TY - JOUR
T1 - HAWC - a far-infrared camera for SOFIA
AU - Harper, D. A.
AU - Allen, C.
AU - Amato, M.
AU - Ames, T.
AU - Bartels, A.
AU - Casey, S.
AU - Derro, R.
AU - Evans, Rh
AU - Gatley, Ian
AU - Heimsath, S.
AU - Hermida, A.
AU - Jhabvala, M.
AU - Kastner, J.
AU - Loewenstein, R. F.
AU - Moseley, S. H.
PY - 2000/1/1
Y1 - 2000/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0033725642
SN - 0277-786X
VL - 4014
SP - 43
EP - 53
JO - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
JF - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
ER -