In-flight characterisation of Herschel-SPIRE optical performances

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7731, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ferlet, Marc ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Far infrared; Herschel; Optical characterisation; Performances verification; SPIRE; Sub millimetre

Indexed keywords

FAR-INFRARED; HERSCHEL; OPTICAL CHARACTERISATION; PERFORMANCES VERIFICATION; SPIRE; SUB-MILLIMETRE;

BUILDINGS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ION BEAMS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOMAPPING; PHOTOMETRY; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; TOWERS;

INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 77958121443     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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