@inproceedings{2c0bf635ee7642268e4d336655bc06ae,
title = "Orbiting Astronomical Satellite for Investigating Stellar Systems (OASIS): “Following water from galaxies, through protostellar systems, to oceans”",
abstract = "Orbiting Astronomical Satellite for Investigating Stellar Systems (OASIS) is a space-based, MIDEX-class mission concept that employs a 17-meter diameter inflatable aperture with cryogenic heterodyne receivers, enabling high sensitivity and high spectral resolution (resolving power >106) observations at terahertz frequencies. OASIS science is targeting submillimeter and far-infrared transitions of H2O and its isotopologues, as well as deuterated molecular hydrogen (HD) and other molecular species from 660 to 80 µm, which are inaccessible to ground-based telescopes due to the opacity of Earth{\textquoteright}s atmosphere. OASIS will have >20x the collecting area and ~5x the angular resolution of Herschel, and it complements the shorter wavelength capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope. With its large collecting area and suite of terahertz heterodyne receivers, OASIS will have the sensitivity to follow the water trail from galaxies to oceans, as well as directly measure gas mass in a wide variety of astrophysical objects from observations of the ground-state HD line. OASIS will operate in a Sun-Earth L1 halo orbit that enables observations of large numbers of galaxies, protoplanetary systems, and solar system objects during the course of its 1-year baseline mission. OASIS embraces an overarching science theme of “following water from galaxies, through protostellar systems, to oceans.” This theme resonates with the NASA Astrophysics Roadmap and the 2010 Astrophysics Decadal Survey, and it is also highly complementary to the proposed Origins Space Telescope{\textquoteright}s objectives.",
keywords = "Comets, Far-infrared spectroscopy, Galaxies, HD, Heterodyne spectroscopy, Moons, Planets, Proto-planetary disks, Submillimeter spectroscopy, Terahertz astronomy, Water",
author = "Walker, {Christopher K.} and Gordon Chin and Susanne Aalto and Anderson, {Carrie M.} and Arenberg, {Jonathan W.} and Cara Battersby and Edwin Bergin and Jenny Bergner and Nicolas Biver and Bjoraker, {Gordon L.} and John Carr and Thibault Cavali{\'e} and {de Beck}, Elvire and DiSanti, {Michael A.} and Paul Hartogh and Hunt, {Leslie K.} and Daewook Kim and Kulesa, {Craig A} and David Leisawitz and Joan Najita and Dimitra Rigopoulou and Kamber Schwarz and Yancy Shirly and Stark, {Antony A.} and Yuzuru Takashima and Xander Tielens and Serena Viti and David Wilner and Edward Wollack and Erick Young",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 SPIE.; Astronomical Optics: Design, Manufacture, and Test of Space and Ground Systems III 2021 ; Conference date: 01-08-2021 Through 05-08-2021",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1117/12.2594847",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Hull, {Tony B.} and Daewook Kim and Pascal Hallibert and Fanny Keller",
booktitle = "Astronomical Optics",
}