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THERMAL INFRARED ARRAY DETECTOR [1 record]

Record 1 2011-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
CONT

Finally, hot-off-the-presses results from SPIREX/Abu, an infrared telescope at the South Pole that boasts the largest thermal infrared array detector in the world, will be presented.

OBS

thermal infrared: The preferred term for the middle wavelength ranges of the IR region, extending roughly from 3 micrometers at the end of the near infrared, to about 15 or 20 micrometers where the far infrared commences. In practice, the limits represent the envelope of energy emitted by the earth behaving as a greybody with a surface temperature ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
OBS

infrarouge thermique : terme utilisé de préférence pour désigner les longueurs d'onde moyennes de la plage infrarouge. Elles vont d'environ 3 micromètres (fin du proche infrarouge) à 15 à 20 micromètres, où commence l'infrarouge lointain.

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