Seeing galaxy formation with future IR observatories (SAFIR and SPIRIT/SPECS)

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Space 2005 Conference and Exposition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 365-372

  Lester, Dan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALAXY FORMATION; IR OBSERVATORIES; OPTICALLY OPAQUE DUST; ANGULAR RESOLUTION; DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION; LIGHTWEIGHT MIRRORS; LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETER; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SINGLE APERTURE FAR-INFRARED; TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES; VISION FOR SPACE EXPLORATION;

CATAPULTS (AIRCRAFT LAUNCHERS); INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETERS; OBSERVATORIES; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACE TELESCOPES; DUST; GALAXIES;

GALAXIES; OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 29544439070     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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