MICHI: a thermal-infrared instrument for the TMT
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Packham, Christopher; Honda, Mitsuhiko; Chun, Mark; Sakon, Itsuki; Richter, Matthew; Okamoto, Yoshiko; Kataza, Hirokazu; Marois, Christian; Meyer, Michael; Puravankara, Manoj; Birkby, Jayne; Crossfield, Ian Jm; Curry, Thayne; Greathouse, Thomas; Herczeg, Gregory; Ichikawa, Kohei; Inami, Hanae; Imanishi, Masatoshi; Lopez-Rodriguez, Enrique; ... Show more Show less
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The key science drivers for MICHI: a thermal-infrared instrument for the TMT
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With the imminent launch of the JWST, the field of thermal-infrared (TIR) astronomy will enjoy a revolution. It is easy to imagine that all areas of infrared (IR) astronomy will be greatly advanced, but perhaps impossible to conceive of the new vistas that will be opened. To allow both follow-up JWST observations and a continuance of work started on the ground-based 8m's, we continue to plan the science cases and instrument design for a TIR imager and spectrometer for early operation on the TMT. We present the current status of our science cases and the instrumentation plans, harnessing expertise across the TMT partnership. This instrument will be proposed by the MICHI team as a second-generation instrument in any upcoming calls for proposals.
Date issued
2018-07Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of PhysicsJournal
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII
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SPIE
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Packham, Christopher et al. “MICHI: a Thermal-Infrared Instrument for the TMT.” Edited by Hideki Takami, Christopher J. Evans, and Luc Simard. Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII, June 2018, Austin, Texas, United States,SPIE, July 2018 © 2018 SPIE
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9781510619579
9781510619586