Science with an 8-meter to 16-meter optical/UV space telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7010, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Postman, Marc ^a   Brown, Tom ^a   Koekemoer, Anton ^a   Giavalisco, Mauro ^b   Unwin, Stephen ^c   Traub, Wesley ^c   Calzetti, Daniela ^b   Oegerle, William ^d   Shull, Michael ^e   Kilston, Steve ^f   Stahl, H Phillip ^g  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^g NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Astrophysics; Large space telescopes; UV optical space telescopes

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ANGULAR RESOLUTION; DARK MATTER HALOS; EXO-PLANETS; KEY COMPONENT; KINEMATIC MAPPING; LARGE APERTURE; LARGE SPACE TELESCOPES; MASS FUNCTIONS; MISSION CONCEPTS; RED SHIFT; RESEARCH AREAS; STELLAR MASS; SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES; TECHNOLOGY ROADMAPS; UV/OPTICAL SPACE TELESCOPES;

ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; GALAXIES; NASA; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE TELESCOPES; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 70349479849     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.787881     Document Type: Conference Paper

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