IRS: the Infrared Spectrograph on SIRTF

J. Houck; J. van Cleve; B. Brandl; V. Charmandaris; D. Devost; K. Uchida

IRS: the Infrared Spectrograph on SIRTF

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Authors: J. Houck , J. van Cleve , B. Brandl , V. Charmandaris , D. Devost , K. Uchida

Abstract

The Infrared Spectrograph (IRS)is one of the three instruments on board the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) to be launched in December 2001. The IRS will provide high resolution spectra R~600 from 10--37microns and low resolution spectra R~60 from 5.3--40microns Its high sensitivity and ``spectral mapping-mode'' make it a powerful instrument for observing both faint point-like and extended sources.

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Infrared Spectrograph SIRTF high resolution spectroscopy spectral mapping space telescope

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0003226,
  title  = {IRS: the Infrared Spectrograph on SIRTF},
  author = {J. Houck and J. van Cleve and B. Brandl and V. Charmandaris and D. Devost and K. Uchida},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0003226},
  year   = {2007}
}

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3 pages, 7 figures. To appear in the Proceedings of ``ISO beyond the Peaks'', Villafranca del Castillo, Spain 2-4 February 2000 (ESA SP-456, 2000). Higher resolution color images available at http://www.astro.cornell.edu/SIRTF

IRS: the Infrared Spectrograph on SIRTF

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