PRIMA: PRIMAger, a far infrared hyperspectral and polarimetric instrument

Laure Ciesla; Denis Burgarella; Charles D. Dowell; Marc Sauvage; Jochem Baselmans; Charles M. Bradford; Lorenza Ferrari; Johan Floriot; Jason Glenn; Matthew J. Griffin; Willem Jellema; Elizabeth Luthman; Laurent Martin; Tony Pamplona; Éric Prieto; Thomas Prouvé; Johannes Staguhn; Carole Tucker

doi:10.1117/12.3018739

24 August 2024 PRIMA: PRIMAger, a far infrared hyperspectral and polarimetric instrument

Laure Ciesla, Denis Burgarella, Charles D. Dowell, Marc Sauvage, Jochem Baselmans, Charles M. Bradford, Lorenza Ferrari, Johan Floriot, Jason Glenn, Matthew J. Griffin, Willem Jellema, Elizabeth Luthman, Laurent Martin, Tony Pamplona, Éric Prieto, Thomas Prouvé, Johannes Staguhn, Carole Tucker

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Proceedings Volume 13092, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 130920K (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018739
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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The PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) is an actively cooled, infrared observatory for the community for the next decade. On board, an infrared camera, PRIMAger, will provide observers with coverage of mid-infrared to far-infrared wavelengths from about 25 to 264 microns. PRIMAger will offer two imaging modes: the Hyperspectral mode will cover the 25-80 microns wavelength range with a resolution R~10 while the Polarimetric mode will have four broad-band filters, sensitive to polarization, from 80 to 264 microns. These capabilities have been specifically tailored to answer fundamental astrophysical questions such as black hole and star-formation coevolution in galaxies, the evolution of small dust grains over a wide range of redshifts, and the effects of interstellar magnetic fields in various environments, as well as opening a vast discovery space with versatile photometric and polarimetric capabilities.

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Laure Ciesla, Denis Burgarella, Charles D. Dowell, Marc Sauvage, Jochem Baselmans, Charles M. Bradford, Lorenza Ferrari, Johan Floriot, Jason Glenn, Matthew J. Griffin, Willem Jellema, Elizabeth Luthman, Laurent Martin, Tony Pamplona, Éric Prieto, Thomas Prouvé, Johannes Staguhn, and Carole Tucker "PRIMA: PRIMAger, a far infrared hyperspectral and polarimetric instrument", Proc. SPIE 13092, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 130920K (24 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018739

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