Spitzer 70-micron Source Counts in GOODS-North
Jun, 2006
6 pages
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- Astrophys.J.Lett. 647 (2006) L9-L12
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- astro-ph/0606676 [astro-ph]
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We present ultra-deep Spitzer 70-micron observations of GOODS-North. For the first time, the turn-over in the 70-micron Euclidean-normalized differential source counts is observed. We derive source counts down to a flux density of 1.2mJy. From the measured source counts and fluctuation analysis, we estimate a power-law approximation of the faint 70-micron source counts of dN/dS proportional to S^{-1.6}, consistent with that observed for the faint 24-micron sources. An extrapolation of the 70-micron 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 1.2mJy account for about 60% of the estimated EBL. From fluctuation analysis, we derive a photometric confusion level of sigma_c = 0.30+/-0.15 mJy (q=5) for the Spitzer 70-micron band.- cosmology: observations
- galaxies: evolution
- galaxies: high-redshift
- infrared: galaxies
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