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Paper Abstract
We present the flight performance and preliminary science results from the first flight of the Sub-orbital Local
Interstellar Cloud Experiment (SLICE). SLICE is a rocket-borne far-ultraviolet instrument designed to study the diffuse
interstellar medium. The SLICE payload comprises a Cassegrain telescope with LiF-coated aluminum optics feeding a
Rowland Circle spectrograph operating at medium resolution (R ~ 5000) over the 102 – 107 nm bandpass. We present a
novel method for cleaning LiF-overcoated Al optics and the instrumental wavelength calibration, while the details of the
instrument design and assembly are presented in a companion proceeding (Kane et al. 2013). We focus primarily on
first results from the spring 2013 launch of SLICE in this work. SLICE was launched aboard a Terrier-Black Brant IX
sounding rocket from White Sands Missile Range to observe four hot stars sampling different interstellar sightlines. The
instrument acquired approximately 240 seconds of on-target time for the science spectra. We observe atomic and
molecular transitions (HI, OI, CII, OVI, H2) tracing a range of temperatures, ionization states, and molecular fractions in
diffuse interstellar clouds. Initial spectral synthesis results and future plans are discussed.
Paper Details
Date Published: 26 September 2013
PDF: 13 pages
Proc. SPIE 8859, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII, 885910 (26 September 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2023400
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8859:
UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII
Oswald H. Siegmund, Editor(s)
PDF: 13 pages
Proc. SPIE 8859, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII, 885910 (26 September 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2023400
Show Author Affiliations
Kevin France, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (United States)
Nicholas Nell, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (United States)
Keri Hoadley, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (United States)
Robert Kane, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (United States)
Eric B. Burgh, SOFIA/USRA NASA Ames Research Ctr. (United States)
Matthew Beasley, Planetary Resources, Inc. (United States)
Nicholas Nell, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (United States)
Keri Hoadley, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (United States)
Robert Kane, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (United States)
Eric B. Burgh, SOFIA/USRA NASA Ames Research Ctr. (United States)
Matthew Beasley, Planetary Resources, Inc. (United States)
Rachel Bushinksy, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (United States)
Ted B. Schultz, The Univ. of Iowa (United States)
Michael Kaiser, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (United States)
Christopher Moore, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (United States)
Jennifer Kulow, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (United States)
James C. Green, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (United States)
Ted B. Schultz, The Univ. of Iowa (United States)
Michael Kaiser, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (United States)
Christopher Moore, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (United States)
Jennifer Kulow, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (United States)
James C. Green, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8859:
UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII
Oswald H. Siegmund, Editor(s)
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