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Comprehensive data reduction package for the Immersion GRating INfrared Spectrograph: IGRINS

  • Chae Kyung Sim
  • , Huynh Anh Nguyen Le
  • , Soojong Pak
  • , Hye In Lee
  • , Wonseok Kang
  • , Moo Young Chun
  • , Ueejeong Jeong
  • , In Soo Yuk
  • , Kang Min Kim
  • , Chan Park
  • , Michael D. Pavel
  • , Daniel T. Jaffe

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Abstract

We present a Python-based data reduction pipeline package (PLP) for the Immersion GRating INfrared Spectrograph (IGRINS), an instrument that covers the complete H- and K-bands in one exposure with a spectral resolving power of 40,000. The reduction steps carried out by the PLP include flat-fielding, background removal, order extraction, distortion correction, wavelength calibration, and telluric correction using spectra of A type standard stars. As the spectrograph has no moving parts, the PLP automatically reduces the data using predefined functions for the processes of order extraction, distortion correction, and wavelength calibration. Before the telluric correction of the target spectra, the intrinsic hydrogen absorption features of the standard A star are removed with a Gaussian fitting algorithm. The final result is the flux of the target as a function of wavelength. Users can customize the predefined functions for the extraction of the spectrum from the echellogram and adjust the parameters for the fitting functions for the spectra of celestial objects, using "fine-tuning" options, as necessary. Presently, the PLP produces the best results for point-source targets.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1647-1656
Number of pages10
JournalAdvances in Space Research
Volume53
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2014

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
H. A. N. Le, S. Pak, and H.-I. Lee are partly supported by Creative Research Initiatives program of the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) , Grant No. 2009-0063616 , funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) . This work was partially supported by the BK21 plus program through the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education of Korea .

Keywords

  • Methods: data analysis
  • Techniques: spectroscopic

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