, MKIDs take the place of both the cross disperser and detector in the spectrograph. MKIDs lack read noise and dark current enabling noiseless post-observation rebinning and characterization of faint objects, as well as time-resolved photon-counting spectroscopy. This work presents a MOMOS simulator customizable for different MOMOS configurations. Treating simulator products as inputs, an algorithm was developed and implemented in the MOMOS data reduction package to calibrate and extract spectra.
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spelling doaj-art-9a53334ec40549df8cd7c42b3a46fbec2025-08-20T02:03:36ZengIOP PublishingThe Astronomical Journal1538-38812025-01-01169317610.3847/1538-3881/adace4MOMOS: The Multi-Object MKID Optical Spectrometer Simulator and Data Reduction PackageCrystal S. Kim0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5683-5950John I. Bailey III1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4272-263XRonald A. López2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2019-4995W. Hawkins Clay3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3568-7634Benjamin A. Mazin4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-1114Department of Physics, University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA ; crystalkim@ucsb.eduCaltech Optical Observatories, California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, CA 91125, USADepartment of Physics, University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA ; crystalkim@ucsb.eduDepartment of Physics, University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA ; crystalkim@ucsb.eduDepartment of Physics, University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA ; crystalkim@ucsb.eduThe Multi-Object MKID Optical Spectrometer (MOMOS) is a proposed visible wavelength spectrograph that uses microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) targeting an initial resolving power of 3500 for up to five fiber inputs. With their modest wavelength-resolving abilities, MKIDs take the place of both the cross disperser and detector in the spectrograph. MKIDs lack read noise and dark current enabling noiseless post-observation rebinning and characterization of faint objects, as well as time-resolved photon-counting spectroscopy. This work presents a MOMOS simulator customizable for different MOMOS configurations. Treating simulator products as inputs, an algorithm was developed and implemented in the MOMOS data reduction package to calibrate and extract spectra.https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/adace4Astronomical instrumentationAstronomical detectorsSpectrometers
spellingShingle Crystal S. Kim
John I. Bailey III
Ronald A. López
W. Hawkins Clay
Benjamin A. Mazin
MOMOS: The Multi-Object MKID Optical Spectrometer Simulator and Data Reduction Package
The Astronomical Journal
Astronomical instrumentation
Astronomical detectors
Spectrometers
title MOMOS: The Multi-Object MKID Optical Spectrometer Simulator and Data Reduction Package
title_full MOMOS: The Multi-Object MKID Optical Spectrometer Simulator and Data Reduction Package
title_fullStr MOMOS: The Multi-Object MKID Optical Spectrometer Simulator and Data Reduction Package
title_full_unstemmed MOMOS: The Multi-Object MKID Optical Spectrometer Simulator and Data Reduction Package
title_short MOMOS: The Multi-Object MKID Optical Spectrometer Simulator and Data Reduction Package
title_sort momos the multi object mkid optical spectrometer simulator and data reduction package
topic Astronomical instrumentation
Astronomical detectors
Spectrometers
url https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/adace4
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