FIREBALL: The Faint Intergalactic medium Redshifted Emission Balloon - Overview and 1st Science Flight Results

被引：18

作者：

Milliard, Bruno ^{[1
]}

Martin, D. Christopher ^{[2
]}

Schiminovich, David ^{[3
]}

Evrard, Jean ^{[4
]}

Matuszewski, Matt ^{[2
]}

Rahman, Shahinur ^{[2
]}

Tuttle, Sarah ^{[3
]}

McLean, Ryan ^{[2
]}

Deharveng, Jean-Michel ^{[1
]}

Mirc, Frederi ^{[4
]}

Grange, Robert ^{[1
]}

Chave, Robert ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Lab Astrophys Marseille, F-13388 Marseille 13, France

[2] CALTECH, Cahill Ctr Astrophys, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

[3] Columbia Univ, Dept Astron, New York, NY 10027 USA

[4] Ctr Natl Etud Spatiales, F-31401 Toulouse 4, France

[5] Robert Chave Appl Phys Inc, Altadena, CA 91003 USA

来源：

SPACE TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTATION 2010: ULTRAVIOLET TO GAMMA RAY | 2010年 / 7732卷

关键词：

Instrumentation; Integral Field Spectroscopy; Ultraviolet;

D O I：

10.1117/12.857850

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

FIREBALL (the Faint Intergalactic Redshifted Emission Balloon) is a balloon-borne 1m telescope coupled to an ultraviolet fiber-fed spectrograph. FIREBALL is designed to study the faint and diffuse emission of the intergalactic medium, until now detected primarily in absorption. FIREBALL is a path finding mission to test new technology and make new constraints on the temperature and density of this gas. We report on the first successful science flight of FIREBALL, in June 2009, which proved every aspect of the complex instrument performance, and provided the strongest measurements and constraints on IGM emission available from any instrument.

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