CASSIS, Centre d'Analyse Scientifique des Spectres Infrarouges et Submillimétriques.
Emmanuel CAUX
CESR, Toulouse
Résumé :
CASSIS has been developed to speed up the science analysis of high
resolution spectral data, and is particularly well suited for
spectral surveys. It aims to data obtained from radio-astronomical
instruments, existing (IRAM, JCMT, CSO, APEX), or planned in a near
future as the Herschel Submillimeter Observatory, SOFIA or the
international interferometer ALMA. These future instruments will
offer the possibility to perform large spectral surveys in a range of
frequencies (Far InfraRed and Submillimeter) almost unobserved at
high spectral resolution.
CASSIS has two main capabilities :
i) the possibilty to predict spectra emitted from any astrophysical
objects using different models (LTE for any molecule and LVG for
linear molecules are presently available).
ii) the possibility to analyse large sets of
observational data, coupling the observations with the use of
spectroscopic databases (CDMS and JPL at this time) and collisionnal
databases.
CASSIS is freely distributed as a standalone application that can be
installed on any platform (Linux, Windows and Mac OSX are supported).
In the future, a web-based version will also be offered, the long-
term goal of the CASSIS developement being an inclusion in the
Virtual Observatory.
During the seminar, I'll present the history of CASSIS and the
developement plan for the next future. I'll also give a detailed
demonstration of the software capabilities. A large interaction is
expected from the audience during this demonstration.
