Output details
9 - Physics
University of Oxford
Article title
In-flight calibration of the Herschel -SPIRE instrument
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Article number
L4
Volume number
518
Issue number
4
First page of article
-
ISSN of journal
0004-6361
Year of publication
2010
URL
-
Number of additional authors
57
Additional information
My role in the SPIRE Instrument Control Team was to analyse data to infer the instrument’s performance in flight. I was part of a team that determined and assessed the gains and offsets of amplification chains, for which I developed additional analysis tools; and also the stability of the Beam Steering Mirror (section 3). I advised on the choice of astronomical sources for flux calibration and studied how the source extent and brightness affected spectral measurements (sensitivity, sections 5 and 6). I analysed some of the spectroscopic data in sections 9.1 and 9.2 and thereby critically assessed the software.
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
P - Observational Astrophysics
Citation count
104
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
