THE FAR-INFRARED EXPLORER (FIRE)

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作者
LANGE, AE [1 ]
BOCK, JJ [1 ]
MASON, P [1 ]
机构
[1] JET PROP LAB,PASADENA,CA
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10.1007/BF00751264
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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We describe the Far IR Explorer, a MIDEX-class orbital mission designed to survey the entire sky at millimeter and sub-millimeter wavelengths. The primary science goal of FIRE is to map the Cosmic Microwave Background with 20' resolution and 1ppm precision. In addition, FIRE will measure diffuse radio and infrared emission from the Galaxy with unprecedented sensitivity, and will uniformly survey the entire sky to a limiting flux density of < 100 mJy (3 sigma).
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