Near-infrared and Mid-infrared Spectroscopy with the Infrared Camera (IRC) for AKARI

Details Near-infrared and Mid-infrared Spectroscopy with the Infrared Camera (IRC) for AKARI Near-infrared and Mid-infrared Spectroscopy with the Infrared Camera (IRC) for AKARI

2007-08-31

arxiv.org/abs/0708.4290v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication on PASJ

Scientific paper

The Infrared Camera (IRC) is one of the two instruments on board the AKARI satellite. In addition to deep imaging from 1.8-26.5um for the pointed observation mode of the AKARI, it has a spectroscopic capability in its spectral range. By replacing the imaging filters by transmission-type dispersers on the filter wheels, it provides low-resolution (lambda/d_lambda ~ 20-120) spectroscopy with slits or in a wide imaging field-of-view (approximately 10'X10'). The IRC spectroscopic mode is unique in space infrared missions in that it has the capability to perform sensitive wide-field spectroscopic surveys in the near- and mid-infrared wavelength ranges. This paper describes specifications of the IRC spectrograph and its in-orbit performance.

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