Far-infrared instrumentation and technological development for the next decade

D Farrah, KE Smith, D Ardila… - Journal of …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Far-infrared astronomy has advanced rapidly since its inception in the late 1950s, driven by
a maturing technology base and an expanding community of researchers. This …

ALMA-IMF. IX. Catalog and physical properties of 315 SiO outflow candidates in 15 massive protoclusters

APM Towner, A Ginsburg, P Dell'Ova… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a catalog of 315 protostellar outflow candidates detected in SiO J= 5− 4 in the
ALMA-IMF Large Program, observed with∼ 2000 au spatial resolution, 0.339 km s− 1 …

SOFIA at full operation capability: technical performance

P Temi, D Hoffman, K Ennico, J Le - Journal of Astronomical …, 2018 - World Scientific
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), the largest airborne
observatory in the world, is in full operation capability since February 2014 and is currently …

First results from the Herschel and ALMA spectroscopic surveys of the SMC: the relationship between [C II]-bright Gas and CO-bright gas at low metallicity

KE Jameson, AD Bolatto, M Wolfire… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) provides the only laboratory to study the
structure of molecular gas at high resolution and low metallicity. We present results from the …

Measuring chemical abundances in AGN from infrared nebular lines: HII-CHI-Mistry-IR for AGN

B Pérez-Díaz, E Pérez-Montero… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. Future and ongoing infrared and radio observatories such as JWST, METIS, and
ALMA will increase the amount of rest-frame IR spectroscopic data for galaxies by several …

FORCAST: a mid-infrared camera for SOFIA

TL Herter, JD Adams, GE Gull… - Journal of …, 2018 - World Scientific
We describe the Faint Object infraRed CAmera for the SOFIA Telescope (FORCAST) which
is presently operating as a facility instrument on the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared …

Size and shape constraints of (486958) Arrokoth from stellar occultations

MW Buie, SB Porter, P Tamblyn, D Terrell… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results from four stellar occultations by (486958) Arrokoth, the flyby target of
the New Horizons extended mission. Three of the four efforts led to positive detections of the …

The extraordinary outburst in the massive protostellar system NGC 6334 I-MM1: strong increase in mid-infrared continuum emission

TR Hunter, CL Brogan, JM De Buizer… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In recent years, dramatic outbursts have been identified toward massive protostars via
infrared and millimeter dust continuum and molecular maser emission. The longest lived …

SOFIA observations of far-ir fine-structure lines in galaxies to measure metallicity

L Spinoglio, JA Fernández-Ontiveros… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present new and archival SOFIA FIFI-LS far-IR spectroscopic observations of the [O iii]
52 μm and/or the [N iii] 57 μm lines of 25 local galaxies. Including 31 other galaxies from …

Whip** IC 63/IC 59

H Andrews, E Peeters, A Tielens, Y Okada - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2018 - aanda.org
Context. IC 63 and IC 59 are a pair of cometary-shaped nebulae in the vicinity of the star
γCas (also known as Tsih,“the Whip”). Both nebulae have very different optical …