Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-04-07
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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We describe data reduction and analysis of fluctuations in the Cosmic Far-IR Background (CFIB) in large maps observed with the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS) instrument 160 micron detectors. We analyzed the extragalactic First Look Survey (FLS) and the Spitzer Wide-area Infrared Extragalactic Survey (SWIRE) Lockman Hole observations, the latter being the largest low-cirrus mapping observation available. In the Lockman Hole map, we measured the power spectrum of the CFIB by fitting a power law to the IR cirrus component, the dominant foreground contaminant, and subtracting this cirrus signal. The CFIB power spectrum at mid-high k (k ~ 0.2 - 0.5 arc min^-1) is consistent with previous measurements of a relatively flat component. At lower k, however, the power spectrum is clearly not flat, decreasing from our lowest frequencies (k ~ 0.03 arc min^-1) and flattening at mid-frequencies (k ~ 0.1 - 0.2 arc min^-1). This behavior is consistent with the gross characteristics of predictions of a source clustering signature in CFIB power spectra, and this is the first report of such a detection.
Grossan Bruce
Smoot George F.
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