First results from the Far-ultraviolet Imaging Rocket Experiment (FIRE)

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brennan Gantner ◽  
James Green ◽  
Matthew Beasley ◽  
Robert Kane ◽  
Ted Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Rocket Experiment ◽  
First Results ◽  
Far Ultraviolet

First results from a rocket experiment to map the far-ultraviolet background

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Schiminovich ◽  
Peter Friedman ◽  
Christopher Martin
Keyword(s):  
Rocket Experiment ◽  
First Results ◽  
Far Ultraviolet

scholarly journals Detection of Escaping Lyman Continuum Radiation in Two Local Starbursts Using FUSE

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (S235) ◽  
pp. 316-316
Author(s):  
E. Leitet ◽  
N. Bergvall ◽  
B-G Andersson ◽  
E. Zackrisson
Keyword(s):  
Interstellar Medium ◽  
Starburst Galaxies ◽  
Compact Galaxy ◽  
Archival Data ◽  
Continuum Radiation ◽  
Neutral Gas ◽  
Lyman Continuum ◽  
Profile Fitting ◽  
First Results ◽  
Far Ultraviolet

AbstractWe present the detection of escaping Lyman Continuum (LyC) radiation from two local starburst galaxies, Tol 1247-232 and Tol 0440-381, using archival data from the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE). From profile fitting of metal lines, high densities of neutral gas were derived for both galaxies, implying that the LyC radiation is escaping from holes in the interstellar medium. The first results for one of the galaxies, Tol 1247-232, give an escape fraction (fesc) of 17–35%. These new detections, together with that of the blue compact galaxy Haro 11 in Bergvall et al. (2006) where fesc between 4–10% was found, will have a feedback on cosmic reionization models.

scholarly journals First Results from the FUSE Mission

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 545-591
Author(s):  
George Sonneborn ◽  
H. Warren Moos
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
High Spectral Resolution ◽  
High Resolution Spectroscopy ◽  
Mission Design ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
First Results ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
Cooperative Project ◽  
Far Ultraviolet ◽  
Primary Mission

AbstractThe Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) provides high-resolution spectroscopy at far ultraviolet (FUV) wavelengths (905–1187Å) of many astronomical objects in order to address fundamental questions related to the origin of the universe. FUSE, a cooperative project of the United States, Canada, and France, was launched in June 1999 for a three-year primary mission. The instrument sensitivity permits studies of many extragalactic sources at high spectral resolution. The key science drivers for the mission design are absorption-line spectroscopy of the ISM and IGM to investigate D/H, O VI, and molecular hydrogen abundances and distribution in the Galaxy and beyond to z ~ 0.3. Most of the observing time is available to Guest Investigators. This Joint Discussion summarizes some of the scientific results determined primarily from the first several months of FUSE observations.

Spectral imagery in the far ultraviolet: results from a sounding rocket experiment

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Supriya Chakrabarti ◽  
Valerie Taylor ◽  
Timothy A. Cook ◽  
Andrew W. Stephan ◽  
Daniel M. Cotton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sounding Rocket ◽  
Rocket Experiment ◽  
Far Ultraviolet

scholarly journals FAR-ULTRAVIOLET DUST ALBEDO MEASUREMENTS IN THE UPPER SCORPIUS CLOUD USING THE SPINR SOUNDING ROCKET EXPERIMENT

2009 ◽  
Vol 706 (1) ◽  
pp. 306-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. K. Lewis ◽  
T. A. Cook ◽  
K. P. Wilton ◽  
S. Chakrabarti ◽  
K. France ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sounding Rocket ◽  
Rocket Experiment ◽  
Far Ultraviolet

scholarly journals The ORFEUS Far Ultraviolet Spectrum of the LMC Binary Star HDE 269546

1997 ◽  
Vol 166 ◽  
pp. 517-520
Author(s):  
H. Widmann ◽  
G. Krämer ◽  
I. Appenzeller ◽  
J. Barnstedt ◽  
A. Fromm ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Hydrogen ◽  
Milky Way ◽  
Galactic Halo ◽  
Binary Star ◽  
Ultraviolet Spectrum ◽  
Echelle Spectrograph ◽  
Hot Gas ◽  
First Results ◽  
Far Ultraviolet ◽  
First Time

AbstractFar UV high resolution spectra of 3 LMC and SMC stars were obtained with the Echelle spectrograph during the second ORFEUS mission in Dec. 1996. We present the first results from observations of the LMC star HDE 269546. We find definitely components of very hot gas identified as OVI and SVI absorption in the galactic halo of the Milky Way and in the LMC. Additionally, more than 30 ions of the most abundant elements in different stages of ionization can be identified in both our galaxy and the LMC. For the first time we can identify a significant absorption component of molecular hydrogen in the ORFEUS II Echelle spectrum with a redshift of 200 km s−1, doubtlessly to be attributed to the LMC.

FIRE: Far-ultraviolet Imaging Rocket Experiment: a sounding rocket telescope

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brennan Gantner ◽  
James Green ◽  
Matthew Beasley ◽  
Robert Kane ◽  
Bruce Lairson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sounding Rocket ◽  
Rocket Experiment ◽  
Far Ultraviolet
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