The stratospheric terahertz observatory (STO): An LDB experiment to investigate the life cycle of the interstellar medium

C. K. Walker; C. A. Kulesa; C. E. Groppi; E. Young; T. McMahon; P. Bernasconi; C. Lisse; D. Neufeld; D. Hollenbach; J. Kawamura; P. Goldsmith; W. Langer; H. Yorke; J. Sterne; A. Skalare; I. Mehdi; S. Weinreb; J. Kooi; J. Stutzki; U. Graf; C. Honingh; P. Puetz; C. Martin; M. Wolfire

The stratospheric terahertz observatory (STO): An LDB experiment to investigate the life cycle of the interstellar medium

C. K. Walker, C. A. Kulesa, C. E. Groppi, E. Young, T. McMahon, P. Bernasconi, C. Lisse, D. Neufeld, D. Hollenbach, J. Kawamura, P. Goldsmith, W. Langer, H. Yorke, J. Sterne, A. Skalare, I. Mehdi, S. Weinreb, J. Kooi, J. Stutzki, U. GrafC. Honingh, P. Puetz, C. Martin, M. Wolfire

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Abstract

The Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory (STO) is a balloon-borne, 0.8-meter telescope designed to investigate the structure of the interstellar medium and the life cycle of interstellar clouds. In its first long duration flight, STO will use two, 4-beam HEB receiver arrays to survey part of the Galactic Plane in the [C II] line at 158 microns (the brightest spectral line in the Galaxy) and the [N II] line at 205 microns (a tracer of the star formation rate). At ~1' angular resolution and < 1 km/s velocity resolution, STO will detect every interstellar cloud with AV > 0.3 in the surveyed region, and, through excitation and kinematic diagnostics provided by [C II] and [N II] line emission, will illustrate how atomic and molecular clouds are formed and dispersed in the Galaxy. STO will make 3- dimensional maps of the structure, dynamics, turbulence, energy balance, and pressure of the Milky Way's Interstellar Medium (ISM), as well as the star formation rate. In future flights, STO will observe the important far-infrared lines of [O I], [N II], and HD.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, ISSTT 2008
Pages	9-13
Number of pages	5
State	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	19th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, ISSTT 2008 - Groningen, Netherlands Duration: Apr 28 2008 → Apr 30 2008

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Other	19th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, ISSTT 2008
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Groningen
Period	4/28/08 → 4/30/08

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Computer Networks and Communications
Space and Planetary Science
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Walker, C. K., Kulesa, C. A., Groppi, C. E., Young, E., McMahon, T., Bernasconi, P., Lisse, C., Neufeld, D., Hollenbach, D., Kawamura, J., Goldsmith, P., Langer, W., Yorke, H., Sterne, J., Skalare, A., Mehdi, I., Weinreb, S., Kooi, J., Stutzki, J., ... Wolfire, M. (2008). The stratospheric terahertz observatory (STO): An LDB experiment to investigate the life cycle of the interstellar medium. In Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, ISSTT 2008 (pp. 9-13)

The stratospheric terahertz observatory (STO): An LDB experiment to investigate the life cycle of the interstellar medium. / Walker, C. K.; Kulesa, C. A.; Groppi, C. E. et al.
Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, ISSTT 2008. 2008. p. 9-13.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Walker, CK, Kulesa, CA, Groppi, CE, Young, E, McMahon, T, Bernasconi, P, Lisse, C, Neufeld, D, Hollenbach, D, Kawamura, J, Goldsmith, P, Langer, W, Yorke, H, Sterne, J, Skalare, A, Mehdi, I, Weinreb, S, Kooi, J, Stutzki, J, Graf, U, Honingh, C, Puetz, P, Martin, C & Wolfire, M 2008, The stratospheric terahertz observatory (STO): An LDB experiment to investigate the life cycle of the interstellar medium. in Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, ISSTT 2008. pp. 9-13, 19th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, ISSTT 2008, Groningen, Netherlands, 4/28/08.

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