The terahertz intensity mapper: A balloon-borne imaging spectrometer for galaxy evolution
Author
Marrone, D.P.Aguirre, J.E.
Bracks, J.S.
Bradford, C.M.
Brendal, B.S.
Bumble, B.
Corso, A.J.
Devlin, M.J.
Emerson, N.
Filippini, J.P.
Fu, J.
Gasho, V.
Groppi, C.E.
Hailey-Dunsheath, S.
Hoh, J.
Hollister, M.I.
Janssen, R.M.J.
Joralmon, D.
Keenan, R.P.
Liu, L.-J.
Lowe, I.
Mauskopf, P.
Mayer, E.C.
Nie, R.
Razavimaleki, V.
Redford, J.
Saeid, T.
Trumper, I.L.
Vieira, J.D.
Affiliation
Steward Observatory, University of ArizonaDepartment of Astronomy, University of Arizona
Issue Date
2022Keywords
Balloon-borne instrumentsFar-infrared
Far-infrared spectrometer
Galaxy formation
Intensity mapping
Kinetic Inductance Detectors
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Marrone, D. P., Aguirre, J. E., Bracks, J. S., Bradford, C. M., Brendal, B. S., Bumble, B., Corso, A. J., Devlin, M. J., Emerson, N., Filippini, J. P., Fu, J., Gasho, V., Groppi, C. E., Hailey-Dunsheath, S., Hoh, J., Hollister, M. I., Janssen, R. M. J., Joralmon, D., Keenan, R. P., … Vieira, J. D. (2022). The terahertz intensity mapper: A balloon-borne imaging spectrometer for galaxy evolution. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 12190.Rights
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The Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM) is a balloon-borne far-infrared imaging spectrometer designed to characterize the star formation history of the universe. In its Antarctic science flight, TIM will map the redshifted 158um line of ionized carbon over the redshift range 0.5-1.7 (lookback times of 5-10 Gyr). TIM will spectroscopically detect ∼100 galaxies, determine the star formation rate history over this time interval through line intensity mapping, and measure the stacked CII emission from galaxies in its well-studied target fields (GOODS-S, SPT Deep Field). TIM consists of a 2-meter telescope feeding two grating spectrometers that that cover 240-420um at R∼250 across a 1.3deg field of view, detected with 7200 kinetic inductance detectors and sampled through a novel RF system-on-chip readout. TIM will serve as an important scientific instrument, accessing wavelengths that cannot easily be studied from the ground, and as a testbed for future FIR space technology. © 2022 SPIE.Note
Immediate accessISSN
0277-786XISBN
9781510653610Version
Final published versionae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1117/12.2630644