The Herschel -SPIRE instrument and its in-flight performance

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doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014519

articleAstronomy and AstrophysicsJul 1, 2010BRONZE OA

The Herschel -SPIRE instrument and its in-flight performance

MJM. J. Griffin AAA. Abergel AAA. Abreu PAP. A. R. Ade PAP. André

Université Paris-Sud · Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale · +41 more institutions

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Abstract

The Spectral and Photometric Imaging REceiver (SPIRE), is the Herschel Space Observatory`s submillimetre camera and spectrometer. It contains a three-band imaging photometer operating at 250, 350 and 500 μm, and an imaging Fourier-transform spectrometer (FTS) which covers simultaneously its whole operating range of 194–671 μm (447–1550 GHz). The SPIRE detectors are arrays of feedhorn-coupled bolometers cooled to 0.3 K. The photometer has a field of view of 4´× 8´, observed simultaneously in the three spectral bands. Its main operating mode is scan-mapping, whereby the field of view is scanned across the sky to achieve full spatial sampling and to cover large areas if desired. The spectrometer has an…

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Spire (mollusc)
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