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11 March 2021 Origins Survey Spectrometer: revealing the hearts of distant galaxies and forming planetary systems with far-IR spectroscopy
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The Origins Survey Spectrometer (OSS) is a multi-purpose far-IR spectrograph for Origins. Operating at the photon background limit, OSS covers the 25- to 588-μm wavelength range instantaneously at a resolving power (R) of 300 using six logarithmically spaced grating modules. Each module couples at least 30 and up to 100 spatial beams simultaneously, enabling true [three-dimensional (3D)] spectral mapping. In addition, OSS provides two high-resolution modes. The first inserts a long-path Fourier-transform spectrometer (FTS) into a portion of the incoming light in advance of the grating backends, enabling R up to 43  ,  000  ×    [  λ  /  112  μm  ]  , while preserving the grating-based sensitivity for line detection. The second incorporates a scanning etalon in series with the FTS to provide R up to 300,000 for the 100-to 200-μm range.

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Charles M. Bradford, Bruce A. Cameron, Bradley D. Moore, Steven Hailey-Dunsheath, Edward G. Amatucci, Damon C. Bradley, James A. Corsetti, David T. Leisawitz, Michael J. DiPirro, James G. Tuttle, Ari-David Brown, Richard McBirney, Alexandra Pope, Lee Armus, Margaret Meixner, and Klaus Pontoppidan "Origins Survey Spectrometer: revealing the hearts of distant galaxies and forming planetary systems with far-IR spectroscopy," Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 7(1), 011017 (11 March 2021). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011017
Received: 15 June 2020; Accepted: 27 January 2021; Published: 11 March 2021
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KEYWORDS
Spectroscopy

Sensors

Fabry–Perot interferometers

Fourier transforms

Interferometers

Galactic astronomy

Heart

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