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CTE in the Dark. An Empirical Pixel-Based Correction for CTE. TIPS/JIM January 21,2009 Jay Anderson Luigi Bedin. 30s, 47 Tuc Outer field. Shuffle. CTE/CTI. Steadily increasing problem for: STIS, ACS’s WFC, … WFC3? Was also bad for WFPC2, HRC Symptoms: Charge trails Loss of flux
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CTE in the Dark An Empirical Pixel-Based Correction for CTE TIPS/JIM January 21,2009 Jay Anderson Luigi Bedin
30s, 47 Tuc Outer field Shuffle
CTE/CTI Steadily increasing problem for: • STIS, ACS’s WFC, … WFC3? • Was also bad for WFPC2, HRC Symptoms: • Charge trails • Loss of flux Cause: • Traps within pixels that delay readout • Trap density increases linearly over time Traditional mediation: • Photometric correction ; astrometric? • Experimental pixel-based corrections • STIS: Bristow 2002+ • ACS: Massey et al 2010 • Theoretical plus empirical • New approach here: purely empirical readout observed
A Purely Empirical Plan PASP Paper in preparation with L. “R”. Bedin Inspired by • HVS project (PI-Oleg Gnedin) • Massey et al. (2010): WPs in COSMOS science data Plan: • Examine WPs in darks • Study two dimensions: • Profile scale: dependence on WP intensity • Profile drop-off: dependence on n • Focus: “Just numbers” • Lots of trails • First step: mechanics of measuring the trails
Empirical Trails Faint No “notch” channel apparent! Bright
Total Power in Tails TOTAL IN TAIL WP INTENSITY
A Simple, Empirical Model • Different traps affect different electrons • More traps affect lower-hanging electrons • (q): traps per pixel at each chg level • Different traps may have different release times • Follow release out to 100 pixels • Model: keep track of each trap’s state • All the charge? • What about shadowing? • Well known background effect • Leading pixels? • How to resolve?
WP~5000 What about Shadowing? Yes! Shadowing is essentially “perfect”! WP~2500 WP ? C R X ? C R
A Simple, Empirical Model [1] Different traps affect different electrons: (q) = trap density (total number) [2] Different traps may have different release times (n;q) = release profile [3] Perfect shadowing! Instantaneous filling of traps Readout Model’s Four Stages: (1) Shuffle out current cloud (2) Release trapped charge (3) Shuffle in new cloud (4) Trap new electrons
Correction Scheme Start with a readout model • Two parameters: 1) Trap density: (q) 2) Release profile: (n;q) • Input PIX(j) output PIX(j) Iterate • Find source function PORIG(j) that produces POBS(j) Optimize model: • Minimize trails in darks by varying (q) and (n;q) Independent tests: (1) Trails (2) Photometry (3) Astrometry (4) Shape
Faint Corrected WP Trail Residuals Adjust by hand the model parameters 1) density: (q) 2) profile: (n;q) Bright
Trap Density - vs - q Trap Profile (n;q) (q) Two Components of the Model
The tests… • Aesthetic test: trails gone? • Photometry: flux back? • Astrometry: flux in right place? • Shape: flux really in the right place?
47 Tuc Calibration Catalog 53,000 stars x,y,m
BRIGHT Photometric Residuals in Deep 339s 47 Tuc Images FAINT
BRIGHT: Near Saturation Photometric Residuals in Short 30s 47 Tuc Images FAINT: about 50 e- max
BRIGHT: Near Saturation Astrometric Residuals in Short 30s 47 Tuc Images FAINT: about 50 e- max
Bright What about shape? Faint Corrected
Summary 2-component model (q) and (n;q) • Pameters based solely on WPs in darks • Readout model, invert to get original pixels Tested against stars: • Images with backgrounds of 1.5 DN2 and 15 DN2 • Trails removed • Photometry/astrometry generally restored • Shape surprisingly good Remaining issues?
Ask me! Remaining Issues • Reminder: just a proof of concept • When best to do?_flt or _raw? • Either is ok • Pipeline modifications? • Use of darks, biases • Improvements: • Speed: 5 iterations = 10 minutes/exposure • Faint and bright extremes poorly constrained • Verify linear time behavior (pre SM4…) • Read-noise amplification • Should apply algorithm only to real structure • X-CTE • Yes, but…
Original “Smoothed” RN Component Decomposition
Original Repaired Original Repaired Modified Actual Change
Change for Original Change for RN-Smoothed Just the change