Astronomical submillimetre Fourier transform spectroscopy from the Herschel Space Observatory and the JCMT
Date
2010
Authors
Jones, Scott Curtis
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
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Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, c2010
Abstract
Fourier transform spectroscopy (FTS) is one of the premier ways to collect source information
through emitted radiation. It is so named because the principal measurement technique
involves the analysis of spectra determined from the Fourier transform of a time-domain
interference pattern. Given options in the field, many space- and ground-based instruments
have selected Fourier transform spectrometers for their measurements.
The Herschel Space Observatory, launched on May 14, 2009, has three on-board
instruments. One, SPIRE, comprises a FTS paired with bolometer detector arrays.
SCUBA-2 (Submillimetre Common User Bolometer Array) and FTS-2 have recently
been commissioned and will be mounted within the collecting dish of the James
Clerk Maxwell Telescope by Fall, 2010.
The use of FTS in these two observatories will be examined. While work towards
each project is independently useful, the thesis is bound by the commonality between the
two, as each seeks similar answers from vastly different viewpoints.
Description
xvii, 123 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm
Keywords
Fourier transform spectroscopy , Herschel Space Observatory (Spacecraft) , James Clerk Maxwell Telescope , Submillimeter astronomy , Large astronomical telescopes -- Hawaii -- Mauna Kea , Dissertations, Academic