TY - JOUR
T1 - Near-infrared and mid-infrared spectroscopy with the Infrared Camera (IRC) for AKARI
AU - Ohyama, Youichi
AU - Onaka, Takashi
AU - Matsuhara, Hideo
AU - Wada, Takehiko
AU - Kim, Woojung
AU - Fujishiro, Naofumi
AU - Uemizu, Kazunori
AU - Sakon, Itsuki
AU - Cohen, Martin
AU - Ishigaki, Miho
AU - Ishihara, Daisuke
AU - Ita, Yoshifusa
AU - Kataza, Hirokazu
AU - Matsumoto, Toshio
AU - Murakami, Hiroshi
AU - Oyabu, Shinki
AU - Tanabé, Toshihiko
AU - Takagi, Toshinobu
AU - Ueno, Munetaka
AU - Usui, Fumio
AU - Watarai, Hidenori
AU - Pearson, Chris P.
AU - Takeyama, Norihide
AU - Yamamuro, Tomoyasu
AU - Ikeda, Yuji
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The Infrared Camera (IRC) is one of the two instruments on board the AKARI satellite. In addition to deep imaging from 1.8 to 26.5 μm for the pointed observation mode of the AKARI, it has a spectroscopic capability in its spectral range. By replacing the imaging filters by transmission-type dispersers on the filter wheels, it provides low-resolution (λ/δλ ∼ 20-120) spectroscopy with slits, or in a wide imaging field-of-view (approximately 10′ × 10′). The IRC spectroscopic mode is unique for space infrared missions in that it has the capability to perform sensitive wide-field spectroscopic surveys in the near- and mid-infrared wavelength ranges. This paper describes the specifications of the IRC spectrograph and its in-orbit performance.
AB - The Infrared Camera (IRC) is one of the two instruments on board the AKARI satellite. In addition to deep imaging from 1.8 to 26.5 μm for the pointed observation mode of the AKARI, it has a spectroscopic capability in its spectral range. By replacing the imaging filters by transmission-type dispersers on the filter wheels, it provides low-resolution (λ/δλ ∼ 20-120) spectroscopy with slits, or in a wide imaging field-of-view (approximately 10′ × 10′). The IRC spectroscopic mode is unique for space infrared missions in that it has the capability to perform sensitive wide-field spectroscopic surveys in the near- and mid-infrared wavelength ranges. This paper describes the specifications of the IRC spectrograph and its in-orbit performance.
KW - Infrared: general
KW - Instrumentation: spectrographs
KW - Space vehicles: instruments
KW - Techniques: spectroscopic
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U2 - 10.1093/pasj/59.sp2.s411
DO - 10.1093/pasj/59.sp2.s411
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:36849012170
VL - 59
SP - S411-S422
JO - Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
JF - Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
SN - 0004-6264
IS - SPEC. ISS. 2
ER -