SOFIA-HIRMES: Looking Forward to the HIgh-Resolution Mid-infrarEd Spectrometer

Author:

Richards Samuel N.1,Moseley Samuel H.2,Stacey Gordon3,Greenhouse Matthew2,Kutyrev Alexander2,Arendt Richard2,Atanasoff Hristo2,Banks Stuart2,Brekosky Regis P.2,Brown Ari-David2,Bulcha Berhanu2,Cazeau Tony2,Choi Michael2,Colazo Felipe2,Engler Chuck2,Hadjimichael Theodore2,Hays-Wehle James2,Henderson Chuck4,Hsieh Wen-Ting2,Huang Jeffrey56,Jenstrom Iver2,Kellogg Jim2,Kimball Mark2,Kovács Attila7,Leiter Steve2,Maher Steve2,McMurray Robert5,Melnick Gary J.8,Mentzell Eric2,Mikula Vilem9,Miller Timothy M.2,Nagler Peter2,Nikola Thomas4,Oxborrow Joseph10,Pontoppidan Klaus M.11,Rangwala Naseem12,Rhodes Alan5,Roberge Aki13,Rosner Stefan14,Rostem Karwan2,Rustemeyer Nancy5,Sharp Elmer2,Sparr Leroy2,Stevanovic Dejan1,Taraschi Peter2,Temi Pasquale15,Vacca William D.1,de Lorenzo Jordi Vila Hernandez2,Wohler Bill514,Wollack Edward J.2,Wilks Shannon2

Affiliation:

1. SOFIA Science Center, USRA, NASA Ames Research Center, M/S 232-12, P.O. Box 1, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA

2. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

3. Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

4. Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

5. NASA Ames Research Center, M/S 232-12, P.O. Box 1, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA

6. LOGYX LLC, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

7. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array (SMA), MS-78, 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

8. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

9. American University, Institute for Integrated Space Studies & Technology, Department of Physics, Don Myers Building, 4400, Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016-8079, USA

10. Scientific and Biomedical Microsystems, 806 Cromwell Park Drive, Suite R, Glen Burnie, MD 21061, USA

11. Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

12. Space Science and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA

13. Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

14. SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

15. Astrophysics Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA

Abstract

The HIgh-Resolution Mid-infrarEd Spectrometer (HIRMES) is the 3rd Generation Instrument for the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), currently in development at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), and due for commissioning in 2019. By combining direct-detection Transition Edge Sensor (TES) bolometer arrays, grating-dispersive spectroscopy, and a host of Fabry-Perot tunable filters, HIRMES will provide the ability for high resolution ([Formula: see text]), mid-resolution ([Formula: see text]), and low-resolution ([Formula: see text]) slit-spectroscopy, and 2D Spectral Imaging ([Formula: see text] at selected wavelengths) over the 25–122[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m mid to far infrared waveband. The driving science application is the evolution of proto-planetary systems via measurements of water-vapor, water-ice, deuterated hydrogen (HD), and neutral oxygen lines. However, HIRMES has been designed to be as flexible as possible to cover a wide range of science cases that fall within its phase-space, all whilst reaching sensitivities and observing powers not yet seen thus far on SOFIA, providing unique observing capabilities which will remain unmatched for decades.

Publisher

World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

Subject

Astronomy and Astrophysics,Instrumentation

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