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TIM

(Terahertz Intensity Mapper, STARFIRE, Spectroscopic Terahertz Airborne Receiver for Far-infrared Exploration)
(planned balloon-borne 2-m telescope and spectrometer)

TIM (Terahertz Intensity Mapper) is a planned balloon-borne 2-meter telescope and imaging spectrometer aimed at intensity mapping [CII] and [NII]. It is the follow-up of a NASA-funded study called STARFIRE (for Spectroscopic Terahertz Airborne Receiver for Far-infrared Exploration). It underwent an engineering test flight in New Mexico in September 2024, and plans are for an operational flight in 2026 or possibly 2027, I believe from Antarctica.

(telescope,spectroscope,far infrared,airborne,plan,NASA,intensity mapping)
Further reading:
https://caps.ncsa.illinois.edu/research/terahertz-intensity-mapper/
https://sites.google.com/view/obscos/research/tim
https://obscos.astro.illinois.edu/tim/
https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.14340
https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/conferences/FIR/posters/Aguirre_STARFIRE.pdf
https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/astro/programs/cosmic-origins/events/2023/aas_jan2023/irstig/Viera_FIR_AAS_Jan2023.pdf
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018JLTP..193..968H/abstract
https://astro.arizona.edu/news/terahertz-intensity-mapper-flies-high-explore-launch-photos
https://stratocat.com.ar/fichas-e/2024/FSU-20240923.htm
https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/projects/tim/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022SPIE12190E..08M/abstract
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PItKkmK1t90
https://repository.upenn.edu/entities/publication/15d82b88-36a8-4cee-acaf-df12d248b5a6
WaveLFreqPhoton
Energy		  
240μm1.3THz5.2meVbeginTIM
420μm714GHz3.0meVendTIM
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance		Lightyears
/Lookback Years		  
.521.70Gpc5.53GlynearestTIM
1.673.23Gpc10.54GlyfurthestTIM

Referenced by pages:
intensity mapping surveys
SOFIA
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