A cryogenic liquid-mirror telescope on the moon to study the early universe

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 680, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1582-1594

  Angel, Roger ^a   Worden, Simon P ^b   Borra, Ermanno F ^c   Eisenstein, Daniel J ^a   Foing, Bernard ^d   Hickson, Paul ^e   Josset, Jean Luc ^f   Ma, Ki Bui ^g   Seddiki, Omar ^c   Sivanandam, Suresh ^a   Thibault, Simon ^h   Van Susante, Paul ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d ESA/ESTEC/SCI S   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f Space X Space Exploration Institute ^*  (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^h ImmerVision   (Canada)

ⁱ Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Early universe; Infrared: general; Moon; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249083330     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588034     Document Type: Article

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