HII/L2 Mission: a New Space Telescope for Mid- and Far-Infrared Astronomy

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Dec 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000isass..14..189n&link_type=abstract

The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science Report SP No. 14, p. 189-196.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Infrared Instruments, Infrared Telescope, Galaxy Formation, Star Formation, Extrasolar Planet

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We present the concept of the HII/L2 (or SPICA) mission, which incorporates a 3.5~m telescope cooled to 4.5 K. HII/L2 will focus on high-resolution mid- to far-infrared observations with unprecedented sensitivity. It will make great contributions to our understanding of basic astronomical questions, such as the history of star-formation in the universe, the birth and evolution of AGN, the formation of planets in extrasolar systems, and the history of our solar system. To realize the mission, we propose a ``warm launch'' cooled telescope concept; the telescope is to be launched at ambient temperature and is to be cooled in orbit to 4.5 K by a modest mechanical cooler system with the assistance of effective radiative cooling. HII/L2 is proposed to be launched into a halo orbit around S-E L2 in 2010.

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