Volume III:
LWS -
The Long Wavelength Spectrometer
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
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot OX11 OQX
Oxfordshire, UK
Science Operations and Data Systems Division of ESA/ESTEC,
Keplerlaan 1, Postbus 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Herschel Science Centre, Research and Scientific Support Department
of ESA, ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, Postbus 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk,
The Netherlands
IFSI-CNR, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Roma , Italy
CESR, BP4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121
Bonn, Germany
Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik,
Giessenbachstrasse, 85748 Garching, Germany
SIRTF Science Center, California Institute of Technology,
220-6, Pasadena, CA91125, USA
Document: The ISO Handbook
Volume: III
Title: LWS - The Long-Wavelength Spectrometer
Reference Number: SAI/99-077/Dc
Issue: Version 2.1
Issue Date: June 2003
Authors: C. Gry, B. Swinyard, A. Harwood et al.
Editors: T. Müller, J. Blommaert & P. García-Lario
Web-Editor: J. Matagne
The ISO Handbook, Volume III: LWS - The Long Wavelength Spectrometer, is based on the following documents:
| Date | Revision | Comments |
| 31/12/99 | Draft 1.0 | Initial Draft for comments |
| 11/02/00 | Version 1.0 | First Version of the ISO Handbook, Volume IV: |
| LWS - The Long-Wavelength Spectrometer | ||
| related to OLP 8.6 data products | ||
| November 2000 | Version 1.1 | update |
| June 2001 | Version 1.2 | update, related to OLP 10.0 data products |
| August 2002 | Version 2.0 | update, now Volume III |
| June 2003 | Version 2.1 | update, printed version |
The following pages list the many people and teams who have contributed
to the development, the operations,
the science planning, the data-analysis and the calibration of the LWS.
The information contained in this handbook results from their work.
LWS Instrument Principal Investigator:
Peter Clegg (QMW London)
The LWS was conceived and built in the following institutes:
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, UK
Queen Mary and Westfield College (QMW), London, UK
University College London (UCL), London, UK
Laboratoire d'Astronomie Spatiale (LAS), Marseille, F
Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements (CESR), Toulouse, F
Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario (IFSI), Roma, I
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), USA.
| LWS Instrument Consortium | |
| Peter Ade | QMW London |
| Jean-Paul Baluteau | Obs. Marseille |
| Mike Barlow | UCL London |
| Jean-Claude Berges | LAS Marseille |
| Emmanuel Caux | CESR Toulouse |
| Cecilia Ceccarelli | IFSI Frascati |
| Ricardo Cerulli | IFSI Frascati |
| Sarah Church | UC Berkley |
| Peter Clegg | QMW London |
| Francis Cotin | CESR Toulouse |
| Pierre Cox | Obs. Marseille |
| Paul Cruvellier | LAS Marseille |
| Gary Davis | U. Saskatchewan |
| Roger Emery | RAL Didcot |
| Jackie Fischer | NRL Washington |
| Ian Furniss | UCL London |
| Bill Glencross | UCL London |
| Matt Greenhouse | NASM Washington |
| Matt Griffin | QMW London |
| Cécile Gry | LAS Marseille |
| Martine Joubert | CNES Paris |
| Ken King | RAL Didcot |
| Rene Liseau | Obs. Stockholm |
| Dario Lorenzetti | IFSI Frascati |
| David Naylor | U. Lethbridge |
| Brunella Nisini | IFSI Frascati |
| Alain Omont | Obs. Grenoble |
| Renato Orfei | IFSI Frascati |
| Daniel Péquinot | Obs. Paris |
| Dominique Pouliquen | LAS Marseille |
| N'Guyen Quang Rieu | Obs. Paris |
| David Robinson | QMW London |
| Michel Saisse | LAS Marseille |
| Paolo Saraceno | IFSI Frascati |
| Guy Serra | CESR Toulouse |
| Howard Smith | NASM Washington |
| Luigi Spinoglio | IFSI Frascati |
| Bruce Swinyard | RAL Didcot |
| Bill Towlson | UCL London |
| Glenn White | QMW London |
| The LWS Standing Committee for Science | |
| Name | Representing |
| Peter Clegg | (PI, Chairman) |
| Roger Emery | (UK) |
| Martine Joubert | (France) |
| Paolo Saraceno | (Italy) |
| Howard Smith | (USA) |
| Specialist Astronomy Groups | ||
| Group | Leader | |
| Solar System (SS) | David Naylor/Gary Davis | |
| The ISM (ISM) | Jean-Paul Baluteau | |
| Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution (Pre-MS) | Paolo Saraceno | |
| Post-Main-Sequence Evolution (Post-MS) | Mike Barlow | |
| Extragalactic Studies (Xgal) | Howard Smith | |
| LWS Consultants | |||
| SAG | Consultant | Affiliation | Programme |
| SS | Simon Calcutt | U. Oxford | |
| Daniel Gautier | Obs. Paris | ||
| Glenn Orton | JPL Pasadena | ||
| ISM | Per Annestad | U. Arizona | IB. Study of ionised regions |
| Joseph Cassinelli | U. Wisconsin | IV. Abundance gradients | |
| José Cernicharo | IEM-CSIC | IA Neutral interstellar gas | |
| Ed Churchwell | U. Wisconsin | IV. Abundance gradients | |
| Alain Léger | IAS Orsay | IIA. Interstellar cirrus | |
| Steve Miller | UCL London | IA Neutral interstellar gas | |
| Jonathan Tennyson | UCL London | IA Neutral interstellar gas | |
| Helen Walker | RAL Didcot | IA. Interstellar cirrus | |
| Pre-MS | Phillipe André | Saclay | |
| Martin Cohen | UC Berkeley | ||
| Francesco Palla | Obs. Arcetri | ||
| Post-MS | Martin Cohen | UC Berkeley | |
| Jim Cohen | NRAL Jodrell Bank | ||
| Chris Skinner | UCL London | ||
| Helen Walker | RAL Didcot | ||
| XGal | Matt Malkan | UC Los Angeles | |
| Jonathan McDowell | SAO Boston | ||
| Chris Skinner | UCL London | ||
| Gordon Stacey | U. Cornell | ||
| Calibration | Steven Lord | IPAC/Caltech | |
| Sean Colgan | NASA/Ames | ||
| Michael Haas | NASA/Ames | ||
| Development Phase | ||
| Peter Ade | QMW | Detector development, Guaranteed time programme |
| Phillipe André | Saclay | Scientific consultant |
| Per Annestad | U. Arizona | Scientific consultant |
| Jean-Paul Baluteau | LAS | French Project Scientist, Guaranteed time programme |
| Mike Barlow | UCL | Guaranteed time programme |
| Jean-Claude Berges | LAS | Design of optics and mechanical assembly |
| Mark Buckley | RAL | Diagnostics software development |
| Martin Burgdorf | ESA | Preparation of PV phase |
| John Cathrew | RAL | Product assurance |
| Simon Calcutt | U. Oxford | Scientific consultant |
| Joseph Cassinelli | U. Wisconsin | Scientific consultant |
| Emmanuel Caux | CESR | Warm electronics development, Guaranteed time programme |
| Cecilia Ceccarelli | IFSI | On-Board software development, Guaranteed time programme |
| José Cernicharo | IEM-CSIC | Scientific consultant |
| Ricardo Cerulli | IFSI | Digital processing unit electronics engineering |
| Jean-Paul Chabaud | CESR | Warm electronics development |
| Sarah Church | QMW | Detector characterisation |
| Ed Churchwell | U. Wisconsin | Scientific consultant |
| Peter Clegg | QMW | Principal Investigator LWS, Guaranteed time programme |
| Jim Cohen | NRAL Jodrell Bank | Scientific consultant |
| Martin Cohen | UC Berkeley | Scientific consultant |
| Sean Colgan | NASA/Ames | Scientific consultant |
| Francis Cotin | CESR | Warm analogue electronics management |
| Pierre Cox | Obs. Marseille | Guaranteed time programme |
| Paul Cruvellier | LAS | Director of LAS |
| Gary Davis | MSSL | Fabry-Pérot development manager, Guaranteed time |
| programme | ||
| Christophe Deletrez | CESR | FPU simulator electronics engineering |
| Trevor Dimbylow | RAL | RTA/QLA Software design |
| Brian Diplock | RAL | Mechanical engineer, Cold vibration facility engineering |
| Auriel Donkin | RAL | Project office administration |
| Duncan Drummond | RAL | EGSE electronics/software engineering |
| Eric Dunford | RAL | Head of RAL Space Science Department, |
| Liaison with SERC/PPARC | ||
| Roger Emery | RAL | Project scientist, Guaranteed time programme |
| David Ewart | RAL | AIT test controller, Scientific consultant |
| Jacqueline Fischer | NRL | Guaranteed time programme |
| Ian Furniss | UCL | Fabry-Pérot design scientist, Guaranteed time programme |
| Daniel Gautier | Obs. Paris | Scientific consultant |
| Bill Glencross | UCL | Fabry-Pérot development, Guaranteed time programme |
| Peter Gray | RAL | Optics design |
| Matt Griffin | QMW | Detector development, Guaranteed time programme |
| Phil Griffiths | RAL | Product assurance |
| Cécile Gry | LAS | Guaranteed time programme |
| Michael Haas | NASA Ames | Scientific consultant |
| Andrew Harwood | RAL | Software development, QLA and pipeline |
| Phil Hingston | RAL | AIV operations |
| John Holmes | MSSL | Fabry-Pérot assembly development |
| Martine Joubert | LAS | French Project Scientist, Optics development management, |
| Guaranteed time programme | ||
| Ken King | RAL | EGSE Development, Operations scientist, |
| Guaranteed time programme | ||
| Alain Léger | IAS Orsay | Scientific consultant |
| Kate Lidiard | RAL | Optics design engineering |
| Tanya Lim | RAL | Diagnostics software development, Scientific consultant |
| René Liseau | IFSI / Obs. Stockholm | Guaranteed time programme |
| Judy Long | RAL | Project office administration, Party organisation |
| Steve Lord | IPAC | Scientific consultant |
| Dario Lorenzetti | IFSI | Guaranteed time programme |
| Matt Malkan | UC Los Angeles | Scientific consultant |
| Jonathan McDowell | SAO Boston | Scientific consultant |
| Steve Miller | UCL | Scientific consultant |
| Sergio Molinari | IFSI | Operations preparation, Scientific consultant |
| David Naylor | U. Calgary | Fabry-Pérot development, Guaranteed time programme |
| Brunella Nisini | IFSI | Guaranteed time programme |
| Keith Norman | MSSL | Fabry-Pérot development manager |
| Alain Omont | Obs. Grenoble | Guaranteed time programme |
| Renato Orfei | IFSI | DPU electronic design, development management, |
| Guaranteed time programme | ||
| Glenn Orton | JPL | Scientific consultant |
| Francesco Palla | Obs. Arcetri | Scientific consultant |
| Tom Patrick | MSSL | Fabry-Pérot wheel mechanical design |
| Daniel Péquignot | Obs. Paris | Guaranteed time programme |
| Dominique Pouliquen | LAS | Optics design engineering |
| Mark Price | QMW | Detector testing |
| N'Guyen Quang Rieu | Obs. Paris | Guaranteed time programme |
| Alan Rogers | RAL | LWS Project Management |
| David Robinson | QMW | Detector development management, |
| Product Assurance, Quality Assurance | ||
| Tony Rush | RAL | Product Assurance, Quality Assurance |
| Michael Saisse | LAS | Optics Design |
| Paolo Saraceno | IFSI | Italian Project Scientist, Guaranteed time programme |
| Lakshmi Sastry | RAL | Software engineering |
| Guy Serra* | CESR | Warm electronics development, Guaranteed time |
| programme | ||
| Roger Sidey | Custon Development | Fabry-Pérot wheel motor design |
| Sunil Sidher | RAL | Software engineering calibration pipeline, Scientific |
| consultant | ||
| Chris Skinner* | UCL | Scientific consultant |
| Alan Smith | RAL | AIV facility development, operations and management |
| Howard Smith | NRL | US Project Scientist, Guaranteed time programme |
| Luigi Spinoglio | IFSI | Guaranteed time programme |
| Phil Spurrett | RAL | AIV testing |
| Gordon Stacey | U. Cornell | Scientific consultant |
| Bruce Swinyard | RAL | Instrument testing and calibration, PV phase preparation, |
| Guaranteed time programme | ||
| Jonathan Tennyson | UCL | Scientific consultant |
| Damien Texier | ESA | Preparation of LIDT |
| Bill Towlson | UCL | Fabry-Pérot Development |
| Norman Trams | ESA | Operations preparation, Scientific consultant |
| Derek Vickers | QMW | Detector/Focal Plane engineering |
| Helen Walker | RAL | Scientific consultant |
| Yvonne Windsor | BNSC | BNSC executive |
| Glenn White | QMW | Guaranteed time programme |
| Operations Phase | ||
| Peter Ade | QMW | Science analysis |
| Christiane Armand | LAS | LIDT member, wavelength calibration |
| Jean-Paul Baluteau | LAS | Science analysis |
| Mike Barlow | UCL | Science analysis |
| Mark Buckley | RAL | Software development, calibration analysis |
| Martin Burgdorf | ESA | LIDT member, calibration uplink, photometric calibration |
| Emmanuel Caux | CESR | Calibration analysis, Science analysis, |
| Parallel and serendipity mode concept and implementation | ||
| Cecilia Ceccarelli | U. Grenoble | Science analysis |
| Peter Clegg | QMW | Principal Investigator LWS, Science analysis |
| Martin Cohen | UC Berkely | Calibration analysis |
| Carlos Correia | QMW | Calibration analysis, Science analysis |
| Pierre Cox | Obs. Marseille | Science analysis |
| Gary Davis | Fabry-Pérot calibration analysis, Science analysis | |
| Anna di Giorgio | IFSI | LIDT member, wavelength calibration, Science analysis |
| Roger Emery | RAL | LWS Project Scientist, Science Analysis |
| David Ewart | RAL | LIDT member, trend analysis, RTA/QLA expert |
| Jacqueline Fischer | NRL | Science analysis |
| Ian Furniss | UCL | Science analysis |
| Bill Glencross | UCL | Science analysis |
| Matt Greenhouse | Smithsonian NASM | Science analysis |
| Griffin Matt | QMW | Instrument commissioning, Calibration analysis, Science |
| analysis | ||
| Cécile Gry | LAS/ESA | LIDT member, wavelength calibration, grating profile, |
| Science analysis | ||
| Andrew Harwood | RAL | OLP software development |
| Martine Joubert | Science analysis | |
| Ken King | RAL | Project manager |
| Sarah Leeks | QMW | Detector analysis, Science analysis |
| Tanya Lim | RAL/ESA | LIDT deputy leader, photometric calibration, RSRF, |
| Science analysis | ||
| René Liseau | Obs. Stockholm | Science analysis |
| Xiao-Wei Liu | UCL | Calibration analysis, Science analysis |
| Judy Long | RAL | Project office administration, Party organisation |
| Steve Lord | IPAC | Calibration analysis, ISAP development, Science Analysis |
| Dario Lorenzetti | IFSI | Science analysis |
| Rosario Lorente | ESA | Calibration analysis, grating profile |
| Nigel Minchin | QMW | Calibration analysis, blues performer, Science analysis |
| Sergio Molinari | IFSI/IPAC | LIDT member, photometric calibration, beam |
| characterisation, Science analysis | ||
| David Naylor | U. Lethbridge | Science analysis |
| Brunella Nissini | IFSI | Science analysis |
| Graeme Oldham | QMW | Calibration analysis, Science analysis |
| Alain Omont | Obs. Grenoble | Science analysis |
| Tom Patrick | MSSL | Diagnostic wheel engineering |
| Daniel Péquinot | Obs. Paris | Science analysis |
| Stefano Pezzuto | IFSI | LIDT member, Fabry-Pérot calibration, Science analysis |
| Mark Price | QMW | LIDT member, detector calibration, trend analysis |
| N'Guyen Quang Rieu | Obs. Paris | Science analysis |
| Paolo Saraceno | IFSI | Science analysis |
| Sunil Sidher | RAL | LIDT member, calibration analysis, community support, |
| LIA/ISAP development, Science analysis | ||
| Alan Smith | RAL | Operations support |
| Howard Smith | NASM | Calibration analysis, Science analysis |
| Luigi Spinoglio | IFSI | Science analysis |
| Bruce Swinyard | RAL | UK LWS team leader, Instrument comissioning, |
| Calibration analysis, LIA/ISAP development, Science analysis | ||
| Roger Sylvester | UCL | Calibration analysis, Science analysis |
| Damien Texier | ESA | LIDT leader, trend analysis |
| Elisabetta Tommasi | IFSI | LIDT member, wavelength calibration, Science analysis |
| Norman Trams | ESA | LIDT/SOC member, Fabry-Pérot calibration |
| Sarah Unger | RAL/IPAC | ISAP development, Community support, Science analysis |
| Glenn White | QMW | Science analysis |
| Post-Operations Phase | ||
| Martin Burgdorf | ESA | Photometric calibration |
| Susana Cabinero Rodríguez | RAL | Serendipity mode analysis |
| Emmanuel Caux | CESR | Transient correction |
| Josephine Chan | RAL | Scientific validation, Photometric calibration |
| Peter Clegg | QMW | LWS Principal Investigator |
| Roger Emery | RAL | LWS Project Scientist |
| David Ewart | RAL | Computer systems support |
| Cécile Gry | ESA | Handbook editor, Grating resolution element |
| Andrew Harwood | RAL | OLP software development |
| Gerard Hutchinson | RAL | LIA development, Fabry-Pérot calibration |
| Ken King | RAL | UKIDC manager |
| Sarah Leeks | QMW | Detector characterisation |
| Tanya Lim | RAL/ESA | Parallel and serendipity mode calibration, RSRF, |
| LWS project manager | ||
| Chris Lloyd | RAL | Beam characterisation, de-fringing |
| Judy Long | RAL | Project office administration, Party organisation |
| Steve Lord | IPAC | ISAP development, Calibration analysis |
| Phillippe Marty | CESR | Transient correction, LIA development |
| Sergio Molinari | IPAC | ISAP/LIA development |
| Huw Morris | RAL | Computer system manager |
| Thomas Müller | ESA | Calibration analysis |
| Edward Polehampton | RAL/Oxford | Fabry-Pérot calibration |
| Sunil Sidher | RAL | LIA development, Photometric calibration |
| Bruce Swinyard | RAL | LWS project manager, Photometric calibration, optical |
| modelling | ||
| Florence Vivares | CESR | Parallel and serendipity mode pipeline development |