Millimetron—a large Russian-European submillimeter space observatory
Journal article, 2009
Millimetron is a Russian-led 12 m diameter submillimeter and far-infrared space observatory which is included in the Space Plan of the Russian Federation for launch around 2017. With its large collecting area and state-of-the-art receivers, it will enable unique science and allow at least one order of magnitude improvement with respect to the Herschel Space Observatory. Millimetron will be operated in two basic observing modes: as a single-dish observatory, and as an element of a ground-space very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) system. As single-dish, angular resolutions on the order of 3 to 12 arc sec will be achieved and spectral resolutions of up to a million employing heterodyne techniques. As VLBI antenna, the chosen elliptical orbit will provide extremely large VLBI baselines (beyond 300,000 km) resulting in micro-arc second angular resolution.
quasioptics
Herschel
heterodyne receiver
Radio lines
bolometer
Submillimeter
spectroscopic telescopes
HEB
SIS
Space instrumentation
Space observatory
superconductor
terahertz
mixer
VLBI
Author
W. Wild
Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON)
N. S. Kardashev
Russian Academy of Sciences
S.F. Likhachev
Russian Academy of Sciences
N.G. Babakin
Russian Academy of Sciences
V.Y. Arkhipov
Russian Academy of Sciences
I.S. Vinogradov
Russian Academy of Sciences
V.V. Andreyanov
Russian Academy of Sciences
S.D. Fedorchuk
Russian Academy of Sciences
N.V. Myshonkova
Russian Academy of Sciences
Y.A. Alexsandrov
Russian Academy of Sciences
I.D. Novokov
Russian Academy of Sciences
Gregory Goltsman
Moscow State Pedagogical University
A.M. Cherepaschuk
Moscow State University
B.M. Shustov
Russian Academy of Sciences
A. N. Vystavkin
National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET)
V. P. Koshelets
National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET)
V. F. Vdovin
Russian Academy of Sciences
Th. de Graauw
Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON)
F. Helmich
Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON)
F. vd Tak
Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON)
R. Shipman
Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON)
A. Baryshev
Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON)
J. R. Gao
Delft University of Technology
Pourya Khosropanah
Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON)
P. Roelfsema
Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON)
P. D. Barthel
University of Groningen
M. Spaans
University of Groningen
M. Mendez
University of Groningen
T.M. Klapwijk
Delft University of Technology
F. P. Israel
Leiden University
M. Hogerheijde
Leiden University
G.R. van der Werf
Leiden University
J. Cernicharo
CSIC - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (IEM)
J. Martin-Pintado
CSIC - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (IEM)
P. Planesas
Yebes Observatory
J. D. Gallego
Yebes Observatory
G. Beaudin
LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etudes du Rayonnement et de la Matiere en Astrophysique et Atmospheres
J. M. Krieg
LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etudes du Rayonnement et de la Matiere en Astrophysique et Atmospheres
M. Gerin
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon
L. Pagani
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon
P. Saraceno
Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, Rome
A. M. di Giorgio
Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, Rome
R. Cerulli
Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, Rome
R. Orfei
Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, Rome
L. Spinoglio
Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, Rome
L. Piazzo
Sapienza University of Rome
René Liseau
Chalmers, Department of Radio and Space Science, Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics
Victor Belitsky
Chalmers, Department of Radio and Space Science, Advanced Receiver Development
Serguei Cherednichenko
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Physical Electronics
A. Poglitsch
Max Planck Society
W. Raab
Max Planck Society
R. Guesten
Max Planck Society
Benjamin Klein
Max Planck Society
J. Stutzki
University of Cologne
N. Honingh
University of Cologne
A. Benz
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)
A. Murphy
Maynooth University
N. Trappe
Maynooth University
Antti Räisänen
Aalto University
Experimental Astronomy
0922-6435 (ISSN) 1572-9508 (eISSN)
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DOI
10.1007/s10686-008-9097-6