Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-03-05
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
20 pages, 6 figures, accepted in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/321470
Using the 2MASS 2nd Incremental Data Release and the Zodiacal-Subtracted Mission Average maps of COBE/DIRBE, we estimate the cosmic background in the J (1.25 micron) and K (2.2 microns) bands using selected areas representing 550 square degrees of sky. We find a J background of 22.9 \pm 7.0 kJy/sr (54.0 \pm 16.8 nW/m2/sr) and a K background of 20.4 \pm 4.9 kJy/sr (27.8 \pm 6.7 nW/m2/sr). This large scale study shows that the main uncertainty comes from the residual zodiacal emission. The cosmic background we obtain is significantly higher than integrated galaxy counts (3.6 \pm 0.8 kJy/sr and 5.3 \pm 1.2 kJy/sr for J and K, respectively), suggesting either an increase of the galaxy luminosity function for magnitudes fainter than 30 or the existence of another contribution to the cosmic background from primeval stars, black holes, or relic particle decay.
Beichman Charles Arnold
Cambresy Laurent
Jarrett Thomas H.
Reach William T.
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