THE ISO HANDBOOK

Volume V:

SWS -

The Short Wavelength Spectrometer

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Kieron Leech$^1$, Do Kester$^2$, Russell Shipman$^2$, Douwe Beintema$^2$, Helmut Feuchtgruber$^3$, Ana Heras$^1$, Rik Huygen$^4$, Fred Lahuis$^2$, Dieter Lutz$^3$, Patrick Morris$^5$, Peter Roelfsema$^2$, Alberto Salama$^1$, Stephan Schaeidt$^3$, Edwin Valentijn$^2$, Bart Vandenbussche$^4$, Ekkehard Wieprecht$^3$ and Thijs de Graauw$^2$.

SAI/2000-008/Dc, Version 2.0.1

June, 2003

$^{1}$	ISO Data Centre, Science Operations and Data Systems Division,
	Research and Scientific Support Department of ESA,
	Villafranca del Castillo, P.O. Box 50727, E-28080 Madrid, Spain
$^{2}$	Space Research Organisation of The Netherlands,
	P.O. Box 800, NL-9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
$^{3}$	Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Postfach 1312,
	D-85741 Garching, Germany
$^{4}$	Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
	Celestijnenlaan 200B, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
$^{5}$	Space Research Organisation of The Netherlands,
	Sorbonnelaan 2, NL-3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands

Document Information

Document:		 The ISO Handbook
Volume:			 V
Title:			 SWS - The Short Wavelength Spectrometer 
Reference Number:	 SAI/2000-008/Dc 
Issue:			 Version 2.0 
Issue Date:		 June 2003
Authors:		 K. Leech, D. Kester, R. Shipman et al. 
Editors:		 T. Müller, J. Blommaert & P. Garca-Lario
Web-Editor:		 J. Matagne

Document History

The ISO Handbook, Volume V: SWS - The Short Wavelength Spectrometer is based on the following documents:

• The ISO Short Wavelength Spectrometer Observer's Manual, K. Leech (with contributions from Th. de Graauw, the SWS Instrument Dedicated Team & S. Sidher, based on V2.0 produced by K.A. van der Hucht, D. Lutz and the SWS consortium), Issue 3.0, July 22, 1996.
• The SWS Instrument & Data Manual, K. Leech (with contributions from the SWS Instrument Dedicated Team and the SWS Instrument Support Team), Issue 1.0, SAI/98-095/Dc, November 3, 1998.
• Earlier versions of The ISO Handbook on SWS - The Short Wavelength Spectrometer (previously called Volume VI), SAI-2000-008/Dc.
• All other documents listed in the Bibliography.

Document Change Record

Date	Revision	Comments
Jan 2000	Version 1.0	Derived from SWS Instrument Data Manual
Jan 2001	Version 1.1	update
Jul 2001	Version 1.2	update to OLP 10 standard
Apr 2002	Version 2.0	update, now Volume V
Jun 2003	Version 2.0.1	minor editorial changes, printed version

Acknowledgements

The Short Wavelength Spectrometer was a joint effort by:

• Space Research Organisation of the Netherlands in Groningen (SRON-G) and Utrecht (SRON-U)
• Max Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), Garching, Germany.

With contributions from:

• Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), Belgium
• Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, AZ, USA
• Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Hanscom AFB, MA, USA.

Many other groups contributed to the success of this instrument. In particular:

• The ISO Data Centre (IDC) in Villafranca, Spain
• Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek, University of Amsterdam (UvA), The Netherlands
• Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen (RUG), The Netherlands
• Leiden Observatory, University of Leiden, The Netherlands.

The SWS Proposal Team

The ISO Short Wavelength Spectrometer proposal team consisted of:

Principal Investigator
Thijs de Graauw	SRON-G
Co-Investigators
Douwe Beintema	SRON-G
Siegfried Drapatz	MPE
Miller Goss	RUG
Gerhard Haerendel	MPE
Leo Haser	MPE
Karel van der Hucht	SRON-U
Theo Kamperman	SRON-U
Henny Lamers	SRON-U
Paul Wesselius	SRON-G
Jan Wijnbergen	SRON-G
Instrument Development Team
Hans Imhof	SRON-U
Willem Luinge	SRON-G
Friedhelm Melzner	MPE
Ger Ploeger	SRON-G
Jacob Stöcker	MPE
Jan van Rooyen	SRON-U
Klaas Wildeman	SRON-G
Collaborators
Herman van Agthoven	TPD, Delft
Reinhard Genzel	UCB, USA
Wim Werner	TPD, Delft

The SWS Instrument Consortium

Principal Investigator
Thijs de Graauw	SRON-G
Scientific Support
Thijs van der Hulst	RUG
Steve Price	AFRL/VSBC
Reinhard Genzel	MPE
Dieter Lutz	MPE
Henny Lamers	SRON-U
Xander Tielens	SRON-G
Ewine van Dishoeck	Leiden
Rens Waters	UvA
Christoffel Waelkens	KUL
The Instrument Hardware Development Team
Herman van Agthoven (TPD-Delft)	FPU mechanical design
Lothar Barl (MPE)	Detector evaluation
Albert-Jan Boonstra (SRON-G)	FPU AIT
Stephan Czempiel (MPE)	FP manufacture
Carel van Dijkhuizen (SRON-U)	Warm electronics
Siegfried Drapatz (MPE)	Instrument development support
Henk Doedens (SRON-G)	Harness, amp design
Jaap Evers (SRON-G)	Ground support equipment, AIV, PA
Martin Frericks (SRON-U)	EMC, signal chain development
Werner Goebel (MPE)	FP development
Piet de Groene (SRON-U)	EMC, warm electronics manager
Leo Haser (MPE)	MPE project leader, FP developer
Wim Horinga (SRON-G)	FP test assistant
Herman Jacobs (SRON-U)	Consortium PA
Gerd Jakob (MPE)	ILT cryogenics
Norbert Kamm (MPE)	ILT cryogenics
Theo Kamperman (SRON-U)	SWS project manager
Reinhard Katterloher (MPE)	SWS test manager
Daniel Kussendrager (SRON-G)	PI assistant
Siep van der Lei (SRON-G)	ILT assistant
Rien van der Linden (SRON-G)	ILT testing
Hans Loidl (MPE)	Detector testing
Willem Luinge (SRON-G)	Detector evaluation, detector block design
Friedhelm Melzner (MPE)	FP development
Bernhard Merz (MPE)	Detector testing
Jörg Niekerke (MPE)	Test equipment support
Duc van Nguyen (SRON-G)	FPU integration, Int. Amp. integration
Uwe Pagel (MPE)	FP development
Günther Pfaller (MPE)	FP manufacture
Ger Ploeger (SRON-G)	Scanner/detector block designer
Peter Reiss (MPE)	Test equipment support
Christel Schäfer (MPE)	FP/ILT documentation
Kees Smoorenburg (TPD-Delft)	FPU opto-mechanical structure manager
Heinrich Späth (MPE)	FP development
Wilhelm. Stöberl (MPE)	FP testing
Jacob Stöcker (MPE)	FP mechanical design
Ulrich Thiele (MPE)	Test equipment support
Huib Visser (TPD-Delft)	FPU opto-mechanical design
Johan Wensink (SRON-G)	Detector testing
Jan Wijnbergen (SRON-G)	FPU optical design
Klaas Wildeman (SRON-G)	FPU manager
Erick Young (Steward Obs.)	FP detectors
Frans Zwart (SRON-U)	Warm electronics
The SWS Test, Calibrations, Operations Team
Mario van den Ancker (UvA)	Line profile observations
Otto Bauer (MPE)	Operations leader 1992-2001
Harald Baumgartner (MPE)	Computer support
Kurt Becher (MPE)	Software development
Douwe Beintema (SRON-G)	SIDT, beam profiles
Hilco Bekenkamp (SRON-G)	Software development
Geert Bex (KUL)	Software development
Danny Boxhoorn (SRON-G)	SIDT
Jacqueline Cot'e (SRON-G)	SWS Observation Time Estimator (SOTE)
Helmut Feuchtgruber (MPE)	SIDT leader 1996-1997, FP
Menne Glas (SRON-G)	Software
Norbert Heinecke (MPE)	Software, Computer support
Ana Heras (ESA)	SIDT, Trend Analysis, calibration
Sacha Hony (UvA)	SWS-IA feedback
Rik Huygen (KUL)	Author CoCo
Kay Justtanont (SRON-G)	SWS-IA feedback
Do Kester (SRON-G)	Software development, $\lambda$ cal., system modelling
Jan Koornneef (SRON-G)	Calibration support, spectral line catalog
Dietmar Kunze (MPE)	ISOSDC, Software
Fred Lahuis (SRON-G)	SIDT, Software
Kieron Leech (ESA)	SIDT, Documentation
Rosario Lorente (INSA)	SIDT, Beam profiles
Dieter Lutz (MPE)	ISOSDC, Calibration, line profiles
Patrick Morris (SRON-U)	SIDT, Photometric calibration
Georg Orthuber (MPE)	Computer support
Sabine Osterhage (MPE)	Software development, Computer support
Dimitra Rigopoulou (MPE)	SWS-IA feedback
Peter Roelfsema (SRON-G)	SIDT leader 1995-1996
Dirk Rosenthal (MPE)	SWS-IA feedback
Alberto Salama (ESA)	SIDT leader 1997-1998, beam profiles
Stephan Schaeidt (MPE)	SIDT, Photometric calibration
Berhard Scheiner (MPE)	Administrative Support
Karla Seidenschwang (MPE)	Software development
Russell Shipman (SRON-G)	DIDAC, Photometric calibration
Nico Sijm (SRON-U)	Software development
Henrik Spoon (MPE)	Code development
Michael Steinmayer (MPE)	RTA/QLA
Eckhard Sturm (MPE)	Software, ISOSDC
Edwin Valentijn (SRON-G)	SIDT, (pre-)flight cal., SWS development
Bart Vandenbussche (KUL)	SIDT, RSRF calibration
Karel van der Hucht (SRON-U)	Spectral line catalog
Aprajita Verma (MPE)	ISOSDC
Binne Viersen (SRON-G)	Software
Paul Wesselius (SRON-G)	Operations leader 1987-1992
Ekkehard Wieprecht (MPE)	SIDT, Software
Erich Wiezorrek (MPE)	RTA/QLA
Issei Yamamura (SRON-G)	SWS-IA feedback