Rigopoulou, D;
Pearson, C;
Ellison, B;
Wiedner, M;
Okada, VO;
Tan, BK;
Garcia-Bernete, I;
... Kramer, C; + view all
(2021)
The far-infrared spectroscopic surveyor (FIRSS).
Experimental Astronomy
10.1007/s10686-021-09716-w.
(In press).
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Abstract
We are standing at the crossroads of powerful new facilities emerging in the next decade on the ground and in space like ELT, SKA, JWST, and Athena. Turning the narrative of the star formation potential of galaxies into a quantitative theory will provide answers to many outstanding questions in astrophysics, from the formation of planets to the evolution of galaxies and the origin of heavy elements. To achieve this goal, there is an urgent need for a dedicated space-borne, far-infrared spectroscopic facility capable of delivering, for the first time, large scale, high spectral resolution (velocity resolved) multiwavelength studies of the chemistry and dynamics of the ISM of our own Milky Way and nearby galaxies. The Far Infrared Spectroscopic Surveyor (FIRSS) fulfills these requirements and by exploiting the legacy of recent photometric surveys it seizes the opportunity to shed light on the fundamental building processes of our Universe.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The far-infrared spectroscopic surveyor (FIRSS) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10686-021-09716-w |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-021-09716-w |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2021 Springer Nature Switzerland AG. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | ISM: Galaxies, Space Vehicles: Instruments, Techniques: Spectroscopy, ESA Voyage2050 |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10130806 |
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