Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 2007
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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #254.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
ACCESS is a proposed series of rocket-borne sub-orbital missions whose purpose is to establish a network of standard stars with absolute fluxes that are directly traceable to ground based laboratory calibration standards maintained by NIST. Our goal is to obtain an absolute spectrophotometric calibration accuracy of <1% in the 0.35-1.7 micron bandpass at a spectral resolution of greater than 500. This represents a significant improvement in the absolute calibration in the NIR bandpass. This fundamental astrophysics experiment will establish the first links in a chain of stellar calibrators including standard stars (10th magnitude) observable by major telescopes, thus enabling the ultimate calibration to extend to faint magnitudes. This calibration program is important for a broad range of missions and relevant to many astrophysical problems. It is fundamental to photometrically based dark energy missions which use supernova type Ia and will provide the first steps in the calibration path required to support the determination of brightness as a function of distance for SNIae. In addition, it will enable improved stellar atmosphere models, furthering our understanding of stellar physics.
Bohlin Ralph Charles
Deustua Susana E.
Dixon William
Feldman Paul D.
Gardner Jeffrey P.
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