The Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT): mission study results

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Title:		The Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT): mission study results
Authors:		Leisawitz, David; Baker, Charles; Barger, Amy; Benford, Dominic; Blain, Andrew; Boyle, Rob; Broderick, Richard; Budinoff, Jason; Carpenter, John; Caverly, Richard; Chen, Phil; Cooley, Steve; Cottingham, Christine; Crooke, Julie; DiPietro, Dave; DiPirro, MIke; Femiano, Michael; Ferrer, Art; Fischer, Jackie; Gardner, Jonathan; Hallock, Lou; Harris, Kenny; Hartman, Kate; Harwit, Martin; Hillenbrand, Lynne; Hyde, Tupper; Jones, Drew; Kellogg, Jim; Kogut, Alan; Kuchner, Marc; Lawson, Bill; Lecha, Javier; Lecha, Maria; Mainzer, Amy; Mannion, Jim; Martino, Anthony; Mason, Paul; Mather, John; McDonald, Gibran; Mills, Rick; Mundy, Lee; Ollendorf, Stan; Pellicciotti, Joe; Quinn, Dave; Rhee, Kirk; Rinehart, Stephen; Sauerwine, Tim; Silverberg, Robert; Smith, Terry; Stacey, Gordon; Stahl, H. Philip; Staguhn, Johannes; Tompkins, Steve; Tveekrem, June; Wall, Sheila; Wilson, Mark
Affiliation:		AA(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), AB(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), AC(Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (USA)), AD(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), AE(California Institute of Technology (USA)), AF(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), AG(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), AH(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), AI(California Institute of Technology (USA)), AJ(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), AK(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), AL(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), AM(Lockheed Martin Technical Operations (USA)), AN(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), AO(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), AP(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), AQ(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), AR(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), AS(Naval Research Lab. (USA)), AT(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), AU(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), AV(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), AW(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), AX(Cornell Univ. (USA)), AY(California Institute of Technology (USA)), AZ(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BA(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BB(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BC(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BD(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BE(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BF(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BG(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BH(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Institute of Technology (USA)), BI(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BJ(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BK(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BL(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BM(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BN(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BO(Univ. of Maryland-College Park (USA)), BP(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BQ(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BR(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BS(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BT(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BU(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BV(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BW(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BX(Cornell Univ. (USA)), BY(NASA Marshall Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), BZ(SSAI (USA)), CA(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), CB(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), CC(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)), CD(NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA))
Publication:		Space Telescopes and Instrumentation I: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter. Edited by Mather, John C.; MacEwen, Howard A.; de Graauw, Mattheus W. M.. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6265, pp. 626540 (2006). (SPIE Homepage)
Publication Date:		07/2006
Origin:		SPIE
Abstract Copyright:		(c) 2006: SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
DOI:		10.1117/12.669820
Bibliographic Code:		2006SPIE.6265E.120L

Abstract

We report results of a recently-completed pre-Formulation Phase study of SPIRIT, a candidate NASA Origins Probe mission. SPIRIT is a spatial and spectral interferometer with an operating wavelength range 25 - 400 μm. SPIRIT will provide sub-arcsecond resolution images and spectra with resolution R = 3000 in a 1 arcmin field of view to accomplish three primary scientific objectives: (1) Learn how planetary systems form from protostellar disks, and how they acquire their chemical organization; (2) Characterize the family of extrasolar planetary systems by imaging the structure in debris disks to understand how and where planets form, and why some planets are ice giants and others are rocky; and (3) Learn how high-redshift galaxies formed and merged to form the present-day population of galaxies. Observations with SPIRIT will be complementary to those of the James Webb Space Telescope and the ground-based Atacama Large Millimeter Array. All three observatories could be operational contemporaneously.

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