The Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: The science case

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7735, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Barton, Elizabeth J ^a   Larkin, James E ^b   Moore, Anna M ^c   Wright, Shelley A ^d   Crampton, David ^e   Simard, Luc ^e   Macintosh, Bruce ^f   Côté, Patrick ^e   Barth, Aaron J ^a   Ghez, Andrea M ^b   Lu, Jessica R ^c   Davidge, T J ^e   Law, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^f LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared Instrumentation; Integral Field Spectrograph; Science Case; Thirty Meter Telescope

Indexed keywords

BLACK HOLE FORMATION; CHEMICAL ABUNDANCE; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; DIVERSE FIELDS; EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES; EXO-PLANETS; FIELD OF VIEWS; HIGH-REDSHIFT; IMAGING SPECTROGRAPH; INFRARED INSTRUMENTATION; INITIAL MASS; INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROGRAPH; INTEGRAL FIELD UNIT; LOW-MASS GALAXIES; MILKY WAYS; PARAMETER SPACES; PLANETARY SYSTEM; REIONIZATION; SCIENCE CASE; SHEDDING LIGHT; STELLAR POPULATIONS; THIRTY METER TELESCOPE; AO; IMAGER; INSTRUMENTATION; NEAR INFRARED; TMT;

IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED DEVICES; INSTRUMENTS; KINEMATICS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPECTROGRAPHS; STARS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); ASTRONOMY; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CAMERAS; ERRORS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICA; WAVEFRONTS;

GALAXIES; FUSED SILICA;

EID: 78149238817     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.856521     Document Type: Conference Paper

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