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Training of Instrumentalists and Development of New Technologies on SOFIA | | Edwin F. Erickson
; Louis J. Allamandola
; Jean-Paul Baluteau
; Eric E. Becklin
; Gordon Bjoraker
; Michael Burton
; Lawrence J. Caroff
; Cecilia Ceccarelli
; Edward B. Churchwell
; Dan P. Clemens
; Martin Cohen
; Dale P. Cruikshank
; Harriet L. Dinerstein
; Edward W. Dunham
; Giovanni G. Fazio
; Ian Gatley
; Robert D. Gehrz
; Reinhard Genzel
; Paul Graf
; Matthew A. Greenhouse
; Doyal A. Harper
; Paul M. Harvey
; Martin Harwit
; Roger H. Hildebrand
; David J. Hollenbach
; Adair P. Lane
; Harold P. Larson
; Steven D. Lord
; Suzanne Madden
; Gary J. Melnick
; David A. Neufeld
; Catherine B. Olkin
; Christopher C. Packham
; Thomas L. Roellig
; Hans-Peter Roeser
; Scott A. Sandford
; Kristen Sellgren
; Janet P. Simpson
; John W. V. Storey
; Charles M. Telesco
; Alexander G. G. M. Tielens
; Alan T. Tokunaga
; Charles H. Townes
; Christopher K. Walker
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25 Mar 2009 | | Abstract: | This white paper is submitted to the Astronomy and Astrophysics 2010 Decadal
Survey (Astro2010)1 Committee on the State of the Profession to emphasize the
potential of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) to
contribute to the training of instrumentalists and observers, and to related
technology developments. This potential goes beyond the primary mission of
SOFIA, which is to carry out unique, high priority astronomical research.
SOFIA is a Boeing 747SP aircraft with a 2.5 meter telescope. It will enable
astronomical observations anywhere, any time, and at most wavelengths between
0.3 microns and 1.6 mm not accessible from ground-based observatories. These
attributes, accruing from the mobility and flight altitude of SOFIA, guarantee
a wealth of scientific return. Its instrument teams (nine in the first
generation) and guest investigators will do suborbital astronomy in a
shirt-sleeve environment. The project will invest $10M per year in science
instrument development over a lifetime of 20 years. This, frequent flight
opportunities, and operation that enables rapid changes of science instruments
and hands-on in-flight access to the instruments, assure a unique and extensive
potential - both for training young instrumentalists and for encouraging and
deploying nascent technologies. Novel instruments covering optical, infrared,
and submillimeter bands can be developed for and tested on SOFIA by their
developers (including apprentices) for their own observations and for those of
guest observers, to validate technologies and maximize observational
effectiveness. | | Source: | arXiv, 0903.4240 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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