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Mission Concept, Science, and Technology of the PRIMA Astrophysics ProbePRIMA addresses questions about the origins and growth of planets, supermassive black holes, stars, and dust. Much of the radiant energy from these formation processes is obscured and only emerges in the far infrared (IR) where PRIMA observes (24–261 um). PRIMA’s PI science program (25% of its 5-year mission) focuses on three questions and feeds a rich archival Guest Investigator program: How do exoplanets form and what are the origins of their atmospheres? How do galaxies’ black holes and stellar masses co-evolve over cosmic time? How do interstellar dust and metals build up in galaxies over time? PRIMA provides access to atomic (C, N, O, Ne) and molecular lines (HD, H2O, OH), redshifted PAH emission bands, and far-IR dust emission. PRIMA’s 1.8-m, 4.5-K telescope serves two instruments using sensitive KIDs: the Far-InfraRed Enhanced Survey Spectrometer (continuous, high-resolution spectral coverage with over an order of magnitude improvement in spectral line sensitivity and 3-5 orders of magnitude improvement in spectral survey speed) and the PRIMA Imager (hyperspectral imaging, broadband polarimetry). PRIMA opens new discovery space with 75% of the time for General Observers.
Document ID
20240007889
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Jason Glenn
(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, United States)
Margaret Meixner
(Jet Propulsion Laboratory La Cañada Flintridge, United States)
Matt Bradford
(Jet Propulsion Laboratory La Cañada Flintridge, United States)
Klaus Pontoppidan
(Jet Propulsion Laboratory La Cañada Flintridge, United States)
Alexandra Pope ORCID
(University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst Center, United States)
Date Acquired
June 21, 2024
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Meeting Information
Meeting: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation
Location: Yokohama
Country: JP
Start Date: June 16, 2024
End Date: June 21, 2024
Sponsors: Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation
Funding Number(s)
WBS: 141108.04.02.01.89
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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