| タイトル | The Explorer of Diffuse Galactic Emission (EDGE): Determination of Large-Scale Structure Evolution from Measurement of the Anisotropy of the Cosmic Infrared Background |
| 著者（英） | Cheng, E. S.; Cottingham, D. A.; Meyer, S. S.; Fixsen, D. J.; Wilson, G. W.; Silverberg, R. F. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| 発行日 | 2004-01-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | The formation of the first objects, stars and galaxies and their subsequent evolution remain a cosmological unknown. Few observational probes of these processes exist. The Cosmic Infrared Background (CIB) originates from this era, and can provide information to test models of both galaxy evolution and the growth of primordial structure. The Explorer of Diffuse Galactic Emission (EDGE) is a proposed balloon-borne mission designed to measure the spatial fluctuations in the CIB from 200 micrometers to 1 millimeter on 6' to 3 degree scales with 2 microKelvin sensitivity/resolution element. Such measurements would provide a sensitive probe of the large-scale variation in protogalaxy density at redshifts approximately 0.5-3. In this paper, we present the scientific justification for the mission and show a concept for the instrument and observations. |
| NASA分類 | Astronomy |
| 権利 | No Copyright |
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