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Far-Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy with SAFIRE on SOFIAThe SOFIA airborne observatory will provide a high spatial resolution, low background telescope for far-infrared astrophysical investigations. Selected as a PI instrument for SOFIA, SAFIRE is an imaging Fabry-Perot spectrograph covering 100 micrometers - 655 micrometers, with spectral resolving power of approx. 1500 (200 kilometers per second). This resolution is well matched to extragalactic emission lines and yields the greatest sensitivity for line detection. SAFIRE will make important scientific contributions to the study of the powering of ULIRGs and AGN, the role of CII cooling in extragalactic star formation, the evolution of matter in the early Universe, and the energetics of the Galactic center. SAFIRE will employ a two-dimensional pop-up barometer array in a 16 x 32 format to provide background-limited imaging spectrometry. Superconducting transition edge barometers and SQUID amplifiers have been developed for these detectors.
Document ID
20020050264
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Shafer, Richard A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Benford, D. J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Irwin, K. D. (National Inst. of Standards and Technology Boulder, CO United States)
Moseley, S. H. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Pajot, F. (Institute of the Aerospace Sciences United States)
Stacey, G. J. (Cornell Univ. NY United States)
Staguhn, J. G. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Fisher, Richard R.
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2001
Subject Category
Astronomy
Meeting Information
Meeting: American Astronomical Society Meeting
Location: Washington, DC
Country: United States
Start Date: January 6, 2002
End Date: January 10, 2002
Sponsors: American Astronomical Society
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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