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The COBE DIRBE Search for the Cosmic Infrared Background

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Michael G. Hauser
Michael G. Hauser*
Affiliation:
Code 680, Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Abstract

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The Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment (DIRBE) on the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite is designed to conduct a sensitive search for isotropic cosmic infrared background radiation over the spectral range from 1.25 to 240 μm. The cumulative emissions of pregalactic, protogalactic, and evolving galactic systems are expected to be recorded in this background. The DIRBE instrument has mapped the full sky with high redundancy at solar elongation angles ranging from 64°to 124°to facilitate separation of interplanetary, Galactic, and extragalactic sources of emission. Conservative limits on the isotropic infrared background are given by the minimum observed sky brightnesses in each DIRBE spectral band during the 10 months of cryogenic operation. Extensive modeling of the foregrounds is under way to isolate or strongly limit the extragalactic infrared component. The current approach to these modeling efforts is described and representative present residuals are reported.

Type
Part I: Invited Reviews
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 168: Examining the Big Bang and the Diffuse Background Radiations , 1996 , pp. 99 - 108
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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