Confusion of Extragalactic Sources in the Mid- and Far-Infrared: Spitzer and Beyond

Dole, H. and Rieke, G. H. and Lagache, G. and Puget, J.-L. and Alonso-Herrero, A. and Bai, L. and Blaylock, M. and Egami, E. and Engelbracht, C. W. and Gordon, K. D. and Hines, D. C. and Kelly, D. M. and Le Floc'h, E. and Misselt, K. A. and Morrison, J. E. and Muzerolle, J. and Papovich, C. and Pérez-González, P. G. and Rieke, M. J. and Rigby, J. R. and Neugebauer, G. and Stansberry, J. A. and Su, K. Y. L. and Young, E. T. and Beichman, C. A. and Richards, P. L. (2004) Confusion of Extragalactic Sources in the Mid- and Far-Infrared: Spitzer and Beyond. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 154 (1). pp. 93-96. ISSN 0067-0049. doi:10.1086/422690. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170216-145013363

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Abstract

We use the source counts measured with the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer at 24, 70, and 160 μm to determine the 5 σ confusion limits due to extragalactic sources: 56 μJy, 3.2 mJy, and 40 mJy at 24, 70, and 160 μm, respectively. We also make predictions for confusion limits for a number of proposed far-infrared missions of larger aperture (3.5-10 m diameter).

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Article

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URL	URL Type	Description
https://doi.org/10.1086/422690	DOI	Article
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0406022	arXiv	Discussion Paper

ORCID:

Author	ORCID
Rieke, G. H.	0000-0003-2303-6519
Lagache, G.	0000-0003-1492-2519
Alonso-Herrero, A.	0000-0001-6794-2519
Hines, D. C.	0000-0003-4653-6161
Muzerolle, J.	0000-0002-5943-1222
Papovich, C.	0000-0001-7503-8482
Pérez-González, P. G.	0000-0003-4528-5639
Rieke, M. J.	0000-0002-7893-6170
Rigby, J. R.	0000-0002-7627-6551
Su, K. Y. L.	0000-0002-3532-5580
Beichman, C. A.	0000-0002-5627-5471

Alternate Title:

Confusion in the infrared: Spitzer and beyond

Additional Information:

© 2004. The American Astronomical Society. Received 2004 April 8; accepted 2004 May 19. This work is based on observations made with the Spitzer observatory, which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under NASA contract 1407. We thank the funding from the MIPS project, which is supported by NASA through the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, subcontract 960785. We warmly thank J. Cadien.

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Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC)

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Funding Agency	Grant Number
NASA/JPL/Caltech	UNSPECIFIED
NASA	1407
NASA/JPL	960785

Subject Keywords:

galaxies: evolution — galaxies: statistics — infrared: galaxies

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10.1086/422690

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CaltechAUTHORS:20170216-145013363

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H. Dole et al 2004 ApJS 154 93

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