The GALEX mission and detectors

Oswald Siegmund; Barry Welsh; Christopher Martin; Tom Barlow; Luciana Bianchi; Yong Ik Byun; Karl Forster; Peter G. Friedman; Patrick Jelinsky; Barry Madore; Roger Malina; Bruno Milliard; Patrick Morrissey; Susan Neff; Mike Rich; David Schiminovich; Todd Small; Alex Szalay; Ted Wyder

doi:10.1117/12.561488

The GALEX mission and detectors

Oswald Siegmund, Barry Welsh, Christopher Martin, Tom Barlow, Luciana Bianchi, Yong Ik Byun, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Patrick Jelinsky, Barry Madore, Roger Malina, Bruno Milliard, Patrick Morrissey, Susan Neff, Mike Rich, David Schiminovich, Todd Small, Alex Szalay, Ted Wyder

Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

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Abstract

We describe the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) satellite that was launched in April 2003 specifically to accomplish far ultraviolet (FUV) and near ultraviolet (NUV) imaging and spectroscopic sky-surveys. GALEX is currently providing new and significant information on how galaxies form and evolve over a period that encompasses 80% of the history of the Universe. This is being accomplished by the precise measurement of the UV brightness of galaxies which is a direct measurement of their rate of star formation. We briefly describe the design of the GALEX mission followed by an overview of the instrumentation that comprises the science pay load. We then focus on a description of the development of the UV sealed tube micro-channel plate detectors and provide data that describe their on-orbit performance. Finally, we provide a short overview of some of the science highlights obtained with GALEX.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	13-24
Number of pages	12
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5488
Issue number	PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.561488
State	Published - 2004
Event	UV and Gamma-Ray Space Telescope Systems - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 21 2004 → Jun 24 2004

Keywords

Far ultraviolet
GALEX
Imaging
Microchannel plates
Near ultraviolet
Spectroscopy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Siegmund, O., Welsh, B., Martin, C., Barlow, T., Bianchi, L., Byun, Y. I., Forster, K., Friedman, P. G., Jelinsky, P., Madore, B., Malina, R., Milliard, B., Morrissey, P., Neff, S., Rich, M., Schiminovich, D., Small, T., Szalay, A., & Wyder, T. (2004). The GALEX mission and detectors. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5488(PART 1), 13-24. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.561488

Siegmund, O, Welsh, B, Martin, C, Barlow, T, Bianchi, L, Byun, YI, Forster, K, Friedman, PG, Jelinsky, P, Madore, B, Malina, R, Milliard, B, Morrissey, P, Neff, S, Rich, M, Schiminovich, D, Small, T, Szalay, A & Wyder, T 2004, 'The GALEX mission and detectors', Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 5488, no. PART 1, pp. 13-24. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.561488

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