ESA Science & Technology - The SPIRE Instrument for Herschel

Publication date: 02 June 2001

Authors: Griffin, M. J. et al.

Journal: ESA SP
Volume: 460
Page: 37-44
Year: 2001

Copyright: ESA

SPIRE, the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver, will be a bolometer instrument for ESA's Herschel satellite. Its main scientific goals are deep extra-galactic and galactic imaging surveys and spectroscopy of star-forming regions in own and nearby galaxies. In the proceedings of the 'The promise of FIRST', symposium held 12-15 December 2000 in Toledo, Spain.