Herschel-SPIRE: design, performance, and scientific capabilities

Matthew Joseph Griffin,Alain Abergel,Peter A. R. Ade,Philippe André,J.-P. Baluteau,James J. Bock,A. Franceschini,Walter Kieran Gear,J. Glenn,D. Griffin,K. J. King,E. Lellouch,David A. Naylor,Goran Olofsson,Ismael Perez-Fournon,Michael Rowan-Robinson,P. Saraceno,Eric Sawyer,Alan Smith,B. M. Swinyard,L. Vigroux,Gillian S. Wright

Herschel-SPIRE: design, performance, and scientific capabilities

2006

SPIRE, the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver, is a submillimetre camera and spectrometer for the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory. It comprises a three-band imaging photometer operating at 250, 360 and 520

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Remote sensing
Spire
Space observatory
Photometry (optics)
Bolometer
Far infrared
Optics
Spectral resolution
Photometer
Physics
Spectrometer
Fourier transform
Astronomy

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