Evaluations of new atmospheric windows at thirty micron wavelengths for astronomy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8444, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Miyata, Takashi ^a   Sako, Shigeyuki ^a   Kamizuka, Takafumi ^a   Nakamura, Tomohiko ^a   Asano, Kentaro ^a   Uchiyama, Mizuho ^a   Konishi, Masahiro ^a   Yoneda, Mizuki ^b   Takato, Naruhisa ^c   Yoshii, Yuzuru ^a   Doi, Mamoru ^a   Kohno, Kotaro ^a   Kawara, Kimiaki ^a   Tanaka, Masuo ^a   Motohara, Kentaro ^a   Minezaki, Takeo ^a   Tanabe, Toshihiko ^a   Morokuma, Tomoki ^a   Tamura, Yoichi ^a   Aoki, Tsutomu ^a   Soyano, Takao ^a   Tarusawa, Ken'Ichi ^a   Takahashi, Hidenori ^a   Koshida, Shintaro ^a   Kato, Natsuko M ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atacama; Atmospheric effects; Chajnantor; Ground based observations; Mid infrared; Site survey

Indexed keywords

ATACAMA; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; CHAJNANTOR; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; MIDINFRARED; SITE SURVEYS;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; PHOTOCURRENTS;

INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 84871780884     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.925258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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