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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Harley A. Thronson Jr. , Marc Sauvage , Pascal Gallais , Laurent VigrouxPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Reprinted from SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS 74:1-2, 1995 Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.40cm Weight: 1.160kg ISBN: 9780792336198ISBN 10: 0792336194 Pages: 235 Publication Date: 30 November 1995 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsSolar System Observations and Future Missions.- Extragalactic Observations and Future Missions.- Detection Limits in the Far Infrared.- Background Limited Infrared and Submillimeter Instruments.- Simulations of the Microwave Sky and of Its “Observations”.- Radiative and Hybrid Cooling of Infrared Space Telescopes.- The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO).- The Infrared Space Observatory: Telescope Design.- Infrared Telescope in Space: IRTS.- Infrared Astronomy on the Midcourse Space Experiment.- The Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE).- SOFIA: The Next Generation Airborne Observatory.- POST: Polar Stratospheric Telescope.- Infrared Imaging Surveyor: IRIS.- Optics of the Far Infra-Red and Submillimetre Space Telescope.- SIRTF: The Moderate Mission.- The Edison Infrared Space Observatory.- The Boomerang Experiment.- The Far Infrared Explorer (FIRE).- OLBERS: An Interplanetary Probe to Study Visible and Infrared Diffuse Backgrounds.- How to Evidence Primitive Life on an Exo-Planet? — The DARWIN Project.- The Near Infrared High Resolution Imaging Camera Program of Beijing Observatory.- The Effect of Realistic Surface Properties on Low Temperature Space Observatories.- The Management of Stray Radiation Issues in Space Optical Systems.- Pulse Tube Refrigerators.- The Use of Closed Cycle Coolers on Space Based Observatories.- Adiabatic Demagnetisation Refrigerators for Future Sub-Millimetre Space Missions.- Infrared Detection, Review of Existing and Future Devices.- A Novel Bolometer for Infrared and Millimeter-Wave Astrophysics.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |