The far-infrared spectroscopic surveyor (FIRSS)
Journal article, 2021
We are standing at the crossroads of powerful new facilities emerging in the next decade on the ground and in space like ELT, SKA, JWST, and Athena. Turning the narrative of the star formation potential of galaxies into a quantitative theory will provide answers to many outstanding questions in astrophysics, from the formation of planets to the evolution of galaxies and the origin of heavy elements. To achieve this goal, there is an urgent need for a dedicated space-borne, far-infrared spectroscopic facility capable of delivering, for the first time, large scale, high spectral resolution (velocity resolved) multiwavelength studies of the chemistry and dynamics of the ISM of our own Milky Way and nearby galaxies. The Far Infrared Spectroscopic Surveyor (FIRSS) fulfills these requirements and by exploiting the legacy of recent photometric surveys it seizes the opportunity to shed light on the fundamental building processes of our Universe.
Techniques
Spectroscopy
Space Vehicles
ESA Voyage2050
Galaxies
ISM
Instruments
Author
D. Rigopoulou
University of Oxford
C. Pearson
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
B. Ellison
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
M. Wiedner
Université Paris PSL
V. Ossenkopf Okada
University of Cologne
B. K. Tan
University of Oxford
I. Garcia-Bernete
University of Oxford
M. Gerin
Université Paris PSL
G. Yassin
University of Oxford
E. Caux
Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP)
S. Molinari
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
J. R. Goicoechea
CSIC - Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM)
G. Savini
University College London (UCL)
L. K. Hunt
Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory
D. C. Lis
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
P. F. Goldsmith
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Susanne Aalto
Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Astronomy and Plasmaphysics
G. Magdis
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
C. Kramer
Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM)
Experimental Astronomy
0922-6435 (ISSN) 1572-9508 (eISSN)
Vol. 51 3 699-728Subject Categories
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Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
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DOI
10.1007/s10686-021-09716-w