The space infrared interferometric telescope (SPIRIT): High-resolution imaging and spectroscopy in the far-infrared

David Leisawitz; Charles Baker; Amy Barger; Dominic Benford; Andrew Blain; Rob Boyle; Richard Broderick; Jason Budinoff; John Carpenter; Richard Caverly; Phil Chen; Steve Cooley; Christine Cottingham; Julie Crooke; Dave DiPietro; Mike DiPirro; Michael Femiano; Art Ferrer; Jacqueline Fischer; Jonathan P. Gardner; Lou Hallock; Kenny Harris; Kate Hartman; Martin Harwit; Lynne Hillenbrand; Tupper Hyde; Drew Jones; Jim Kellogg; Alan Kogut; Marc Kuchner; Bill Lawson; Javier Lecha; Maria Lecha; Amy Mainzer; Jim Mannion; Anthony Martino; Paul Mason; John Mather; Gibran McDonald; Rick Mills; Lee Mundy; Stan Ollendorf; Joe Pellicciotti; Dave Quinn; Kirk Rhee; Stephen Rinehart; Tim Sauerwine; Robert Silverberg; Terry Smith; Gordon Stacey; H. Philip Stahl; Johannes Staguhn; Steve Tompkins; June Tveekrem; Sheila Wall; Mark Wilson

doi:10.1016/j.asr.2007.05.081

The space infrared interferometric telescope (SPIRIT): High-resolution imaging and spectroscopy in the far-infrared

David Leisawitz
, Charles Baker
, Amy Barger
, Dominic Benford
, Andrew Blain
, Rob Boyle
, Richard Broderick
, Jason Budinoff
, John Carpenter
, Richard Caverly
, Phil Chen
, Steve Cooley
, Christine Cottingham
, Julie Crooke
, Dave DiPietro
, Mike DiPirro
, Michael Femiano
, Art Ferrer
, Jacqueline Fischer
, Jonathan P. Gardner

Lou Hallock, Kenny Harris, Kate Hartman, Martin Harwit, Lynne Hillenbrand, Tupper Hyde, Drew Jones, Jim Kellogg, Alan Kogut, Marc Kuchner, Bill Lawson, Javier Lecha, Maria Lecha, Amy Mainzer, Jim Mannion, Anthony Martino, Paul Mason, John Mather, Gibran McDonald, Rick Mills, Lee Mundy, Stan Ollendorf, Joe Pellicciotti, Dave Quinn, Kirk Rhee, Stephen Rinehart, Tim Sauerwine, Robert Silverberg, Terry Smith, Gordon Stacey, H. Philip Stahl, Johannes Staguhn, Steve Tompkins, June Tveekrem, Sheila Wall, Mark Wilson

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Abstract

We report results of a recently-completed pre-formulation phase study of SPIRIT, a candidate NASA Origins Probe mission. SPIRIT is a spatial and spectral interferometer with an operating wavelength range 25-400 μm. SPIRIT will provide sub-arcsecond resolution images and spectra with resolution R = 3000 in a 1′ field of view to accomplish three primary scientific objectives: (1) learn how planetary systems form from protostellar disks, and how they acquire their inhomogeneous composition; (2) characterize the family of extrasolar planetary systems by imaging the structure in debris disks to understand how and where planets of different types form; and (3) learn how high-redshift galaxies formed and merged to form the present-day population of galaxies. Observations with SPIRIT will be complementary to those of the James Webb Space Telescope and the ground-based Atacama Large Millimeter Array. All three observatories could be operational contemporaneously.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	689-703
Number of pages	15
Journal	Advances in Space Research
Volume	40
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2007.05.081
State	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cryogenic optics
Infrared
Infrared detectors
Interferometry
Origins probe
Submillimeter

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Aerospace Engineering
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Geophysics
Atmospheric Science
Space and Planetary Science
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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Leisawitz, D., Baker, C., Barger, A., Benford, D., Blain, A., Boyle, R., Broderick, R., Budinoff, J., Carpenter, J., Caverly, R., Chen, P., Cooley, S., Cottingham, C., Crooke, J., DiPietro, D., DiPirro, M., Femiano, M., Ferrer, A., Fischer, J., ... Wilson, M. (2007). The space infrared interferometric telescope (SPIRIT): High-resolution imaging and spectroscopy in the far-infrared. Advances in Space Research, 40(5), 689-703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2007.05.081

Leisawitz, D, Baker, C, Barger, A, Benford, D, Blain, A, Boyle, R, Broderick, R, Budinoff, J, Carpenter, J, Caverly, R, Chen, P, Cooley, S, Cottingham, C, Crooke, J, DiPietro, D, DiPirro, M, Femiano, M, Ferrer, A, Fischer, J, Gardner, JP, Hallock, L, Harris, K, Hartman, K, Harwit, M, Hillenbrand, L, Hyde, T, Jones, D, Kellogg, J, Kogut, A, Kuchner, M, Lawson, B, Lecha, J, Lecha, M, Mainzer, A, Mannion, J, Martino, A, Mason, P, Mather, J, McDonald, G, Mills, R, Mundy, L, Ollendorf, S, Pellicciotti, J, Quinn, D, Rhee, K, Rinehart, S, Sauerwine, T, Silverberg, R, Smith, T, Stacey, G, Stahl, HP, Staguhn, J, Tompkins, S, Tveekrem, J, Wall, S & Wilson, M 2007, 'The space infrared interferometric telescope (SPIRIT): High-resolution imaging and spectroscopy in the far-infrared', Advances in Space Research, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 689-703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2007.05.081

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