Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21832404a&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #218, #324.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
In order to gain a comprehensive picture of galaxy evolution, we need to accurately measure the growing population of stars and super-massive black holes in dark matter halos. The processes that regulate this evolution are invariably those that are the most difficult to simulate, namely gas heating and cooling, star formation, black hole fueling and feedback from supernovae and AGN. Measurements of the PAH features, atomic fine-structure and H2 lines in the mid-infrared with Spitzer have been used successfully to probe the dust properties, power sources and state of the ISM in normal, starburst and AGN host galaxies at 0 < z < 3. At high redshifts, these lines enter the far-infrared, which is also home to critical diagnostics of the neutral and ionized ISM, such as [OI], [OIII], [NII], and [CII]. Recent results from Herschel, CSO, IRAM and APEX suggest that there is an extremely large range in far-infrared line fluxes and physical conditions among the most luminous, high-z galaxies. However, to measure the rest-frame far-infrared cooling lines in galaxies that dominate the far-infrared background, along with the full suite of mid-infrared atomic and molecular gas and dust features in ULIRGs over a wide range in redshift, a broadband spectrometer capable of reaching the natural astrophysical background over the 30-400 micron range is required. The Background Limited Infrared Sub-millimeter Spectrometer (BLISS) on the Japanese-led SPICA mission, would deliver unmatched sensitivity to evolving, dusty galaxies over all epochs. Here we discuss the scientific rationale behind BLISS and the opportunities afforded by US participation in the SPICA mission.
Appleton Ph.
Armus Lee
Bradford Mark
Helou George
Murphy Eric
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