First supra-THz heterodyne array receivers for astronomy with the SOFIA observatory

C Risacher, R Güsten, J Stutzki… - IEEE Transactions …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the upGREAT THz heterodyne arrays for far-infrared astronomy. The low-
frequency array (LFA) is designed to cover the 1.9-2.5 THz range using 2× 7-pixel …

Far-infrared line diagnostics: improving N/O abundance estimates for dusty galaxies

B Peng, C Lamarche, GJ Stacey, T Nikola… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The nitrogen-to-oxygen (N/O) abundance ratio is an important diagnostic of galaxy evolution
because the ratio is closely tied to the growth of metallicity and the star formation history in …

THz low resolution spectroscopy for astronomy

GJ Stacey - IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The THz spectral regime provides a wide range of spectral lines that are invaluable probes
of star formation and AGN activity in galaxies both in the local Universe and at the earliest …

Development of DESHIMA: a redshift machine based on a superconducting on-chip filterbank

A Endo, JJA Baselmans… - … , and Far-Infrared …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Distant, dusty and extremely luminous galaxies form a key component of the high redshift
universe, tracing the period of intense cosmic activity that ultimately gave rise to the present …

Molecular and atomic line surveys of galaxies. I. The dense, star-forming gas phase as a beacon

JE Geach, PP Papadopoulos - The Astrophysical Journal, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We predict the space density of molecular gas reservoirs in the universe and place a lower
limit on the number counts of carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen cyanide (HCN) molecular …

Electromagnetic design for SuperSpec: a lithographically-patterned millimetre-wave spectrograph

PS Barry, E Shirokoff, A Kovács… - … , and Far-Infrared …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
SuperSpec is an innovative, fully planar, compact spectrograph for mm/sub-mm astronomy.
SuperSpec is based on a superconducting filter-bank consisting of a series of planar half …

Observations of Cosmic Brunch: Pancake-Shaped Disk Galaxies and Food for Star Formation Around Cosmic Noon

CT Rooney - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Abstract majority of the stellar mass in all galaxies was assembled during the Epoch of Peak
Star Formation Rate Density (“Cosmic Noon”), from z∼ 1− 3. An active area of research is …

The optical, mechanical, and thermal design and performance of the 2nd generation redshift (z) and early universe spectrometer, ZEUS-2

SC Parshley, C Ferkinhoff, T Nikola… - … , and Far-Infrared …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We have built a new long-slit grating spectrometer (ZEUS-2) for observations in the
submillimeter wavelength regime (200-650 μm). ZEUS-2 is optimized for observations of …

Wideband sub-mm wave superconducting integrated filter-bank spectrometer

AP Laguna, K Karatsu, A Neto, A Endo… - … Waves (IRMMW-THz …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design of an octave bandwidth sub-mm wave superconducting on-chip filter-bank
spectrometer for Astronomy is presented. An array of THz band-pass filters subdivides the …

Recent developments with Cornell's ZEUS-2 spectrometer at APEX

CT Rooney, B Peng, G Stacey, T Nikola… - … , and Far-Infrared …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We present recent developments on Cornell's 2nd generation z (redshift) and Early Universe
Spectrometer (ZEUS-2). ZEUS-2 is a long-slit echelle-grating spectrometer, originally …