Presentation 1 : Oral
RESPIRE : An All-Sky Infrared Spectroscopic Survey (PNPS)
T. Le Bertre, for the RESPIRE consortium
The objective of RESPIRE is to carry out, from space, an all-sky
spectro-imaging survey in the range 1.6 - 6.5 microns, with a spectral
resolution of 90 and a spatial resolution of 12 arcsec., in four years or more.
This spectral range, essentially opaque from the ground, is very rich
in spectral features that trace the stellar populations and the interstellar
medium in all its forms (molecular, atomic and ionised gas, PAHs, dust, ices).
Excellent performances in detection will be reached (500 and 10 microJy
at 3 microns, in standard and long exposure modes, respectively) thanks
to the passive cooling of the whole instrument down to 60 - 80 K.