FIFI-LS: The facility far-infrared spectrometer for SOFIA

Randolf Klein; Simon Beckmann; Aaron Bryant; Sebastian Colditz; Christian Fischer; Fabio Fumi; Norbert Geis; Rainer Hönle; Alfred Krabbe; Leslie Looney; Albrecht Poglitsch; Walfried Raab; Felix Rebell; Maureen Savage

doi:10.1117/12.2055371

FIFI-LS: The facility far-infrared spectrometer for SOFIA

Randolf Klein, Simon Beckmann, Aaron Bryant, Sebastian Colditz, Christian Fischer, Fabio Fumi, Norbert Geis, Rainer Hönle, Alfred Krabbe, Leslie Looney, Albrecht Poglitsch, Walfried Raab, Felix Rebell, Maureen Savage

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FIFI-LS is the German far-infrared integral field spectrometer for the SOFIA airborne observatory. The instrument offers medium resolution spectroscopy (R ∼ a few 1000) in the far-infrared with two independent spectrometers covering 50-110 and 100-200 μm. The integral field units of the two spectrometers obtain spectra covering concentric square fields-of-views sized 3000and 6000, respectively. Both spectrometers can observe simultaneously at any wavelength in their ranges making efficient mapping of far-infrared lines possible. FIFI-LS has been commissioned at the airborne observatory SOFIA as a PI instrument in spring 2014. During 2015, the commissioning as facility instrument will be complete and the SOFIA observatory will take over the operation of FIFI-LS. The instrument can already be used by the community. Primary science cases are the study of the galactic and extra-galactic interstellar medium and its processes. In this presentation, the capabilities of FIFI-LS on the SOFIA telescope will be explained and how they are used by the offered observing modes. The remaining atmosphere and the warm telescope create a high background situation, which requires a differential measurement technique. This is achieved by SOFIA's chopping secondary mirror and nodding the telescope. Depending on the source size, different observing modes may be used to observe a source. All modes use spatial and spectral dithering. The resulting data products will be 3D-data cubes. The observing parameters will be specified using AOTs, like the other SOFIA instruments, and created via the tool SSPOT which is similar to the Spitzer Space Telescope SPOT tool. The observations will be done in service mode, but SOFIA invites a few investigators to fly onboard SOFIA during (part of) their observations.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V
Editors	Suzanne K. Ramsay, Ian S. McLean, Hideki Takami
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9780819496157
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055371
State	Published - 2014
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V - Montreal, Canada Duration: Jun 22 2014 → Jun 26 2014

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9147
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	6/22/14 → 6/26/14

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Klein, R., Beckmann, S., Bryant, A., Colditz, S., Fischer, C., Fumi, F., Geis, N., Hönle, R., Krabbe, A., Looney, L., Poglitsch, A., Raab, W., Rebell, F., & Savage, M. (2014). FIFI-LS: The facility far-infrared spectrometer for SOFIA. In S. K. Ramsay, I. S. McLean, & H. Takami (Eds.), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V Article 91472X (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9147). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055371

FIFI-LS: The facility far-infrared spectrometer for SOFIA. / Klein, Randolf; Beckmann, Simon; Bryant, Aaron et al.
Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V. ed. / Suzanne K. Ramsay; Ian S. McLean; Hideki Takami. SPIE, 2014. 91472X (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9147).

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Klein, R, Beckmann, S, Bryant, A, Colditz, S, Fischer, C, Fumi, F, Geis, N, Hönle, R, Krabbe, A, Looney, L, Poglitsch, A, Raab, W, Rebell, F & Savage, M 2014, FIFI-LS: The facility far-infrared spectrometer for SOFIA. in SK Ramsay, IS McLean & H Takami (eds), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V., 91472X, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9147, SPIE, Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, Montreal, Canada, 6/22/14. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055371

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