Zemcov, M. and Cooray, A. and Bock, J. and Dowell, C. D. and Nguyen, H. T. and Schulz, B. and Shupe, D. L. and Viero, M. (2013) HerMES: A Deficit in the Surface Brightness of the Cosmic Infrared Background due to Galaxy Cluster Gravitational Lensing. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 769 (2). Art. No. L31. ISSN 2041-8205. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130709-110259992
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Abstract
We have observed four massive galaxy clusters with the SPIRE instrument on the Herschel Space Observatory and measure a deficit of surface brightness within their central region after removing detected sources. We simulate the effects of instrumental sensitivity and resolution, the source population, and the lensing effect of the clusters to estimate the shape and amplitude of the deficit. The amplitude of the central deficit is a strong function of the surface density and flux distribution of the background sources. We find that for the current best fitting faint end number counts, and excellent lensing models, the most likely amplitude of the central deficit is the full intensity of the cosmic infrared background (CIB). Our measurement leads to a lower limit to the integrated total intensity of the CIB of I_250 µm > 0.69^(+0.03)_(-0.03) (stat)^(+0.11)_(-0.06)(sys.) MJy sr^(-1), with more CIB possible from both low-redshift sources and from sources within the target clusters. It should be possible to observe this effect in existing high angular resolution data at other wavelengths where the CIB is bright, which would allow tests of models of the faint source component of the CIB.
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Additional Information: | © 2013 The American Astronomical Society. Received 2013 April 3; accepted 2013 April 26; published 2013 May 15. Herschel is an ESA space observatory with science instruments provided by European-led Principal Investigator consortia and with important participation from NASA. SPIRE has been developed by a consortium of institutes led by Cardiff University (UK) and including: University of Lethbridge (Canada); NAOC (China); CEA, LAM (France); IFSI, University of Padua (Italy); IAC (Spain); Stockholm Observatory (Sweden); Imperial College London, RAL, UCLMSSL, UKATC, University of Sussex (UK); Caltech, JPL, NHSC, University of Colorado (USA). This development has been supported by national funding agencies: CSA (Canada); NAOC (China); CEA, CNES, CNRS (France); ASI (Italy); MCINN (Spain); SNSB (Sweden); STFC, UKSA (UK); and NASA (USA). HCSS/HSpot/HIPE are joint developments by the Herschel Science Ground Segment Consortium, consisting of ESA, the NASA Herschel Science Center, and the HIFI, PACS and SPIRE consortia. This work is based in part on archival data obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope, which is operated by JPL/Caltech under a contract with NASA. Support for this work was provided by NASA. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Subject Keywords: | cosmic background radiation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Official Citation: | HerMES: A Deficit in the Surface Brightness of the Cosmic Infrared Background due to Galaxy Cluster Gravitational Lensing M. Zemcov et al. 2013 ApJ 769 L31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Deposited By: | Jason Perez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 10 Jul 2013 21:07 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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