FIFI-LS: The Field-Imaging Far-Infrared Line Spectrometer on SOFIA
| Autor: | Felix Rebell, Fabio Fumi, Simon Beckmann, Thomas Henning, Aaron Bryant, Christopher Q. Trinh, Albrecht Poglitsch, Randolf Klein, Norbert Geis, Sebastian Colditz, M. Schweitzer, Mourad Hamidouche, Christof Iserlohe, Christian Fischer, Walfried Raab, Alfred Krabbe, Dirk Rosenthal, Rainer Hönle, M. Savage, William D. Vacca, Leslie W. Looney |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Physics
Spectrometer Field (physics) far-Infrared 010308 nuclear & particles physics Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics Atmosphärenprozessoren 01 natural sciences FIFI-LS Far infrared 0103 physical sciences spectrometer 010303 astronomy & astrophysics Instrumentation Integral field spectroscopy SOFIA Line (formation) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation |
| Popis: | We describe the design of the Field-Imaging Far-Infrared Line Spectrometer (FIFI-LS), operated as a Facility-Class instrument on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). FIFI-LS is an imaging spectrometer for medium resolution spectroscopy. Since being commissioned in 2014, it has performed over 50 SOFIA commissioning and science flights. After operating as a principal investigator instrument in 2014 and early 2015, it was accepted as a Facility Science Instrument in 2015. In addition to the description of the design, we report on the in-flight performance and the concept of operation. We also provide an overview of the science opportunities with FIFI-LS and describe how FIFI-LS observations complement and complete observations with the PACS instrument on the Herschel observatory. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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