SPICA-A Large Cryogenic Infrared Space Telescope: Unveiling the Obscured Universe
Abstract
Measurements in the infrared wavelength domain allow direct assessment of the physical state and energy balance of cool matter in space, enabling the detailed study of the processes that govern the formation and evolution of stars and planetary systems in galaxies over cosmic time. Previous infrared missions revealed a great deal about the obscured Universe, but were hampered by limited sensitivity.
- Publication:
-
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
- Pub Date:
- August 2018
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1803.10438
- Bibcode:
- 2018PASA...35...30R
- Keywords:
-
- infrared: galaxies;
- infrared: general;
- infrared: planetary systems;
- instrumentation: photometers;
- instrumentation: spectrographs;
- space vehicles: instruments;
- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 34 pages, 22 figures, paper accepted for publication in PASA on 2nd February 2018, part of the PASA SPICA Special Issue