Exploratory Submm Space Radio-Interferometric Telescope (ESPRIT)

Thijs W. de Graauw; J. Cernicharo; Wolfgang Wild; A. Bos; Jaap D. Bregman; Luigi L. A. D'Arcio; Jan-Willem den Herder; A. W. Gunst; F. Helmich; Brian D. Jackson; P. Maat; Jesus Martin-Pintado; Jan E. Noordam; Andreas Quirrenbach; Peter R. Roelfsema; Lars B. Venema; Paul Wesselius; Pavel A. Yagoubov

doi:10.1117/12.552610

12 October 2004 Exploratory Submm Space Radio-Interferometric Telescope (ESPRIT)

Thijs W. de Graauw, J. Cernicharo, Wolfgang Wild, A. Bos, Jaap D. Bregman, Luigi L. A. D'Arcio, Jan-Willem den Herder, A. W. Gunst, F. Helmich, Brian D. Jackson, P. Maat, Jesus Martin-Pintado, Jan E. Noordam, Andreas Quirrenbach, Peter R. Roelfsema, Lars B. Venema, Paul Wesselius, Pavel A. Yagoubov

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Proceedings Volume 5487, Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Space Telescopes; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552610
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

The far-infrared (FIR) wavelength regime has become of prime importance for astrophysics. Observations of ionic, atomic and molecular lines, many of them present in the FIR, provide important and unique information on the star and planet formation process occurring in interstellar clouds, and on the lifecycle of gas and dust in general. As these regions are heavily obscured by dust, FIR observations are the only means of getting insight in the physical and chemical conditions and their evolution. These investigations require, besides high spectral, also high angular resolution in order to match the small angular sizes of star forming cores and circum-stellar disks. We present here a mission concept, ESPRIT, which will provide both, in a wavelength regime not accessible from ground by ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array), nor with JWST (James Webb Space Telescope).

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Thijs W. de Graauw, J. Cernicharo, Wolfgang Wild, A. Bos, Jaap D. Bregman, Luigi L. A. D'Arcio, Jan-Willem den Herder, A. W. Gunst, F. Helmich, Brian D. Jackson, P. Maat, Jesus Martin-Pintado, Jan E. Noordam, Andreas Quirrenbach, Peter R. Roelfsema, Lars B. Venema, Paul Wesselius, and Pavel A. Yagoubov "Exploratory Submm Space Radio-Interferometric Telescope (ESPRIT)", Proc. SPIE 5487, Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Space Telescopes, (12 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552610

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