Frayer, D. T. and Huynh, M. T. and Chary, R. and Dickinson, M. and Elbaz, D. and Fadda, D. and Surace, J. A. and Teplitz, H. I. and Yan, L. and Mobasher, B. (2006) Spitzer 70 Micron Source Counts in GOODS-North. Astrophysical Journal, 647 (1). L9-L12. ISSN 0004-637X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:FRAapjl06b
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We present ultradeep Spitzer 70 μm observations of GOODS-North (Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey). For the first time, the turnover in the 70 μm Euclidean-normalized differential source counts is observed. We derive source counts down to a flux density of 1.2 mJy. From the measured source counts and fluctuation analysis, we estimate a power-law approximation of the faint 70 μm source counts of dN/dS ∝ S^−1.6, consistent with that observed for the faint 24 μm sources. An extrapolation of the 70 μm source counts to zero flux density implies a total extragalactic background light (EBL) of 7.4 ± 1.9 nW m^−2 sr^−1. The source counts above 1.2 mJy account for about 60% of the estimated EBL. From fluctuation analysis, we derive a photometric confusion level of σc = 0.30 ± 0.15 mJy (q = 5) for the Spitzer 70 μm band.
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Additional Information: | © 2006. The American Astronomical Society. Received 2006 May 5; accepted 2006 June 26; published 2006 July 28. We thank our colleagues associated with the Spitzer mission who have made these observations possible. This work is based on observations made with the Spitzer Space Telescope, which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology under NASA contract 1407. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Subject Keywords: | cosmology: observations—galaxies: evolution—galaxies: high-redshift—infrared: galaxies | ||||||||||||||||||
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