Simulation of the performance of ESA's Herschel/SPIRE imaging fourier transform spectrometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5487, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 469-480

  Lindner, John V ^a   Naylor, David A ^a   Swinyard, Bruce M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Herschel; Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer; Software Simulation; SPIRE

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTRONOMY; BOLOMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; PHOTOMETERS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPECTROMETERS;

HERSCHEL MISSION; IMAGING FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER; SPECTRAL AND PHOTOMETRIC IMAGING RECEIVER (SPIRE); SPIRE;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 10044259868     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.551841     Document Type: Conference Paper

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