@inproceedings{57967367004c4a2aa6a595fc6df1093b,
title = "Eos: a FUV spectroscopic mission to observe molecular hydrogen in molecular clouds",
abstract = "Eos is a mission concept to be proposed to the expected 2025 NASA Small Explorers Announcement of Opportunity (SMEX AO). Eos observes molecular clouds in our galaxy and nearby planet forming disks to understand the link between star and planet formation and molecular hydrogen in galactic star forming regions. Eos does this using very long-slit, high resolution spectroscopy of far ultraviolet (FUV) emission from fluorescent molecular hydrogen (H2), a powerful and underutilized FUV diagnostic. H2 is the most abundant molecule in the universe, but is typically observed in the infrared (IR) or inferred via proxies such as CO. Eos will directly observe H2 via fluorescence, which can be stimulated from a range of sources (shocks, interstellar UV radiation, bright stars, etc). Here we briefly describe the science objectives of Eos, as well as the instrument implementation.",
keywords = "molecular clouds, molecular hydrogen, NASA SMEX, UV spectroscopy",
author = "Hamden, {Erika T.} and David Schiminovich and Turner, {Neal J.} and Blakesley Burkhart and Haworth, {Thomas J.} and Nicole Arulanantham and Haeun Chung and Shuo Kong and Keri Hoadley and Karen Willacy and Thavisha Dharmawardena and Kim, {Jinyoung S} and Shmuel Bialy and Lee, {Min Young} and Miles Smith and Elizabeth Luthman",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 SPIE.; Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray ; Conference date: 16-06-2024 Through 21-06-2024",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.1117/12.3017644",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "{den Herder}, {Jan-Willem A.} and Shouleh Nikzad and Kazuhiro Nakazawa",
booktitle = "Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024",
}