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The Spectrum of the Extragalactic Far‐Infrared Background from the COBE FIRAS Observations
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The COBE FIRAS data contain foreground emission from interplanetary, Galactic interstellar dust and extragalactic background emission. We use three different methods to separate the various emission components, and derive the spectrum of the extragalactic far-infrared background (FIRB). Each method relies on a different set of assumptions, which affect the FIRB spectrum in different ways. Despite this, the FIRB spectra derived by these different methods are remarkably similar. The average spectrum that we derive in the ν = 5-80 cm -1 (2000-125 μm) frequency interval is I (ν) = (1.3 ± 0.4) × 10 -5 (ν/ν 0 ) 0.64±0.12 P ν (18.5 ± 1.2 K), where ν 0 = 100 cm -1 (λ 0 = 100 μm), and P is the Planck function. The derived FIRB spectrum is consistent with the (DIRBE) 140 and 240 μm detections. The total intensity received in the 5-80 cm -1 frequency interval is 14 nW m -2 sr -1 and comprises about 20% of the total intensity expected from the energy release from nucleosynthesis throughout the history of the universe.
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- Authors
- Fixsen, D. J., Dwek, E., Mather, J. C., Bennett, C. L., & Shafer, R. A.
- Venue
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Publisher
- American Astronomical Society
- Published
- 1998-11-20
- Volume
- 508
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 123-128
- ISSN
- 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
- 1538-4357
- OpenAlex
- W2053591448
- Cited by
- 730
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 45.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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