Mission concept for the Single Aperture Far-Infrared (SAFIR) observatory

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 294, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 177-212

  Benford, Dominic J ^a   Amato, Michael J ^a   Mather, John C ^a   Moseley Jr , S Harvey ^a   Leisawitz, David T ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Far infrared; SAFIR; Submillimeter; Telescope

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244362579     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-004-5377-4     Document Type: Article

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