Cosmic infrared background and early galaxy evolution

A Kashlinsky - Physics Reports, 2005 - Elsevier
The cosmic infrared background (CIB) reflects the sum total of galactic luminosities
integrated over the entire age of the universe. From its measurement the red-shifted starlight …

Infrared luminosity functions from the Chandra Deep Field-South: the Spitzer view on the history of dusty star formation at 0≲ z≲ 1

E Le Floc'h, C Papovich, H Dole, EF Bell… - The Astrophysical …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze a sample of~ 2600 Spitzer MIPS 24 μm sources brighter than~ 80 μJy and
located in the Chandra Deep Field-South to characterize the evolution of the comoving …

Spitzer View on the Evolution of Star-forming Galaxies from z= 0 to z~ 3

PG Pérez-González, GH Rieke, E Egami… - The Astrophysical …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
We use a 24 μm-selected sample containing more than 8000 sources to study the evolution
of star-forming galaxies in the redshift range from z= 0 to z~ 3. We obtain photometric …

ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS LIBRARY

A Burkert, MA Dopita, A Eckart, T Encrenaz… - 2008 - Springer
This is the second edition of my book Galaxy Formation. Many people liked the first edition
which appeared in 1998, just before the explosion of magnificent new data which have …

Infrared signatures of disrupted minor planets at white dwarfs

J Farihi, M Jura, B Zuckerman - The Astrophysical Journal, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT Spitzer Space Observatory IRAC and MIPS photometric observations are
presented for 20 white dwarfs with T eff≲ 20, 000 K and metal-contaminated photospheres …

Deep Spitzer 24 μm COSMOS imaging. I. The evolution of luminous dusty galaxies—confronting the models

E Le Floc'h, H Aussel, O Ilbert, L Riguccini… - The Astrophysical …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first results obtained from the identification of∼ 30,000 sources in the
Spitzer/24 μm observations of the COSMOS field at S 24 μm≳ 80 μJy. Using accurate …

Metallicity effects on mid-infrared colors and the 8 μm PAH emission in galaxies

CW Engelbracht, KD Gordon, GH Rieke… - The Astrophysical …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
We examine colors from 3.6 to 24 μm as a function of metallicity (O/H) for a sample of 34
galaxies. The galaxies range over 2 orders of magnitude in metallicity. They display an …

A lower-limit flux for the extragalactic background light

TM Kneiske, H Dole - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2010 - aanda.org
Context. The extragalactic background light (EBL) contains information about the evolution
of galaxies from very early times up to the present. The spectral energy distribution is not …

A significant population of very luminous dust-obscured galaxies at redshift z~ 2

A Dey, BT Soifer, V Desai, K Brand… - The Astrophysical …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed a significant population of high-
redshift (z\sim 2) dust-obscured galaxies with large mid-infrared to ultraviolet luminosity …

Point‐Source Extraction with MOPEX

D Makovoz, FR Marleau - … of the Astronomical Society of the …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT MOPEX (Mosaicking and Point‐source Extraction) is a package developed at
the Spitzer Science Center for astronomical image processing. We report on the point …