Overview of the Origins Space telescope: science drivers to observatory requirements
Author
Meixner, MargaretArmus, Lee
Battersby, Cara
Bauer, James
Bergin, Edwin
Cooray, Asantha
Fortney, Jonathan J.
Kataria, Tiffany
Leisawitz, David T.
Milam, Stefanie N.
Pontoppidan, Klaus
Pope, Alexandra
Sandstrom, Karin
Staguhn, Johannes G.
Stevenson, Kevin B.
Su, Kate Y.
Bradford, Charles Matt
Benford, Dominic
Burgarella, Denis
Carey, Sean
Carter, Ruth C.
De Beck, Elvire
Dipirro, Michael J.
Ennico-Smith, Kimberly
Gerin, Maryvonne
Helmich, Frank P.
Kaltenegger, Lisa
Mamajek, Eric E.
Melnick, Gary
Moseley, Samuel Harvey
Narayanan, Desika
Neff, Susan G.
Padgett, Deborah
Roellig, Thomas L.
Sakon, Itsuki
Scott, Douglas
Sheth, Kartik
Vieira, Joaquin
Wiedner, Martina
Wright, Edward
Zmuidzinas, Jonas
Affiliation
Univ Arizona, Dept AstronUniv Arizona, Steward Observ
Issue Date
2018-07-24
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Meixner, M., Armus, L., Battersby, C., Bauer, J., Bergin, E., Cooray, A., ... & Zmuidzinas, J. (2018, July). Overview of the Origins Space telescope: science drivers to observatory requirements. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave (Vol. 10698, p. 106980N). International Society for Optics and Photonics.Rights
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The Origins Space Telescope (OST) mission concept study is the subject of one of the four science and technology definition studies supported by NASA Headquarters to prepare for the 2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey. OST will survey the most distant galaxies to discern the rise of metals and dust and to unveil the co-evolution of galaxy and blackhole formation, study the Milky Way to follow the path of water from the interstellar medium to habitable worlds in planetary systems, and measure biosignatures from exoplanets. This paper describes the science drivers and how they drove key requirements for OST Mission Concept 2, which will operate between similar to 5 and similar to 600 microns with a JWST sized telescope. Mission Concept 2 for the OST study optimizes the engineering for the key science cases into a powerful and more economical observatory compared to Mission Concept 1.ISSN
0277-786XVersion
Final published versionae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1117/12.2312255