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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
HerMES: The SPIRE confusion limit
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 518, No. 8, Article L5, Year 2010
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We report on the sensitivity of SPIRE photometers on the Herschel Space Observatory. Specifically, we measure the confusion noise from observations taken during the science demonstration phase of the Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey. Confusion noise is defined to be the spatial variation of the sky intensity in the limit of infinite integration time, and is found to be consistent among the different fields in our survey at the level of 5.8, 6.3 and 6.8 mJy/beam at 250, 350 and 500 μm, respectively. These results, together with the measured instrument noise, may be used to estimate the integration time required for confusion limited maps, and provide a noise estimate for maps obtained by SPIRE. © 2010 ESO.
Authors & Co-Authors
Nguyên, Hien Trong
United States, Pasadena
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Schulz, Bernhard
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Levenson, Louis R.
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Amblard, Alexandre
United States, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
Arumugam, Vinodiran
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Aussel, Hervé
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives
Blain, Andrew W.
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Bock, James J.
United States, Pasadena
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Boselli, Alessandro
France, Marseille
Oamp Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille-provence
Buat, Véronique
France, Marseille
Oamp Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille-provence
Castro-Rodriguéz, Nieves
Spain, San Cristobal de la Laguna
Instituto Astrofisico de Canarias
Cava, Antonio
Spain, San Cristobal de la Laguna
Instituto Astrofisico de Canarias
Chanial, Pierre F.
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Chapin, Edward L.
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Clements, David L.
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Conley, Alexander J.
United States, Boulder
Planetary Solutions, Inc.
Conversi, Luca
Spain, Madrid
European Space Astronomy Centre
Cooray, Asantha Roshan
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
United States, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
Dowell, Charles Darren
United States, Pasadena
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Dwek, Eli
United States, Greenbelt
Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center
Eales, Stephen A.
United Kingdom, Cardiff
Cardiff University
Elbaz, David
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives
Franceschini, Alberto
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Gear, Walter K.P.
United Kingdom, Cardiff
Cardiff University
Glenn, Jason
United States, Boulder
Planetary Solutions, Inc.
Griffin, Matthew J.
United Kingdom, Cardiff
Cardiff University
Halpern, Mark
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Hatziminaoglou, Evanthia
Germany, Garching Bei Munchen
European Southern Observatory
Ibar, E.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Uk Astronomy Technology Centre
Isaak, Kate G.
United Kingdom, Cardiff
Cardiff University
Ivison, Robert J.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Uk Astronomy Technology Centre
Lagache, Guilaine
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Université Paris-saclay
Lu, Nanyao
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Madden, Suzanne C.
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives
Maffei, Bruno
United Kingdom, Manchester
The University of Manchester
Mainetti, Gabrielle
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Marchetti, Lucia
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Marsden, Gaelen
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
O'Halloran, Brian
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Oliver, Seb J.
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Omont, Alain A.
France, Paris
Sorbonne Université
Page, Mathew J.
United Kingdom, London
University College London
Panuzzo, Pasquale
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives
Papageorgiou, Andreas
United Kingdom, Cardiff
Cardiff University
Pearson, Christopher P.
United Kingdom, Didcot
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Pérez-Fournon, Ismael
Spain, San Cristobal de la Laguna
Instituto Astrofisico de Canarias
Pohlen, Michael
United Kingdom, Cardiff
Cardiff University
Rangwala, Naseem
United States, Boulder
Planetary Solutions, Inc.
Rigopoulou, Dimitra
United Kingdom, Didcot
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Roseboom, Isaac G.
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Rowan-Robinson, Michael
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Scott, Douglas J.
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Seymour, Nick
United Kingdom, London
University College London
Shupe, David L.
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Smith, Anthony J.
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Stevens, Jason A.
United Kingdom, Hatfield
University of Hertfordshire
Symeonidis, Myrto
United Kingdom, London
University College London
Trichas, Markos
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Tugwell, K. E.
United Kingdom, London
University College London
Vaccari, Mattia
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Valtchanov, Ivan
Spain, Madrid
European Space Astronomy Centre
Vigroux, Laurent G.
France, Paris
Sorbonne Université
Wang, Lingyu
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Wiebe, Donald V.
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Wright, Gillian S.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Uk Astronomy Technology Centre
Xu, Cong Kevin
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Zemcov, Michael B.
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Statistics
Citations: 257
Authors: 67
Affiliations: 24
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1051/0004-6361/201014680
ISSN:
00046361
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