The Herschel-SPIRE instrument and its capabilities for extragalactic astronomy

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 612-619

  Griffin, Matthew ^a   Abergel, Alain ^b   Ade, Peter ^a   André, Philippe ^c   Baluteau, Jean Paul ^d   Bock, James ^e   Franceschini, Alberto ^f   Gear, Walter ^a   Glenn, Jason ^g   Griffin, Douglas ^h   King, Ken ^h   Lellouch, Emmanuel ⁱ   Madden, Suzanne ^c   Naylor, David ^j   Oliver, Seb ^k   Olofsson, Göran ^l   Page, Mat ^m   Perez Fournon, Ismael ⁿ   Rowan Robinson, Michael ^o   Saraceno, Paolo ^p   Sawyer, Eric ^h   Swinyard, Bruce ^h   Vigroux, Laurent ^q   Wright, Gillian ^r   more..

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^l STOCKHOLM OBSERVATORY   (Sweden)

^m UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^o IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^p INAF   (Italy)

^q INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^r UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Extragalactic surveys; Far infrared; Herschel

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

CIRCULAR FIELDS; EXTRAGALACTIC SURVEYS; HERSCHEL; SPECTRAL BANDS;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 34548132403     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.03.032     Document Type: Article

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