Home > Information for Researchers > Selected Publications

Selected Publications

SOFIA Program

Author(s) Year Reference Title File Becklin, E. E., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Gehrz, R. D., Callis, H. H. 2007 Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing and Instrumentation XV (SPIE) Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Casey, S. C. 2004 COSPAR - Advances in Space Research The SOFIA Program: astronomers return to the stratosphere Erickson, Edwin F. 2004 The Dusty and Molecular Universe, A Prelude to Alma and Herschel, 2005 ESA SP-577, 69 The SOFIA Program Becklin, E. E. 2003 Conference: New Perspectives for Post-Herschel Far-Infrared Astronomy from Space Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Becklin, E. E., Moon, J. L. 2003 Conference: IAU 211 - Brown Dwarfs Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Becklin, E. E., Moon, J. L. 2003 ASP Conf Proc: Debris Disks and the Formation of Planets Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Wolf, J., Casey, S.C., Davidson, J.A. 2003 Conference: SPIE 5152: Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing XI Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - SOFIA Becklin, E. E., Moon, J. L. 2002 Conference: COSPAR Advances in Space Research Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Becklin, E. E., Moon, J. L. 2001 ASP Conference: Young Stars Near Earth: Progress and Prospects Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Alfred Krabbe & Hans-Peter Roeser 1999 A comprehensive overview of SOFIA as well as SOFIA'S expected performance and contribution to astronomy. SOFIA Astronomy and Technology in the 21st Century E.E.Becklin 1997 A summary of the SOFIA project. Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy E.F. Erickson and J.A. Davidson 1995 A journal paper describing SOFIA, with comparisons to other observatories. SOFIA:The future of Airborne Astronomy

SOFIA Instruments

Author(s) Year Reference Title File Casey,S. C., Savage, M., Becklin, E. E 2004 Conference: SPIE The SOFIA Science Instrument Program: Lessons Learned Krabbe, A., Casey, S. 2003 Conference: SPIE 4818 - Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing First Light SOFIA Instruments Davidson, J. A., Erickson, E. F. 2003 Conference: IAU High-Resolution Infrared Far-IR Spectroscopy from SOFIA: 2005-2025 Looney, L. W., Raab, W., Poglitsch, A., Geis, N. 2003 ApJ, 597, 628 Realizing Integral Field Spectroscopy in the Far-Infrared Mainzer, A.K., McLean, I.S. 2003 ApJ, 597, 555 Using Narrow-Band Photometry to Detect Young Brown Dwarfs in IC 348 Meyer, A. W., Erickson, E. F. 2002 SPIE, vol 4857 Performance summaries of SOFIA science instruments

Miscellaneous

Author(s) Year Reference Title File Sandell, G., Becklin, E. E., Dunham, E. W. 2003 ASP Conf Proc: Scientific Frontiers in Research on Extrasolar Planets SOFIA Science Potential for Extrasolar Planet Research Horn, J. M. M., Becklin, E. E. 2001 PASP, 113, 997 High-Latitude Observations on SOFIA   2000 A collectionof 46 papers on the SOFIA first-light instruments, the SOFIA telescope design, observatory systems and closely related topics. Papers from the 2000 SPIE Conference in Germany Erickson, E. F. 1998 PASP, 110, 1098 Effects of Telluric Water Vapor on Airborne Infrared Observations Haas, M. R., Pfister, L. 1998 PASP, 110, 339 A High-Altitude Site Survey for SOFIA