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New Instrumentation for SOFIA Pamela Marcum SOFIA NASA Project Scientist SOFIA Users’ Group 17 September 2012

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New Instrumentation for SOFIA

Pamela Marcum SOFIA NASA Project Scientist

SOFIA Users’ Group 17 September 2012

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FLITECAM HIPO Near IR Camera Photometer

GREAT Heterodyne spectrometer

FORCAST Mid-IR Camera

4 SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY OBSERVATIONS

HAWC Bolometer Camera

EXES Mid- IR Spectrometer

FIFI LS Integral Field Spectrometer

3 SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT

SOFIA’S 1st-GENERATION SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS

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First Generation Instrument Capabilities

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FIFI LS

EXES

HAWC

DEVELOPMENT COMPLETE

DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY

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SOFIA Instrument Announcement of Opportunity

•  The 2nd Generation call was released in 2011 as part of the Stand Alone Missions of Opportunity Announcement

•  Classes of Instruments Solicited –  Facility Science Instruments –  Science Instrument Upgrades –  Technology Demonstration Instruments

•  Funding Available –  The funding reserved for developing instruments as a result of

this AO does not exceed $1M in FY12, $3M in FY13, and $5M in FY14-FY18.

•  Selections were announced in April 2012

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2nd Generation Instrument Selection

•  Second Generation SOFIA Instrument selection announced by NASA HQ on 17 April 2012

•  Both investigations are upgrades to HAWC, the Far-Infrared Camera for SOFIA and support the measurement of magnetic fields in the interstellar medium via Far IR polarimetry –  HAWC-POL -- Darren Dowell (JPL) –  HAWC++ -- Johannes Staguhn (JHU)

•  Additional discussions between NASA HQ and the three instrument teams ongoing to scope out the work and schedule

•  With these upgrades, HAWC will become the first 2nd Gen Instrument

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The Next Opportunity

•  The upgrade of HAWC will likely make full use of the SOFIA instrument development budget that was advertised in the AO through 2015

•  The funding line beyond 2015 for a new facility instrument remains a part of the SOFIA budget.

•  NASA/SMD plans to issue a new AO in approximately 2014

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German Instrument Developments

•  upGREAT an enhancement of the GREAT heterodyne instrument is under development by Rolf Güsten and collaborators.

•  Compact heterodyne arrays –  7 pixels x 2 polarizations @ 1.9 to 2.5 THz –  7 pixels @ 4.7 THz [O I]

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