Astronomical imaging spectroscopy at far infrared and submillimetre wavelenghts

我的研究计划以实验天体物理学实验室为中心。这个设施齐全的实验室的主要目标是开发灵敏的远红外和亚毫米光谱仪和辐射计，用于一系列地面和天基天文项目。基于詹姆斯·克拉克·麦克斯韦望远镜的傅立叶变换光谱学长期研究计划和毫米天文红外辐射计（IRMA）的开发，我的小组领导加拿大进行了两个主要的成像光谱学项目：Herschel/SPIRE和SCUBA-2/FTS-2。在这次成功的基础上，我领导加拿大参与了为宇宙学和天体物理学空间红外望远镜（SPICA）开发的成像光谱仪，这是日本和欧洲航天局正在开发的一项令人兴奋的新太空任务。

My research program is centred on a laboratory for experimental astrophysics. The primary goal of this well-found laboratory is the development of sensitive far-infrared and submillimetre spectrometers and radiometers for use in a range of ground and space-based astronomical projects. Building on a long-standing research program in Fourier transform spectroscopy at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope and the development of an Infrared Radiometer for Millimetre Astronomy (IRMA), my group leads Canada in two major imaging spectroscopy projects: Herschel/SPIRE and SCUBA-2/FTS-2. Building on this success I am leading Canadian participation on the imaging spectrometer being developed for the Space Infrared Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA), an exciting new space mission under development by the Japanese and European Space agencies. These projects combine recent advances in array detector technology with Fourier spectrometers to provide a unique spectral imaging capability at far infrared and submillimetre wavelengths. The imaging spectrometers have a wide range of application from the study of star and planet formation to galactic evolution and the early universe. My primary astronomical interests lie in applying this technology to the study of the physics of the interstellar medium as it pertains to star formation.