2026/08/01 by A. Meoli, O. Iwert, E. George +5
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph.IM
paper · pdf · doi:10.1117/12.3095440
arxiv created 2026/08/01 · arxiv updated 2026/08/04
The Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) is a proposed 12 m wide-field spectroscopic facility combining several multi-object spectrographs. It requires a yet unprecedented number of detectors. In this paper we present conceptual architecture for the detector controller and infrastructure required to operate a large number of detectors, potentially applicable to WST, focusing on the system-level, power distribution, and the associated data handling. We also consider how these elements may evolve over the expected development timeline of such a facility. Motivated by the scale of the problem, we outline a possible distributed detector-controller architecture, based on modular units placed close to the detectors and networked backend electronics.