Mid-Infrared Astronomy with IRAIT at Dome C: performances and simulations

Abstract. In the Antarctic Continent there are sites, such as Dome C, where the ambient conditions are expected to be favourable to open new windows to the Universe in the mid-infrared. Here we present the expected performances and simulated results of the mid-IR array camera for astronomy that we a...

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Main Authors: M Fiorucci, P Persi, M Busso, S Ciprini, L Corcione, G Tosti
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1085.4887
http://sait.oats.inaf.it/MSAIS/2/PDF/125.pdf
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Summary:Abstract. In the Antarctic Continent there are sites, such as Dome C, where the ambient conditions are expected to be favourable to open new windows to the Universe in the mid-infrared. Here we present the expected performances and simulated results of the mid-IR array camera for astronomy that we are developing for the IRAIT telescope. The optical configuration will permit a sensitivity of 4 mJy at 10 µm, considering a 10% bandwidth filter, the source in one beam, 1 sigma, and one hour integration time in chop-nod.

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