@inproceedings{5ef4a98c01f84ee0a672fc45bcd23a0b,
title = "FIFI LS getting ready to fly aboard SOFIA",
abstract = "FIFI LS is the German far-infrared integral field spectrometer for the SOFIA airborne observatory. The instrument consists of two independent integral field spectrometers for two different wavelength bands (45-110 μm and 100-200 μm). A dichroic filter enables simultaneous observation of two different spectral lines in the same field-of view. This allows very efficient mapping of extended regions with FIFI LS in many important far-infrared cooling lines with line ratios sensitive to temperature and density. FIFI LS will become a facility instrument for SOFIA. In the next two years it will become a fully commissioned facility instrument. After its commission, FIFI LS will be available for general observing with a large science potential. In this paper, we will also discuss the science of FIFI LS.",
keywords = "Airborne Instrumentation, FIFI LS, Far-Infrared, Integral Field Spectroscopy, SOFIA",
author = "R. Klein and A. Poglitsch and W. Raab and N. Geis and M. Hamidouche and Looney, {L. W.} and R. H{\"o}nle and K. Nishikida and R. Genzel and Henning, {Th K.}",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1117/12.856530",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780819482259",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
number = "PART 1",
booktitle = "Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III",
edition = "PART 1",
note = "Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III ; Conference date: 27-06-2010 Through 02-07-2010",
}