The science case and mission concept for the single aperture far-infrared (SAFIR) observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5487, Issue PART 3, 2004, Pages 1507-1521

  Lester, Daniel ^a   Benford, Dominic ^b   Blain, Andrew ^c   Bradford, C Matt ^d   Dragovan, Mark ^d   Langer, William ^d   Lawrence, Charles ^d   Leisawitz, David ^b   Mather, John ^b   Moseley, S Harvey ^b   Lee, Mundy ^e   Rieke, George ^f   Stacey, Gordon ^g   Yorke, Harold ^d   Young, Erick ^f  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e University of Maryland   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED SENSOR; INFRARED SPACE TELESCOPE; SINGLE APERTURE FAR INFRARED OBSERVATORY (SAFIR); SPACE SCIENCE;

ABSORPTION; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERICS; GALAXIES; OBSERVATORIES; SATELLITES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 10044255515     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.551335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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