Effects of Persistence on E2V Sensors and its Impacts on DC2 Data

Abstract

In this technote, I describe the measurements and characterization of the persistence effect with the E2V sensors. I will also describe the process that I used to evaluate the effects persistence would have on the LSST survey. For this, I took persistence characterization values from electro-optical testing and modified raw DC2 images to include this model of persistence. I then ran the raw images through the DRP and analyzed the results. I found that the persistence adds a possibly non-negligible amount of flux to faint sources and can affect a significant amount of pixels.