Heterodyne Receiver for Origins

Abstract. The Heterodyne Receiver for Origins (HERO) is the first detailed study of a heterodyne focal plane array receiver for space applications. HERO gives the Origins Space Telescope the capability to observe at very high spectral resolution (R  =  107) over an unprecedentedly large far-infrared (FIR) wavelengths range (111 to 617  μm) with high sensitivity, with simultaneous dual polarization and dual-frequency band operation. The design is based on prior successful heterodyne receivers, such as Heterodyne Instrument for the Far-Infrared /Herschel, but surpasses it by one to two orders of magnitude by exploiting the latest technological developments. Innovative components are used to keep the required satellite resources low and thus allowing for the first time a convincing design of a large format heterodyne array receiver for space. HERO on Origins is a unique tool to explore the FIR universe and extends the enormous potential of submillimeter astronomical spectroscopy into new areas of astronomical research.

Maryvonne Gerin | David T. Leisawitz | André Laurens | Philippe Laporte | Victor Belitsky | Vincent Desmaris | Imran Mehdi | Richard E. Hills | Michiel R. Hogerheijde | Gabby Kroes | Asantha Cooray | Gary Melnick | Emmanuel Caux | Anna M. Di Giorgio | Martin Eggens | Friedrich Wyrowski | Willem Jellema | Edward Tong | Cara Battersby | Elvire De Beck | James A. Corsetti | Paul F. Goldsmith | David A. Neufeld | Johannes G. Staguhn | Frank Helmich | Edwin A. Bergin | Martina C. Wiedner | Yan Delorme | Edward G. Amatucci | Gregory E. Martins | Christophe Goldstein | Brian Ellison | Andrey Baryshev | Stefanie N. Milam | Klaus M. Pontoppidan | Susanne Aalto | Bruno Borgo | Geert Keizer | Margaret Meixner | Fabrice Herpin | Michael J. Dipirro | Leslie K. Hunt | Napoléon Nguyen Tuong | Benjamin Quertier-Dagorn | Serena Viti | Christophe Risacher | Dariusz C. Lis | Ruth C. Carter | Juan-Daniel Gallego | Jean-Michel Krieg | René Plume | E. Amatucci | M. Gerin | E. Bergin | S. Viti | D. Lis | F. Helmich | R. Hills | I. Mehdi | P. Goldsmith | E. Caux | G. Melnick | D. Neufeld | R. Plume | D. Leisawitz | V. Desmaris | M. Dipirro | B. Ellison | A. Baryshev | M. Wiedner | L. Hunt | J. Krieg | A. Cooray | J. Staguhn | M. Hogerheijde | F. Wyrowski | F. Herpin | C. Risacher | K. Pontoppidan | P. Laporte | B. Borgo | C. Battersby | M. Meixner | W. Jellema | V. Belitsky | G. Kroes | S. Aalto | G. Keizer | S. Milam | R. Carter | J. Corsetti | G. Martins | A. di Giorgio | E. Tong | Y. Delorme | J. Gallego | E. De Beck | M. Eggens | C. Goldstein | A. Laurens | Napoléon Nguyen Tuong | Benjamin Quertier-Dagorn | N. Nguyen Tuong | A. D. di Giorgio

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