Cryogenic optical systems and instruments III; Proceedings of the Meeting, San Diego, CA, Aug. 17-19, 1988

Topics considered include the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) and superfluid helium on-orbit transfer (SHOOT), SIRTF cryogenic optics technology, and Cosmic Background Explorer scientific instruments, and the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) cryogenic subsystem. Attention is also given to the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), high-volume IR array testing and detector coolers, the development of IR detectors and associated electronics, and the Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer (CLAES).