Development of the HAWC far-infrared camera for SOFIA

Doyal A. Harper; Arlin E. Bartels; Sean C. Casey; David T. Chuss; Jessie L. Dotson; Rhodri Evans; Steve Heimsath; Robert A. Hirsch; Scott Knudsen; Robert F. Loewenstein; S. Harvey Moseley; Matt Newcomb; Robert J. Pernic; Tim S. Rennick; Eric Sandberg; Dale B. Sandford; Maureen L. Savage; Robert F. Silverberg; Robert Spotz; George M. Voellmer; Paul W. Waltz; Shu-i Wang; C. Wirth

doi:10.1117/12.552151

30 September 2004 Development of the HAWC far-infrared camera for SOFIA

Doyal A. Harper, Arlin E. Bartels, Sean C. Casey, David T. Chuss, Jessie L. Dotson, Rhodri Evans, Steve Heimsath, Robert A. Hirsch, Scott Knudsen, Robert F. Loewenstein, S. Harvey Moseley, Matt Newcomb, Robert J. Pernic, Tim S. Rennick, Eric Sandberg, Dale B. Sandford, Maureen L. Savage, Robert F. Silverberg, Robert Spotz, George M. Voellmer, Paul W. Waltz, Shu-i Wang, C. Wirth

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Proceedings Volume 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552151
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

HAWC (High-resolution Airborne Wideband Camera) is a facility science instrument for SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy). It is a far-infrared camera designed for diffraction-limited imaging in four spectral passbands centered at wavelengths of 53, 89, 155, and 216 μm. Its detector is a 12x32 array of bolometers cooled to 0.2 K by an adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator. In this paper, we report on the development and testing of the instrument and its subsystems.

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Doyal A. Harper, Arlin E. Bartels, Sean C. Casey, David T. Chuss, Jessie L. Dotson, Rhodri Evans, Steve Heimsath, Robert A. Hirsch, Scott Knudsen, Robert F. Loewenstein, S. Harvey Moseley, Matt Newcomb, Robert J. Pernic, Tim S. Rennick, Eric Sandberg, Dale B. Sandford, Maureen L. Savage, Robert F. Silverberg, Robert Spotz, George M. Voellmer, Paul W. Waltz, Shu-i Wang, and C. Wirth "Development of the HAWC far-infrared camera for SOFIA", Proc. SPIE 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy, (30 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552151

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