PRIMA promise of deciphering interstellar dust evolution with observations of the nearby Universe
We develop a few science cases, using the PRIMA far-infrared (FIR) probe, aimed at achieving several breakthroughs in our understanding of the dust properties and their evolution. We argue that the specific observational capabilities of PRIMA, namely, its unprecedented sensitivity over the whole FIR range and the possibility to obtain continuous spectra between λ=24 and 235 μm, are essential to progress in our understanding of the physics of the interstellar medium (ISM) and galaxy evolution. Our science cases revolve around observations of nearby galaxies. We discuss the importance of detecting the IR emission of the diffuse ISM of these galaxies, including very low-metallicity systems. We also discuss the opportunity of detecting various solid-state features to understand the mineralogy of interstellar grains. Finally, we stress the unique opportunity brought by the possible simultaneous measures of both the dust continuum and the FIR fine-structure gas lines. These science cases could be distributed in a few large programs.
Authors
- Christopher J. R. Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7959-4902)
- F. Kemper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2743-8240)
- Ilse De Looze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9419-6355)
- M. Relaño (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1682-1148)
- Tsutomu T. Takeuchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8416-7673)
- V. Lebouteiller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7716-6223)
- Takashi Onaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6747)
- F. Galliano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4414-3367)
- Caroline Bot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6118-2985)
- M. Juvela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5809-4834)
- M. Baes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3930-2757)
- Hidehiro Kaneda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6879-1556)
- L. Pantoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2666-5759)
- Jérémy Chastenet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5235-5589)
- N. Ysard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1037-4121)
- S. Katsioli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7095-8933)
- F. Calura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6175-0871)
- S. Bianchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9384-846X)
- M. Sauvage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0809-2574)
- V. Casasola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3879-6038)
- S. C. Madden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3229-2899)
- M. Matsuura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5529-5593)
- Matthew W. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0103-8820)
- E. M. Xilouris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2276-1412)
- Vidhi Tailor
- F. Pozzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7412-647X)
- L. Correia
- Léo Belloir
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Space Telescope Science Institute (US)
- Institute of Space Sciences (ES)
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (FR)
- Universidad de Granada (ES)
- Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (FR)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory (IT)
- Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg (FR)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation (FR)
- Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna (IT)
- National Observatory of Athens (GR)
- CEA Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Nagoya University (JP)
- Université de Strasbourg (FR)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Cardiff University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems
- Published
- 2025-05-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jatis.11.3.031612
- Primary Topic
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche
- Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules