The key science drivers for MICHI a thermal-infrared instrument for the TMT

Authors
  • C. Packham
  • M. Honda
  • M. Chun
  • I. Sakon
  • M. Richter
  • Y. Okamoto
  • H. Kataza
  • C. Marois
  • M. Meyer
  • M. Puravankara
  • J. Birkby
  • I. Crossfield
  • T. Curry
  • T. Greathouse
  • G. Herczeg
  • K. Ichikawa
  • H. Inami
  • M. Imanishi
  • E. Lopez-Rodriguez
  • MICHI Science & Instrument Team
Publication date 2018
Host editors
  • C.J. Evans
  • L. Simard
  • H. Takami
Book title Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII
Book subtitle 10-14 June 2018, Austin, Texas, United States
ISBN
  • 9781510619579
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9781510619586
Series Proceedings of the SPIE
Event Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII
Article number 10702A0
Volume | Issue number 5
Number of pages 12
Publisher Bellingham, WA: SPIE
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract
With the imminent launch of the JWST, the field of thermal-infrared (TIR) astronomy will enjoy a revolution. It is easy to imagine that all areas of infrared (IR) astronomy will be greatly advanced, but perhaps impossible to conceive of the new vistas that will be opened. To allow both follow-up JWST observations and a continuance of work started on the ground-based 8m’s, we continue to plan the science cases and instrument design for a TIR imager and spectrometer for early operation on the TMT. We present the current status of our science cases and the instrumentation plans, harnessing expertise across the TMT partnership. This instrument will be proposed by the MICHI team as a second-generation instrument in any upcoming calls for proposals.
Document type Conference contribution
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313967
Other links http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018SPIE10702E..A0P
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