起源太空望远镜
天体物理仪器与方法
2018-09-21 v1 地球与行星天体物理
星系天体物理
太阳与恒星天体物理
摘要
起源太空望远镜（Origins Space Telescope）是NASA赞助、供2020年美国天体物理十年巡天评审的四大任务概念研究之一，它将开启红外波段前所未有的发现空间，揭示我们的宇宙起源。本文简要描述OST的关键科学主题与架构。相较以往或计划中的任何任务，OST灵敏度提升高达1000倍，将开启前所未有的发现空间，使我们得以透过充满可能性的红外窗口窥探。OST将从根本上改变我们对宇宙起源的理解——从星系与黑洞的生长，到追踪水的踪迹、邻近类地行星的生命迹象，乃至未曾设想的发现。OST构建为高度适应性强，在应对天体物理众多领域关键科学的同时，将开创红外天文学的新时代。
引用
@article{arxiv.1809.07351,
title = {The Origins Space Telescope},
author = {Cara Battersby and Lee Armus and Edwin Bergin and Tiffany Kataria and Margaret Meixner and Alexandra Pope and Kevin B. Stevenson and Asantha Cooray and David Leisawitz and Douglas Scott and James Bauer and C. Matt Bradford and Kimberly Ennico and Jonathan J. Fortney and Lisa Kaltenegger and Gary J. Melnick and Stefanie N. Milam and Desika Narayanan and Deborah Padgett and Klaus Pontoppidan and Thomas Roellig and Karin Sandstrom and Kate Y. L. Su and Joaquin Vieira and Edward Wright and Jonas Zmuidzinas and Johannes Staguhn and Kartik Sheth and Dominic Benford and Eric E. Mamajek and Susan G. Neff and Sean Carey and Denis Burgarella and Elvire De Beck and Maryvonne Gerin and Frank P. Helmich and S. Harvey Moseley and Itsuki Sakon and Martina C. Wiedner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.07351},
year = {2018}
}
备注
Published in Nature Astronomy. This 7-page PDF is the submitted version - here is a free link to the published article: https://rdcu.be/3Rtt