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View article: Superfluid-tight cryogenic receiver with continuous sub-Kelvin cooling for EXCLAIM
Superfluid-tight cryogenic receiver with continuous sub-Kelvin cooling for EXCLAIM Open
The EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM) is a\nballoon-borne telescope designed to survey star formation over cosmological\ntime scales using intensity mapping in the 420 - 540 GHz frequency range.\nEXCLAIM u…
View article: Optimization of an Optical Testbed for Characterization of EXCLAIM u-Spec Integrated Spectrometers
Optimization of an Optical Testbed for Characterization of EXCLAIM u-Spec Integrated Spectrometers Open
We describe a testbed to characterize the optical response of compact superconducting on-chip spectrometers in development for the Experiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM) mission. EXCLAIM is a balloonborne far-i…
View article: Optical Characterization & Testbed Development for μ-Spec Integrated Spectrometers
Optical Characterization & Testbed Development for μ-Spec Integrated Spectrometers Open
This paper describes a cryogenic optical testbed developed to characterize u-Spec spectrometers in a dedicated dilution refrigerator (DR) system. u-Spec is a far-infrared integrated spectrometer that is an analog to a Rowland-type grating …
View article: Developing a New Generation of Integrated Micro-Spec Far Infrared Spectrometers for the EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM)
Developing a New Generation of Integrated Micro-Spec Far Infrared Spectrometers for the EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM) Open
The current state of far-infrared astronomy drives the need to develop compact, sensitive spectrometers for future space and ground-based instruments. Here we present details of the $\rm μ$-Spec spectrometers currently in development for t…
View article: Experiment for cryogenic large-aperture intensity mapping: instrument design
Experiment for cryogenic large-aperture intensity mapping: instrument design Open
The experiment for cryogenic large-aperture intensity mapping (EXCLAIM) is a balloon-borne telescope designed to survey star formation in windows from the present to z = 3.5. During this time, the rate of star formation dropped dramaticall…
View article: Optical Design of the EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM)
Optical Design of the EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM) Open
This work describes the design and implementation of optics for EXCLAIM, the EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping. EXCLAIM is a balloon-borne telescope that will measure integrated line emission from carbon monoxide (C…
View article: Picture this SELFI: Submillimeter Enceladus Life Fundamentals Instrument
Picture this SELFI: Submillimeter Enceladus Life Fundamentals Instrument Open
The Submillimeter Enceladus Life Fundamentals Instrument (SELFI) is a passive remote sensing submillimeter heterodyne spectrometer being developed at NASA GSFC under NASA's Maturation of Instruments for Solar System Exploration (MatISSE) p…
View article: NASA IceCube: CubeSat Demonstration of a Commercial 883-GHz Cloud Radiometer
NASA IceCube: CubeSat Demonstration of a Commercial 883-GHz Cloud Radiometer Open
On April 18 2017, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s IceCube 3U CubeSat was launched by an ATLAS V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on board a Cygnus resupply spacecraft, as part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative. Onboard Ice…
View article: SMAP L-Band Microwave Radiometer: Instrument Design and First Year on Orbit
SMAP L-Band Microwave Radiometer: Instrument Design and First Year on Orbit Open
The Soil Moisture Active-Passive (SMAP) L-band microwave radiometer is a conical scanning instrument designed to measure soil moisture with 4% volumetric accuracy at 40-km spatial resolution. SMAP is NASA's first Earth Systematic Mission d…