Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Jan 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aas...21511601w&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #116.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.605
Computer Science
Performance
Scientific paper
The Spitzer Space Telescope, launched in 2003 as the infrared member of NASA's family of Great Observatories, completed the first phase of its scientific journey with the exhaustion of its liquid helium cryogen in May, 2009. This talk will review the astounding scientific bounty of the Spitzer cryogenic mission, ranging from studies of near Earth objects to exploration of the epoch of reionization. The richness of Spitzer's scientific return is indicated by a list of the areas to be touched on in this review: exoplanets, the physical and chemical properties of protoplanetary disks, comparison of exoplanetary systems with the solar system, star formation, galactic structure and nearby galaxies, clusters of galaxies, galaxies in the early Universe, and the infrared background. While the study of Spitzer cryogenic data continues via a very robust archival research program, Spitzer has been reborn as a warm mission devoted to observations in its shortest wavelength bands at 3.6 and 4.5um. The talk will conclude with a preview of the scientific results from the warm mission. The performance of warm Spitzer is essentially identical to that of the cryogenic mission, so that Spitzer continues to provide unparalleled sensitivity and areal coverage for photometry and imaging at these wavelengths.
Portions of the work described here were carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with NASA.
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