Single aperture far-infrared observatory (SAFIR)

Paul M. Harvey; George H. Rieke; Daniel F. Lester; Dominic J. Benford

doi:10.1117/12.461746

Single aperture far-infrared observatory (SAFIR)

Paul M. Harvey, George H. Rieke, Daniel F. Lester, Dominic J. Benford

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Abstract

The study on the single aperture far-infrared telescopes (SAFIR) is presented. The two most critical requirements for SAFIR are aperture and operating temperature, assuming the emissivity is minimized to a level limited by optical coatings and reasonable stray light considerations. The aperture and telescope background emission determine its ultimate limiting sensitivity as well as the practical limit of the number of seconds of integration required to reach the confusion limit on the sky.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1097-1108
Number of pages	12
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4850
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461746
State	Published - 2002
Event	IR Space Telescopes and Instruments - waikoloa, HI, United States Duration: Aug 24 2002 → Aug 28 2002

Keywords

Far-Infrared
Space
Telescope

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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