Papers from SPIE Conference 4014, "Airborne Telescope Systems"
27-28 March 2000, Munich, Germany
Conference Chairs:
Ramsey K. Melugin, NASA Ames Research Ctr.; Hans Peter Roser, DLR (Germany)
Proceedings of the Conference

Papers on SOFIA First-Light Instruments


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CASIMIR: A Submillimeter Heterodyne Spectrometer for SOFIA
Edgar, Michael L.; Zmuidzinas, Jonas 		open pdf file
EXES: A Progress Report on the Development of a High-resolution Mid-infrared Grating Spectrograph for SOFIA
Richter, Matthew J.; Lacy, John H.; Jaffe, Daniel T. et al		 open pdf file
Realizing 3D Spectral Imaging in the Far-Infrared:FIFI LS
Looney, Leslie W. ; Geis, Norbert; Genzel, R. et al		 open pdf file
FLITECAM: A Near-Infrared Camera for Test and Science Applications on SOFIA
Horn, Jochen M.; Becklin, Eric E. et al		 open pdf file
FORCAST: A Facility 5- to 40-um Camera for SOFIA
Keller, Luke D.; Herter, Terry L.; Stacey, Gordon J. et al		 open pdf file
GREAT: The First-generation German Heterodyne Receiver for SOFIA
Guesten, Rolf; Hartogh, Paul et al 		open pdf file
HAWC: A Far-Infrared Camera for SOFIA
Harper, Doyal A.; Allen, Christine A.et al		 open pdf file
HIPO: A High-Speed Occultation Photometer and Imager for SOFIA
Dunham, Edward W.; Elliot, James L. et al		 open pdf file
Submillimeter and Far-Infrared Experiment (SAFIRE): A PI Class Instrument for SOFIA
Shafer, Richard A.; Moseley, S. H.; Ade, Peter A. et al		 open pdf file
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From the March 2000 SPIE Conference, "Airborne Telescope Systems"
The following are links to Abstracts (on ADS) for all other papers presented including information on SOFIA and related topics in airborne astronomy and telescope systems.
Image Stability Requirement for the SOFIA Telescope
Erickson, Edwin F.; Dunham, Edward W.		 go to another web site for abstract
SOFIA Terahertz Array Receiver (STAR)
Michael, Ernest A.; Graf, Urs U.; Honingh, C. E. et al		 go to another web site for abstract
LargeRruled Monolithic Echelle Gratings
Bach, Kirk G.; Bach, Bernhard W. et al 		go to another web site for abstract
Far-Infrared Array Reciever (FAR) for SOFIA
Walker, Christopher K.; Groppi, Christopher E. et al		 go to another web site for abstract
Reflection Gratings as THz Local Oscillator Multiplexer,
Heyminck,Stefan; Graf, Urs U.		 go to another web site for abstract
Telescope Assembly Alignment Simulator for SOFIA
Haas, Michael R.		 go to another web site for abstract
Introduction to Airworthiness for Science Instruments on Board SOFIA
Gull, George E.; Savage, Maureen L.		 go to another web site for abstract
NbN Hot-Electron Bolometer as THz Mixer for SOFIA
Huebers, Heinz-Wilhelm; Semenov, A. et al		 go to another web site for abstract
Submillimeter Astronomy Investigation of Line Spectra (SAILS): A Balloon-Borne Instrument
Seiffert, Michael D.; Langer, William D. et al		 go to another web site for abstract
Balloon-Borne Telescope for High-Resolution Solar Imaging and Polarimetry
Bernasconi, Pietro N.; Rust, David M. et al		 go to another web site for abstract
Aerostatic Platforms, Past, Present, and Future: a Prototype for Astronomy?
von Appen-Schnur, Gerhard F.; Kueke, Reimund et al		 go to another web site for abstract
New balloon-Borne Telescope for Far-Infrared Astronomy
Arimura, Seiko; Shibai, Hiroshi et al		 go to another web site for abstract
Achieving the Background Limit on SOFIA: a Stray-light Issue
Davidson, Jacqueline A.; Harvey, Paul M. et al		 go to another web site for abstract
New Conception of the Moving Celestial Object Observations
Bykov, Oleg P.		 go to another web site for abstract
Far-Infrared BRDFs and Reflectance Spectra of Candidate SOFIA Telescope, Cavity, and Focal-plane Instrument Surfaces
Meyer, Allan W.; Smith, Sheldon M. et al 		go to another web site for abstract
SOFIA Telescope
Krabbe, Alfred		 go to another web site for abstract
Airborne Environment: A Challenge for Telescope Design
Kaercher, Hans J.		 go to another web site for abstract
Challenges in Obtaining 0.2 Arc-Second Pointing Stability for a Large Telescope Mounted in an Open-port Cavity on Board an Aircraft Flying in the Stratosphere
Kunz, Nans		 go to another web site for abstract
Airworthiness Certification and Flight Safety of an Airborne Telescope
Kaindl, Rainer; Bremers, Eckhard		 go to another web site for abstract
Development and Construction of the Optical System for the Airborne Observatory SOFIA
Erdmann, Matthias; Bittner, Hermann et al 		go to another web site for abstract
Progress on SOFIA Primary Mirror
Geyl, Roland; Tarreau, Michel		 go to another web site for abstract
Suspension Assembly of SOFIA: the Key Subsystem Connecting the Telescope with the Aircraft
Sust, Eberhard; Weis, Ulrich		 go to another web site for abstract
Bearing Sphere for SOFIA telescope: A Challenge for Design and Manufacturing
Stoeffler, Guenter; Heydenreich, Robert		 go to another web site for abstract
Design and Manufacturing of the CFRP Lightweight Telescope Structure
Stoeffler, Guenter; Kaindl, Rainer		 go to another web site for abstract
Pointing Control System of SOFIA
Wandner, Karl; Kaercher, Hans J.		 go to another web site for abstract
Tracking Subsystem of the SOFIA Telescope
Bittner, Hermann; Braeuninger, Christoph; et al		 go to another web site for abstract
End-to-end Simulation of the Image Stability for the Airborne Telescope SOFIA
Schoenhoff, Ulrich; Eisentraeger, Peter et al		 go to another web site for abstract
Development and Testing of a High-precision High-stiffness Linear Actuator for the Focus-center Mechanism of the SOFIA Secondary Mirror
Zago, Lorenzo; Schwab, Philippe; Gallieni, Daniele		 go to another web site for abstract
Extensible and Flexible Software Architecture for the SOFIA Mission Controls and Communications System
Papke, Barry; Brock, David; Graybeal, John B.		 go to another web site for abstract
SOFIA Mission Controls and Communications System Development Strategy
Adeni, Kaiser; Nelbach, Francis		 go to another web site for abstract
Layout of Personnel Accommodations for the SOFIA
Daughters, David M.; Bruich, J. G. et al		 go to another web site for abstract
Telescience for SOFIA
Bruich, J. G.		 go to another web site for abstract
Optimized Flight Planning for SOFIA
Horn, Jochen M.; Becklin, Eric E.		 go to another web site for abstract
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