Abstract
When SOFIA enters operation, it will be the largest far-infrared telescope available, so it will have the best intrinsic angular resolution. HAWC (High-resolution Airborne Wideband Camera) is a far-infrared camera designed to cover the 40-300 micron spectral range at the highest possible angular resolution. Its purpose is to provide a sensitive, versatile, and reliable facility-imaging capability for SOFIA's user community during its first operational years. HAWC will utilize a 12×32 pixel array of bolometer detectors constructed using the ion-implanted silicon pop-up detector technology being developed at Goddard Space Flight Center. This new technology enables construction of close-packed, two-dimensional arrays of bolometers with high quantum efficiency and area filling factors of greater than 95%. The array will be cooled by an adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator and operated at a temperature of 0.2 K. HAWC data processing software will be developed within the context of an Observatory-wide 'data-cycle system' which will provide an integrated environment for proposal preparation, flight planning, data processing, calibration, analysis, and archiving.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 43-53 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Volume | 4014 |
| State | Published - 2000 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Airborne Telescope Systems - Munich, Ger Duration: Mar 27 2000 → Mar 28 2000 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Computer Science Applications