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The Galaxy Evolution Explorer

C. Martin, T. Barlow, W. Barnhart, L. Bianchi, B. Blakkolb, D. Bruno, J. Bushman, Y. Byun, M. Chiville, T. Conrow, B. Cooke, J. Donas, J. Fanson, K. Forster, P. Friedman, R. Grange, D. Griffiths, T. Heckman, J. Lee, P. Jelinsky, S. Kim, S. Lee, Y. Lee, D. Liu, B. Madore, R. Malina, A. Mazer, R. McLean, B. Milliard, W. Mitchell, M. Morais, P. Morrissey, S. Neff, F. Raison, D. Randall, M. Rich, D. Schiminovich, W. Schmitigal, A. Sen, O. Siegmund, T. Small, J. Stock, F. Surber, A. Szalay, A. Vaughan, T. Weigand, B. Welsh, P. Wu, T. Wyder, C. Xu, and J. Zsoldas.
Future EUV/UV and Visible Space Astrophysics Missions and Instrumentation., volume 4854 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 336-350. (February 2003)
DOI: 10.1117/12.460034

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The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), a NASA Small Explorer Mission planned for launch in Fall 2002, will perform the first Space Ultraviolet sky survey. Five imaging surveys in each of two bands (1350-1750A and 1750-2800A) will range from an all-sky survey (limit m$_AB$˜20-21) to an ultra- deep survey of 4 square degrees (limit m$_AB$˜26). Three spectroscopic grism surveys (R=100-300) will be performed with various depths (m$_AB$˜20-25) and sky coverage (100 to 2 square degrees) over the 1350-2800A band. The instrument includes a 50 cm modified Ritchey-Chrétien telescope, a dichroic beam splitter and astigmatism corrector, two large sealed tube microchannel plate detectors to simultaneously cover the two bands and the 1.2 degree field of view. A rotating wheel provides either imaging or grism spectroscopy with transmitting optics. We will use the measured UV properties of local galaxies, along with corollary observations, to calibrate the UV-global star formation rate relationship in galaxies. We will apply this calibration to distant galaxies discovered in the deep imaging and spectroscopic surveys to map the history of star formation in the universe over the red shift range zero to two. The GALEX mission will include an Associate Investigator program for additional observations and supporting data analysis. This will support a wide variety of investigations made possible by the first UV sky survey.

BibTeX key: Martin2003
entry type: inproceedings
booktitle: Future EUV/UV and Visible Space Astrophysics Missions and Instrumentation.
year: 2003
month: feb
pages: 336-350
series: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series
volume: 4854
adsurl: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/\#abs/2003SPIE.4854..336M
adsnote: Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
__markedentry: oriol:6
DOI: 10.1117/12.460034
url: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003SPIE.4854..336M

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%0 Conference Paper %1 Martin2003 %A Martin, Christopher %A Barlow, Thomas %A Barnhart, William %A Bianchi, Luciana %A Blakkolb, Brian K. %A Bruno, Dominique %A Bushman, Joseph %A Byun, Yong-Ik %A Chiville, Michael %A Conrow, Timothy %A Cooke, Brian %A Donas, Jose %A Fanson, James L. %A Forster, Karl %A Friedman, Peter G. %A Grange, Robert %A Griffiths, David %A Heckman, Timothy %A Lee, James %A Jelinsky, Patrick N. %A Kim, Sug-Whan %A Lee, Siu-Chun %A Lee, Young-Wook %A Liu, Dankai %A Madore, Barry F. %A Malina, Roger %A Mazer, Alan %A McLean, Ryan %A Milliard, Bruno %A Mitchell, William %A Morais, Marco %A Morrissey, Patrick F. %A Neff, Susan G. %A Raison, Frederic %A Randall, David %A Rich, Michael %A Schiminovich, David %A Schmitigal, Wes %A Sen, Amit %A Siegmund, Oswald H. W. %A Small, Todd %A Stock, Joseph M. %A Surber, Frank %A Szalay, Alexander %A Vaughan, Arthur H. %A Weigand, Timothy %A Welsh, Barry Y. %A Wu, Patrick %A Wyder, Ted %A Xu, C. Kevin %A Zsoldas, Jennifer %B Future EUV/UV and Visible Space Astrophysics Missions and Instrumentation. %D 2003 %E Blades, J. Chris %E Siegmund, Oswald H. W. %K 14MAST astronomía imported %P 336-350 %R 10.1117/12.460034 %T The Galaxy Evolution Explorer %U https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003SPIE.4854..336M %V 4854 %X The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), a NASA Small Explorer Mission planned for launch in Fall 2002, will perform the first Space Ultraviolet sky survey. Five imaging surveys in each of two bands (1350-1750A and 1750-2800A) will range from an all-sky survey (limit m$_AB$˜20-21) to an ultra- deep survey of 4 square degrees (limit m$_AB$˜26). Three spectroscopic grism surveys (R=100-300) will be performed with various depths (m$_AB$˜20-25) and sky coverage (100 to 2 square degrees) over the 1350-2800A band. The instrument includes a 50 cm modified Ritchey-Chrétien telescope, a dichroic beam splitter and astigmatism corrector, two large sealed tube microchannel plate detectors to simultaneously cover the two bands and the 1.2 degree field of view. A rotating wheel provides either imaging or grism spectroscopy with transmitting optics. We will use the measured UV properties of local galaxies, along with corollary observations, to calibrate the UV-global star formation rate relationship in galaxies. We will apply this calibration to distant galaxies discovered in the deep imaging and spectroscopic surveys to map the history of star formation in the universe over the red shift range zero to two. The GALEX mission will include an Associate Investigator program for additional observations and supporting data analysis. This will support a wide variety of investigations made possible by the first UV sky survey.

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