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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).

(telescope,spectroscope,far infrared,airborne,plan,NASA,intensity mapping)
Further reading:
https://presentations.curf.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/poster_upload/2020-09/PURM%20Presentation_%20Website.pdf
https://obscos.astro.illinois.edu/tim/
https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.14340
https://techport.nasa.gov/view/90951
https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/conferences/FIR/posters/Aguirre_STARFIRE.pdf
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018JLTP..193..968H/abstract
WaveLFreqPhoton
Energy		  
240μm1.3THz5.2meVbeginTIM
420μm714GHz3.0meVendTIM
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance		Lightyears
/Lookback Years		  
.521.70Gpc5.53GlynearestTIM
1.673.23Gpc10.54GlyfurthestTIM
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