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Far Infrared Telescope (TIR) Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2006

M. Giard ,
F. Casoli ,
F. Paletou ,
G. Molodij  and
G. Trottet
G. Molodij
Affiliation:
LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, 5 place Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France
G. Trottet
Affiliation:
LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, 5 place Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France
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Abstract


We present the Far Infrared Telescope project submitted to the micro satellite programme of CNES and initially combined to a γ raymission. Millimeter wave emission from MeV-electrons is now wellknown, and on very few occasions non solar dedicated γ raydetectors have revealed emission from electrons at still higherenergies. The combination of two diagnostics: relativisticelectrons-synchrotron radiation in the far infrared and Bremsstrahlungat γ ray would probe electrons at energies above 10 MeV with100 ms time resolution, yielding unique information on the yet unknownhigh energy cut-off of the electron spectrum, and on the responseof the high photosphere to energy input during flares. We emphasizethe opportunity to observe solar flares in far infrared bands andto test uncooled detectors at the ground based station dome C in Antarctica.


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Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 14: Dome C Astronomy and Astrophysics Meeting , 2005 , pp. 199 - 204
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2005

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