New measurements of cosmic infrared background fluctuations from early epochs

Details New measurements of cosmic infrared background fluctuations from early epochs New measurements of cosmic infrared background fluctuations from early epochs

2006-12-15

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0612445v1

Astrophys.J.654:L5-L8,2007; Erratum-ibid.Astrophys.J.Lett.657:L131,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Ap.J.Letters, in press

Scientific paper

10.1086/513272

Cosmic infrared background fluctuations may contain measurable contribution from objects inaccessible to current telescopic studies, such as the first stars and other luminous objects in the first Gyr of the Universe's evolution. In an attempt to uncover this contribution we have analyzed the GOODS data obtained with the Spitzer IRAC instrument, which are deeper and cover larger scales than the Spitzer data we have previously analyzed. Here we report these new measurements of the cosmic infrared background (CIB) fluctuations remaining after removing cosmic sources to fainter levels than before. The remaining anisotropies on scales > 0.5 arcmin have a significant clustering component with a low shot-noise contribution. We show that these fluctuations cannot be accounted for by instrumental effects, nor by the Solar system and Galactic foreground emissions and must arise from extragalactic sources.

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