Line identification including off-axis spectra with the Herschel SPIRE spectrometer

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dc.contributor.authorBenson, Christopher S.
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorSpencer, Locke Dean
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-14T19:34:22Z
dc.date.available2020-01-14T19:34:22Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThe European Space Agency (ESA) Herschel Mission concluded observation of the Far-infrared (FIR) Universe in 2013, providing a wealth of observations of the interstellar medium and distant galaxies. The Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE), one of Herschel's three instruments, consists of an imaging photometer and an imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS). The SPIRE team has developed an automated routine to extract spectral features from all SPIRE FTS observations. This thesis introduces FIR astronomy and instrumentation, and the legacy of FIR space telescopes through to Herschel. The SPIRE instrument and the Feature Finder are introduced. This thesis includes the methods by which the molecular and atomic transitions of the lines extracted from SPIRE FTS observations are identified, and presents these identification results. The application of the feature finder to SPIRE FTS off-axis detectors is also detailed and presented. The thesis concludes with a brief discussion of future FIR instrumentation.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5660
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subjectAstronomy [0606]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectMolecular physics [0609]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectOptics [0752]en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Physics and Astronomyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Physics and Astronomyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectAstronomy and Astrophysicsen_US
dc.subjectFourier transform spectroscopyen_US
dc.subjectInstrumentationen_US
dc.subjectSpectrographsen_US
dc.subjectSpectroscopicen_US
dc.subjectSpectrum analysisen_US
dc.titleLine identification including off-axis spectra with the Herschel SPIRE spectrometeren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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