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SPIRou: a spectropolarimeter for the CFHT

SPIRou is a near-infrared spectropolarimeter and high-precision radial-velocity instrument, to be mounted on the 3.6m Canada-France-Hawaii telescope ontop Maunakea and to be offered to the CFHT community from 2018. It focuses on two main…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-07 C. Moutou , I. Boisse , G. Hebrard , E. Hebrard , J. -F. Donati , X. Delfosse , D. Kouach

PRIMA General Observer Science Book Volume 2

The PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) mission concept is a proposed mission to NASA's Astrophysics Probe Explorer (APEX) call. The concept features a cryogenically cooled 1.8 m diameter telescope, and is designed to carry…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-01 A. Moullet , D. Burgarella , T. Kataria , H. Beuther , C. Battersby , M. Cheng , T. Essinger-Hileman , H. Inami , E. Mills , T. Nagao , S. Unwin

The SPHEREx Satellite Mission

SPHEREx, a NASA explorer satellite launched on 11 March 2025, is carrying out the first all-sky near-infrared spectral survey. The satellite observes in 102 spectral bands from 0.75 to 5.0 um with a resolving power ranging from 35 to 130 in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-19 James J. Bock , Asad M. Aboobaker , Joseph Adamo , Rachel Akeson , John M. Alred , Farah Alibay , Matthew L. N. Ashby , Yoonsoo P. Bach , Lindsey E. Bleem , Douglas Bolton , David F. Braun , Sean Bruton , Sean A. Bryan , Tzu-Ching Chang , Shuang-Shuang Chen , Yun-Ting Cheng , James R. Cheshire , Yi-Kuan Chiang , Jean Choppin de Janvry , Samuel Condon , Walter R. Cook , Asantha Cooray , Brendan P. Crill , Ari J. Cukierman , Olivier Dore , C. Darren Dowell , Gregory P. Dubois-Felsmann , Tim Eifler , Spencer Everett , Beth E. Fabinsky , Andreas L. Faisst , James L. Fanson , Allen H. Farrington , Tamim Fatahi , Candice M. Fazar , Richard M. Feder , Eric H. Frater , Henry S. Grasshorn Gebhardt , Utkarsh Giri , Tatiana Goldina , Varoujan Gorjian , Salman Habib , William G. Hart , Chen Heinrich , Joseph L. Hora , Zhaoyu Huai , Howard Hui , Young-Soo Jo , Woong-Seob Jeong , Jae Hwan Kang , Miju Kang , Branislav Kecman , Chul-Hwan Kim , Jaeyeong Kim , Minjin Kim , Young-Jun Kim , Yongjung Kim , J. Davy Kirkpatrick , Yosuke Kobayashi , Phil M. Korngut , Elisabeth Krause , Bomee Lee , Ho-Gyu Lee , Jae-Joon Lee , Jeong-Eun Lee , Carey M. Lisse , Giacomo Mariani , Daniel C. Masters , Philip D. Mauskopf , Gary J. Melnick , Mary H. Minasyan , Jordan Mirocha , Hiromasa Miyasaka , Anne Moore , Bradley D. Moore , Giulia Murgia , Bret J. Naylor , Christina Nelson , Chi H. Nguyen , Hien T. Nguyen , Jinyoung K. Noh , Stephen Padin , Roberta Paladini , Sung-Joon Park , Konstantin I. Penanen , Dustin S. Putnam , Jeonghyun Pyo , Nesar Ramachandra , Keshav Ramanathan , Zafar Rustamkulov , Daniel J. Reiley , Eric B. Rice , Jennifer M. Rocca , Ji Yeon Seok , Roger Smith , Jeremy Stober , Sara Susca , Harry I. Teplitz , Michael P. Thelen , Volker Tolls , Gabriela Torrini , Amy R. Trangsrud , Stephen Unwin , Phani Velicheti , Pao-Yu Wang , Robin Y. Wen , Michael-W. -Werner , Abby E. Williams , Ross Williamson , James Wincentsen , Rogier A. Windhorst , Soung-Chul Yang , Yujin Yang , Michael Zemcov

Exoplanet Research with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)

When the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was conceived and its first science cases defined, exoplanets had not been detected. Later studies, however, showed that optical and near-infrared photometric and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-06 Daniel Angerhausen

Review of scientific topics for Millimetron space observatory

This paper describes outstanding issues in astrophysics and cosmology that can be solved by astronomical observations in a broad spectral range from far infrared to millimeter wavelengths. The discussed problems related to the formation of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-24 N. S. Kardashev , I. D. Novikov , V. N. Lukash , S. V. Pilipenko , E. V. Mikheeva , D. V. Bisikalo , D. S. Wiebe , A. G. Doroshkevich , A. V. Zasov , I. I. Zinchenko , P. B. Ivanov , V. I. Kostenko , T. I. Larchenkova , S. F. Likhachev , I. F. Malov , V. M. Malofeev , A. S. Pozanenko , A. V. Smirnov , A. M. Sobolev , A. M. Cherepashchuk , Yu. A. Shchekinov

The Herschel-SPIRE instrument and its in-flight performance

The Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE), is the Herschel Space Observatory`s submillimetre camera and spectrometer. It contains a three-band imaging photometer operating at 250, 350 and 500 microns, and an imaging Fourier…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 M. J. Griffin , A. Abergel , A. Abreu , P. A. R. Ade , P. André , J. -L. Augueres , T. Babbedge , Y. Bae , T. Baillie , J. -P. Baluteau , M. J. Barlow , G. Bendo , D. Benielli , J. J. Bock , P. Bonhomme , D. Brisbin , C. Brockley-Blatt , M. Caldwell , C. Cara , N. Castro-Rodriguez , R. Cerulli , P. Chanial , S. Chen , E. Clark , D. L. Clements , L. Clerc , J. Coker , D. Communal , L. Conversi , P. Cox , D. Crumb , C. Cunningham , F. Daly , G. R. Davis , P. De Antoni , J. Delderfield , N. Devin , A. Di Giorgio , I. Didschuns , K. Dohlen , M. Donati , A. Dowell , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , L. Dumaye , R. J. Emery , M. Ferlet , D. Ferrand , J. Fontignie , M. Fox , A. Franceschini , M. Frerking , T. Fulton , J. Garcia , R. Gastaud , W. K. Gear , J. Glenn , A. Goizel , D. K. Griffin , T. Grundy , S. Guest , L. Guillemet , P. C. Hargrave , M. Harwit , P. Hastings , E. Hatziminaoglou , M. Herman , B. Hinde , V. Hristov , M. Huang , P. Imhof , K. J. Isaak , U. Israelsson , R. J. Ivison , D. Jennings , B. Kiernan , K. J. King , A. E. Lange , W. Latter , G. Laurent , P. Laurent , S. J. Leeks , E. Lellouch , L. Levenson , B. Li , J. Li , J. Lilienthal , T. Lim , J. Liu , N. Lu , S. Madden , G. Mainetti , P. Marliani , D. McKay , K. Mercier , S. Molinari , H. Morris , H. Moseley , J. Mulder , M. Mur , D. A. Naylor , H. Nguyen , B. O'Halloran , S. Oliver , G. Olofsson , H. -G. Olofsson , R. Orfei , M. J. Page , I. Pain , P. Panuzzo , A. Papageorgiou , G. Parks , P. Parr-Burman , A. Pearce , C. Pearson , I. Pérez-Fournon , F. Pinsard , G. Pisano , J. Podosek , M. Pohlen , E. T. Polehampton , D. Pouliquen , D. Rigopoulou , D. Rizzo , I. G. Roseboom , H. Roussel , M. Rowan-Robinson , B. Rownd , P. Saraceno , M. Sauvage , R. Savage , G. Savini , E. Sawyer , C. Scharmberg , D. Schmitt , N. Schneider , B. Schulz , A. Schwartz , R. Shafer , D. L. Shupe , B. Sibthorpe , S. Sidher , A. Smith , A. J. Smith , D. Smith , L. Spencer , B. Stobie , R. Sudiwala , K. Sukhatme , C. Surace , J. A. Stevens , B. M. Swinyard , M. Trichas , T. Tourette , H. Triou , S. Tseng , C. Tucker , A. Turner , M. Vaccari , I. Valtchanov , L. Vigroux , E. Virique , G. Voellmer , H. Walker , R. Ward , T. Waskett , M. Weilert , R. Wesson , G. J. White , N. Whitehouse , C. D. Wilson , B. Winter , A. L. Woodcraft , G. S. Wright , C. K. Xu , A. Zavagno , M. Zemcov , L. Zhang , E. Zonca

The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope: 100 Hubbles for the 2020s

The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is a 2.4m space telescope with a 0.281 deg^2 field of view for near-IR imaging and slitless spectroscopy and a coronagraph designed for > 10^8 starlight suppresion. As background information…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-18 Rachel Akeson , Lee Armus , Etienne Bachelet , Vanessa Bailey , Lisa Bartusek , Andrea Bellini , Dominic Benford , David Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Ralph Bohlin , Martha Boyer , Valerio Bozza , Geoffrey Bryden , Sebastiano Calchi Novati , Kenneth Carpenter , Stefano Casertano , Ami Choi , David Content , Pratika Dayal , Alan Dressler , Olivier Doré , S. Michael Fall , Xiaohui Fan , Xiao Fang , Alexei Filippenko , Steven Finkelstein , Ryan Foley , Steven Furlanetto , Jason Kalirai , B. Scott Gaudi , Karoline Gilbert , Julien Girard , Kevin Grady , Jenny Greene , Puragra Guhathakurta , Chen Heinrich , Shoubaneh Hemmati , David Hendel , Calen Henderson , Thomas Henning , Christopher Hirata , Shirley Ho , Eric Huff , Anne Hutter , Rolf Jansen , Saurabh Jha , Samson Johnson , David Jones , Jeremy Kasdin , Patrick Kelly , Robert Kirshner , Anton Koekemoer , Jeffrey Kruk , Nikole Lewis , Bruce Macintosh , Piero Madau , Sangeeta Malhotra , Kaisey Mandel , Elena Massara , Daniel Masters , Julie McEnery , Kristen McQuinn , Peter Melchior , Mark Melton , Bertrand Mennesson , Molly Peeples , Matthew Penny , Saul Perlmutter , Alice Pisani , Andrés Plazas , Radek Poleski , Marc Postman , Clément Ranc , Bernard Rauscher , Armin Rest , Aki Roberge , Brant Robertson , Steven Rodney , James Rhoads , Jason Rhodes , Russell Ryan , Kailash Sahu , David Sand , Dan Scolnic , Anil Seth , Yossi Shvartzvald , Karelle Siellez , Arfon Smith , David Spergel , Keivan Stassun , Rachel Street , Louis-Gregory Strolger , Alexander Szalay , John Trauger , M. A. Troxel , Margaret Turnbull , Roeland van der Marel , Anja von der Linden , Yun Wang , David Weinberg , Benjamin Williams , Rogier Windhorst , Edward Wollack , Hao-Yi Wu , Jennifer Yee , Neil Zimmerman

Euclid. III. The NISP Instrument

The Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) on board the Euclid satellite provides multiband photometry and R>=450 slitless grism spectroscopy in the 950-2020nm wavelength range. In this reference article we illuminate the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-30 Euclid Collaboration , K. Jahnke , W. Gillard , M. Schirmer , A. Ealet , T. Maciaszek , E. Prieto , R. Barbier , C. Bonoli , L. Corcione , S. Dusini , F. Grupp , F. Hormuth , S. Ligori , L. Martin , G. Morgante , C. Padilla , R. Toledo-Moreo , M. Trifoglio , L. Valenziano , R. Bender , F. J. Castander , B. Garilli , P. B. Lilje , H. -W. Rix , N. Auricchio , A. Balestra , J. -C. Barriere , P. Battaglia , M. Berthe , C. Bodendorf , T. Boenke , W. Bon , A. Bonnefoi , A. Caillat , V. Capobianco , M. Carle , R. Casas , H. Cho , A. Costille , F. Ducret , S. Ferriol , E. Franceschi , J. -L. Gimenez , W. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , M. Jhabvala , R. Kohley , B. Kubik , R. Laureijs , D. Le Mignant , I. Lloro , E. Medinaceli , Y. Mellier , G. Polenta , G. D. Racca , A. Renzi , J. -C. Salvignol , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , M. Seiffert , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , P. Strada , G. Smadja , L. Stanco , S. Wachter , S. Anselmi , E. Borsato , L. Caillat , F. Cogato , C. Colodro-Conde , P. -E. Crouzet , V. Conforti , M. D'Alessandro , Y. Copin , J. -C. Cuillandre , J. E. Davies , S. Davini , A. Derosa , J. J. Diaz , S. Di Domizio , D. Di Ferdinando , R. Farinelli , A. G. Ferrari , F. Fornari , L. Gabarra , C. M. Gutierrez , F. Giacomini , P. Lagier , F. Gianotti , O. Krause , F. Madrid , F. Laudisio , J. Macias-Perez , G. Naletto , M. Niclas , J. Marpaud , N. Mauri , R. da Silva , F. Passalacqua , K. Paterson , L. Patrizii , I. Risso , B. G. B. Solheim , M. Scodeggio , P. Stassi , J. Steinwagner , M. Tenti , G. Testera , R. Travaglini , S. Tosi , A. Troja , O. Tubio , C. Valieri , C. Vescovi , S. Ventura , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , J. Amiaux , S. Andreon , H. Aussel , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , A. Basset , A. Bonchi , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , P. -Y. Chabaud , A. Cimatti , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , J. -G. Cuby , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , A. M. Di Giorgio , J. Dinis , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , M. Fabricius , M. Farina , S. Farrens , F. Faustini , P. Fosalba , S. Fotopoulou , N. Fourmanoit , M. Frailis , P. Franzetti , S. Galeotta , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , P. Gómez-Alvarez , B. R. Granett , A. Grazian , L. Guzzo , M. Hailey , S. V. H. Haugan , J. Hoar , H. Hoekstra , I. Hook , P. Hudelot , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , T. Kitching , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , O. Lahav , V. Lindholm , J. Lorenzo Alvarez , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , J. Martignac , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , D. C. Masters , S. Maurogordato , H. J. McCracken , S. Mei , M. Melchior , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , J. J. Mohr , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , R. Nakajima , R. C. Nichol , S. -M. Niemi , T. Nutma , K. Paech , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , J. A. Peacock , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Refregier , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , C. Rosset , E. Rossetti , H. J. A. Rottgering , R. Saglia , D. Sapone , M. Sauvage , R. Scaramella , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , S. Serrano , P. Tallada-Crespí , D. Tavagnacco , A. N. Taylor , H. I. Teplitz , I. Tereno , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , D. Vibert , Y. Wang , J. Weller , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , F. M. Zerbi , J. Zoubian , E. Zucca , P. N. Appleton , C. Baccigalupi , A. Biviano , M. Bolzonella , A. Boucaud , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , M. Calabrese , P. Casenove , M. Crocce , G. De Lucia , J. A. Escartin Vigo , G. Fabbian , F. Finelli , K. George , J. Gracia-Carpio , S. Ilić , P. Liebing , C. Liu , G. Mainetti , S. Marcin , M. Martinelli , P. W. Morris , C. Neissner , A. Pezzotta , M. Pöntinen , C. Porciani , Z. Sakr , V. Scottez , E. Sefusatti , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , V. Allevato , E. Aubourg , M. Ballardini , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , S. Borgani , A. S. Borlaff , S. Bruton , R. Cabanac , A. Calabro , G. Calderone , G. Canas-Herrera , A. Cappi , C. S. Carvalho , G. Castignani , T. Castro , K. C. Chambers , Y. Charles , R. Chary , J. Colbert , S. Contarini , T. Contini , A. R. Cooray , M. Costanzi , O. Cucciati , B. De Caro , S. de la Torre , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , H. Dole , S. Escoffier , P. G. Ferreira , I. Ferrero , A. Finoguenov , A. Fontana , K. Ganga , J. García-Bellido , V. Gautard , E. Gaztanaga , G. Gozaliasl , A. Gregorio , A. Hall , W. G. Hartley , S. Hemmati , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , S. Hosseini , M. Huertas-Company , O. Ilbert , J. Jacobson , S. Joudaki , J. J. E. Kajava , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , C. C. Kirkpatrick , F. Lacasa , V. Le Brun , J. Le Graet , L. Legrand , G. Libet , S. J. Liu , A. Loureiro , M. Magliocchetti , C. Mancini , F. Mannucci , R. Maoli , C. J. A. P. Martins , S. Matthew , L. Maurin , C. J. R. McPartland , R. B. Metcalf , M. Migliaccio , M. Miluzio , P. Monaco , C. Moretti , S. Nadathur , L. Nicastro , Nicholas A. Walton , J. Odier , M. Oguri , V. Popa , D. Potter , A. Pourtsidou , P. -F. Rocci , R. P. Rollins , B. Rusholme , M. Sahlén , A. G. Sánchez , C. Scarlata , J. Schaye , J. A. Schewtschenko , A. Schneider , M. Schultheis , M. Sereno , F. Shankar , A. Shulevski , G. Sikkema , A. Silvestri , P. Simon , A. Spurio Mancini , J. Stadel , S. A. Stanford , K. Tanidis , C. Tao , N. Tessore , R. Teyssier , S. Toft , M. Tucci , J. Valiviita , D. Vergani , F. Vernizzi , G. Verza , P. Vielzeuf , J. R. Weaver , L. Zalesky , I. A. Zinchenko , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , C. L. Bennett , T. Bouvard , F. Caro , S. Conseil , P. Dimauro , P. -A. Duc , Y. Fang , A. M. N. Ferguson , T. Gasparetto , I. Kova{č}ić , S. Kruk , A. M. C. Le Brun , T. I. Liaudat , A. Montoro , A. Mora , C. Murray , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , M. Radovich , E. Sarpa , E. Tommasi , A. Viitanen , J. Lesgourgues , M. E. Levi , J. Martín-Fleitas

In-flight performance and calibration of the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) for the Spitzer Space Telescope

The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) is one of three focal plane instruments on board the Spitzer Space Telescope. IRAC is a four-channel camera that obtains simultaneous broad-band images at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 microns in two nearly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. L. Hora , the IRAC team

CIRCE: The Canarias InfraRed Camera Experiment for the Gran Telescopio Canarias

The Canarias InfraRed Camera Experiment (CIRCE) is a near-infrared (1-2.5 micron) imager, polarimeter and low-resolution spectrograph operating as a visitor instrument for the Gran Telescopio Canarias 10.4-meter telescope. It was designed…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-19 Stephen S. Eikenberry , Miguel Charcos , Michelle L. Edwards , Alan Garner , Nestor Lasso-Cabrera , Richard D. Stelter , Antonio Marin-Franch , S. Nicholas Raines , Kendall Ackley , John G. Bennett , Javier A. Cenarro , Brian Chinn , H. Veronica Donoso , Raymond Frommeyer , Kevin Hanna , Michael D. Herlevich , Jeff Julian , Paola Miller , Scott Mullin , Charles H. Murphey , Chris Packham , Frank Varosi , Claudia Vega , Craig Warner , A. N. Ramaprakash , Mahesh Burse , Sunjit Punnadi , Pravin Chordia , Andreas Gerarts , Héctor de Paz Martín , María Martín Calero , Riccardo Scarpa , Sergio Fernandez Acosta , William Miguel Hernández Sánchez , Benjamin Siegel , Francisco Francisco Pérez , Himar D. Viera Martín , José A. Rodríguez Losada , Agustín Nuñez , Álvaro Tejero , Carlos E. Martín González , César Cabrera Rodríguez , Jordi Molgó Sendra , J. Esteban Rodriguez , J. Israel Fernádez Cáceres , Luis A. Rodríguez García , Manuel Huertas Lopez , Raul Dominguez , Tim Gaggstatter , Antonio Cabrera Lavers , Stefan Geier , Peter Pessev , Ata Sarajedini , A. J. Castro-Tirado

The Future of Millimetre and Submillimetre Cosmology

Using the submm array camera SCUBA on the 15-m JCMT it is now possible to conduct unbiased submm surveys and quantify the level of star-formation activity in the young Universe by observing the rest-frame FIR thermal emission from dust in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 David H. Hughes

The "PISCO" speckle camera at Pic du Midi Observatory

We present a new speckle camera designed and built at Observatoire Midi-Pyr\'{e}n\'{e}es. This focal instrument has been used for four years with the 2-meter Bernard Lyot Telescope of Pic du Midi observatory. It can be set in various…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-15 Jean-Louis Prieur , Laurent Koechlin , Christine André , Gérard Gallou , Christian Lucuix

Realizing 3D Spectral Imaging in the Far-Infrared: FIFI LS

We present a progress report on the design and construction of the Field-Imaging Far-Infrared Line Spectrometer (FIFI LS) for the SOFIA airborne observatory. The design of the instrument is driven by the goal of maximizing observing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 L. W. Looney , N. Geis , R. Genzel , W. K. Park , A. Poglitsch , W. Raab , D. Rosenthal , A. Urban , T. Henning

Scientific Goals of the Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey (KISS)

The high Antarctic plateau provides exceptional conditions for conducting infrared observations of the cosmos on account of the cold, dry and stable atmosphere above the ice surface. This paper describes the scientific goals behind the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-28 Michael Burton , Jessica Zheng , Jeremy Mould , Jeff Cooke , Michael Ireland , Syed Ashraf Uddin , Hui Zhang , Xiangyan Yuan , Jon Lawrence , Michael Ashley , Xuefend Wu , Chris Curtin , Lifan Wang

The Science Vision for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)

An updated Science Vision for the SOFIA project is presented, including an overview of the characteristics and capabilities of the observatory and first generation instruments. A primary focus is placed on four science themes: 'The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 T. L. Roellig , E. E. Becklin , N. J. Evans , J. M. De Buizer , M. Meixner , A. G. G. M. Tielens , G. J. Stacey , W. D. Vacca , J. N. Cuzzi , D. E. Backman

The assembly, characterization, and performance of SISTINE

The Suborbital Imaging Spectrograph for Transition region Irradiance from Nearby Exoplanet host stars (SISTINE) is a rocket-borne ultraviolet (UV) imaging spectrograph designed to probe the radiation environment of nearby stars. SISTINE…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-07 Nicholas Nell , Kevin France , Nicholas Kruczek , Brian Fleming , Stefan Ulrich , Patrick Behr , Manuel A. Quijada , Javier Del Hoyo , John Hennessy

Science with the World Space Observatory - Ultraviolet

The World Space Observatory-Ultraviolet (WSO-UV) will provide access to the UV range during the next decade. The instrumentation on board will allow to carry out high resolution imaging, high sensitivity imaging, high resolution (R~55000)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-05 Ana I. Gomez de Castro , Isabella Pagano , Mikhail Sachkov , Alain Lecavelier , Giampaolo Piotto , Rosa Gonzalez , Boris Shustov

All-Sky Near Infrared Space Astrometry

Gaia is currently revolutionizing modern astronomy. However, much of the Galactic plane, center and the spiral arm regions are obscured by interstellar extinction, rendering them inaccessible because Gaia is an optical instrument. An…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-19 Barbara McArthur , David Hobbs , Erik Høg , Valeri Makarov , Alessandro Sozzetti , Anthony Brown , Alberto Krone Martins , Jennifer Lynn Bartlett , John Tomsick , Mike Shao , Fritz Benedict , Eduardo Bendek , Celine Boehm , Charlie Conroy , Johan Peter Uldall Fynbo , Oleg Gnedin , Lynne Hillenbrand , Lennart Lindegren , David R. Rodriguez , Rick White , Slava Turyshev , Stephen Unwin , ChengXing Zhai

IR Spectrometer Project for the BTA Telescope

We introduce a project of new cooled infrared spectrometer-photometer for 6-m telescope BTA (Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Science Academy). The device would extend the wavelength range accessible for observations on the 6-m…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-10 V. L. Afanasiev , E. V. Emelianov , V. A. Murzin , V. F. Vdovin

Far-infrared polarimetry from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

Multi-wavelength imaging polarimetry at far-infrared wavelengths has proven to be an excellent tool for studying the physical properties of dust, molecular clouds, and magnetic fields in the interstellar medium. Although these wavelengths…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 J. E. Vaillancourt , D. T. Chuss , R. M. Crutcher , J. L. Dotson , C. D. Dowell , D. A. Harper , R. H. Hildebrand , T. J. Jones , A. Lazarian , G. Novak , M. W. Werner