2013/10/07 by J. R. Goicoechea, Goicoechea, J. R., M. Audard +8
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) #FOS: Physical sciences #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.GA
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1310.1683
Proceedings of the "SPICA's New Window on the Cool Universe" conference held in June 2013, Tokyo, Japan. Invited talk. 8 pages, 1 figure
arxiv created 2013/10/07 · openalex publication_date 2013/10/07 · arxiv updated 2013/10/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The far-IR range is a critical wavelength range to characterize the physical and chemical processes that transform the interstellar material into stars and planets. Objects in the earliest phases of stellar and planet evolution release most of their energy at these long wavelengths. In this contribution we briefly summarise some of the most relevant scientific advances achieved by the Herschel Space Observatory in the field. We also anticipate those that will be made possible by the large increase in sensitivity of SPICA cooled telescope. It is concluded that only through sensitive far-IR observations much beyond Herschel capabilities we will be able to constrain the mass, the energy budget and the water content of hundreds of protostars and planet-forming disks.