A Diffraction-Limited Far-Infrared Imager for the KAO

Paul  Harvey; Beverly J Smith; Cecilia Colome; James Difrancesco; Daniel F. Lester; D Sill

A Diffraction-Limited Far-Infrared Imager for the KAO

Paul Harvey
, Beverly J Smith
, Cecilia Colome
, James Difrancesco
, Daniel F. Lester
, D Sill

Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of Texas
University of Texas at Austin
University of Arizona
IPAC/Caltech
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
California Institute of Technology
University of California Berkeley
University of Texas

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Abstract

We describe both our current instrument and a follow-on instrument expected to be operational at the start of the next flight year on the KAO. The current instrument uses a 20-channel bolometer array arranged in two columns of 10 detectors each. Broadband observations can be made at the true diffraction limit, lambda/2D, at either 50 or 100 microns during a flight. Our forthcoming system will use two arrays of 3 x 10 detectors to enable simultaneous imaging at both 50 and 100 microns at the KAO diffraction limit for each wavelength. Observing modes and typical sensitivities will be discussed.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Airborne Astronomy Symposium on the Galactic Ecosystem: From Gas to Stars to Dust
Pages	537
Number of pages	1
Volume	73
State	Published - 1995

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