A Superconducting X-Ray Spectrometer with a Tantalum Absorber and Lateral Trapping (2009)
M. C. Gaidis, S. Friedrich, K. Segall, D. E. Prober, A. E. Szymkowiak, S. H. Moseley
AI superconducting tunnel junction structures for high energy resolution and high efficiency X-ray detection. These devices utilize a Ta X-ray absorber with superconductor “bandgap engineered”...
Arendt, R. G., Kashlinsky, A., Moseley, S. H., Mather, J.
This paper provides a detailed description of the data reduction and analysis procedures that have been employed in our previous studies of spatial fluctuation of the cosmic infrared background (CIB)...
MUSTANG: 90 GHz Science with the Green Bank Telescope (2009)
Dicker, S. R., Korngut, P. M., Mason, B. S., Ade, P. A. R., Aguirre, J., Ames, T. J., ...
MUSTANG is a 90 GHz bolometer camera built for use as a facility instrument on the 100 m Robert C. Byrd Green Bank radio telescope (GBT). MUSTANG has an 8 by 8 focal plane array of transition edge...
MICROSHUTTER ARRAYS FOR THE NGST NEAR INFRARED MULTI-OBJECT SPECTROMETER (2009)
R. Silverberg, K. A. Blumenstock, A. Ewin, J. Hein, C. Kotecki, M. J. Li, ...
Field selectors can greatly improve the overall performance and versatility of multi-object spectrometers because they allow efficient use of the available detector arrays and data handling...
Arendt, R. G., Gezari, D. Y., Stolovy, S. R., Sellgren, K., Smith, R., Ramírez, S. V., ...
We have studied the correlation between 2357 Chandra X-ray point sources in a 40 × 40 pc field and ~20,000 infrared sources we observed in the corresponding subset of our 2° × 1.4° Spitzer/IRAC...
Arendt, R. G., Gezari, D. Y., Stolovy, S. R., Sellgren, K., Smith, R., Ramirez, S. V., ...
We have studied the correlation between 2357 Chandra X-ray point sources in a 40 x 40 parsec field and ~20,000 infrared sources we observed in the corresponding subset of our 2 x 1.4 degree...
Arendt, R.G., Gezari, D.Y., Stolovy, S.R., Sellgren, K., Smith, R., Ramírez, S.V., ...
We have studied the correlation between 2357 Chandra X-ray point sources in a 40 x 40 pc field and similar to 20,000 infrared sources we observed in the corresponding subset of our 2 degrees x 1.4...
Development of a Broadband Submillimeter Grating Spectrometer (2007)
D. J. Benford, Benford Serabyn, T. G. Phillips, S. H. Moseley
One of the central issues in astronomy is the formation and evolution of galaxies at large redshifts. Submillimeter observations are essential to understanding these processes. One of the best...
Thermal conductivity of Kapton tape (2007)
Benford Powers, D. J. Benford, T. Powers, S. H. Moseley
Measurements of the thermal conductivity of Kapton tape at temperatures between 5 and 300K are reported in this technical note. This material is useful for making low-conductance cryogenic ribbon...
Kashlinsky, A., Arendt, R. G., Mather, J., Moseley, S. H.
We study the possible contribution of optical galaxies detected with the {\it Hubble} ACS instrument to the near-IR cosmic infrared (CIB) fluctuations in deep {\it Spitzer} images. The {\it Spitzer}...
First Constraints on Source Counts at 350 μm (2007)
Khan, S., Schafer, R.A., Serjeant, S., Willner, S.P., Pearson, C.P., Benford, D.J., ...
We have imaged a 6 arcmin2 region in the Boötes Deep Field using the 350 m–optimized second-generation Submillimeter High Angular Resolution Camera (SHARC II), achieving a peak 1 sensitivity of 5...
New measurements of cosmic infrared background fluctuations from early epochs (2006)
Kashlinsky, A., Arendt, R. G., Mather, J., Moseley, S. H.
Cosmic infrared background fluctuations may contain measurable contribution from objects inaccessible to current telescopic studies, such as the first stars and other luminous objects in the first...
On the nature of the sources of the cosmic infrared background (2006)
Kashlinsky, A., Arendt, R. G., Mather, J., Moseley, S. H.
We discuss interpretation of the cosmic infrared background (CIB) anisotropies detected by us recently in the Spitzer IRAC based measurements. The fluctuations are approximately isotropic on the sky...
PAPPA: Primordial Anisotropy Polarization Pathfinder Array (2006)
Kogut, A., Chuss, D. T., Fixsen, D., Hinshaw, G. F., Limon, M., Moseley, S. H., ...
The Primordial Anisotropy Polarization Pathfinder Array (PAPPA) is a balloon-based instrument to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background and search for the signal from gravity...
Ipatov, S. I., Kutyrev, A. S., Madsen, G. J., Mather, J. C., Moseley, S. H., Reynolds, R. J.
We present simulated observations of the Doppler shifts of the solar Mg I Fraunhofer line scattered by asteroidal, cometary, and trans-Neptunian dust particles. The studies are based on the results...
New Observations and Models of the Kinematics of the Zodiacal Dust Cloud (2006)
Madsen, G. J., Reynolds, R. J., Ipatov, S. I., Kutyrev, A. S., Mather, J. C., Moseley, S. H.
We report on new observations of the motion of zodiacal dust using optical absorption line spectroscopy of zodiacal light. We have measured the change in the profile shape of the scattered solar Mg I...
Tracing the first stars with cosmic infrared background fluctuations (2005)
Kashlinsky, A., Arendt, R. G., Mather, J., Moseley, S. H.
The deepest space and ground-based observations find metal-enriched galaxies at cosmic times when the Universe was
Number Counts At 3 < lambda < 10 um From the Spitzer Space Telescope (2004)
Fazio, G. G., Ashby, M. L. N., Barmby, P., Hora, J. L., Huang, J. -S., Pahre, M. A., ...
Infrared source counts at wavelengths 3 < lambda < 10 um cover more than 10 magnitudes in source brightness, four orders of magnitude in surface density, and reach an integrated surface density of...
New Measurements of the Motion of the Zodiacal Dust (2004)
Reynolds, R. J., Madsen, G. J., Moseley, S. H.
Using the Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper (WHAM), we have measured at high spectral resolution and high signal-to-noise the profile of the scattered solar Mg I 5184 absorption line in the zodiacal light....
Prospecting for Heavy Elements with Future Far-IR/Submillimeter Observatories (2002)
Leisawitz, D., Benford, D. J., Kashlinsky, A., Lawrence, C. R., Mather, J. C., Moseley, S. H., ...
To understand the cosmic history of element synthesis it will be important to obtain extinction-free measures of the heavy element contents of high-redshift objects and to chart two monumental...
McCammon, D., Almy, R., Apodaca, E., Tiest, W. Bergmann, Cui, W., Deiker, S., ...
A high spectral resolution observation of the diffuse X-ray background in the 60 - 1000 eV energy range has been made using an array of thirty-six 1 mm^2 micro-calorimeters flown on a sounding...
Probing the Invisible Universe: The Case for Far-IR/Submillimeter Interferometry (2002)
Leisawitz, D., Armstrong, T., Benford, D., Blain, A., Danchi, K. Borne W., Evans, N., ...
The question "How did we get here and what will the future bring?" captures the human imagination and the attention of the National Academy of Science's Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Commitee...
Submillimeter and Far-InfraRed Experiment (SAFIRE): A PI class instrument for SOFIA (2000)
Shafer, R. A., Moseley, S. H., Jr., Ade, P. A. R., Benford, D. J., Bjoraker, G., ...
SAFIRE is a versatile imaging Fabry-Perot spectrograph covering 145 to 655 microns, with spectral resolving powers ranging over 5-10,000. Selected as a "PI" instrument for the airborne Stratospheric...
Calibrating Array Detectors (2000)
Fixsen, D. J., Moseley, S. H., Arendt, R. G.
The development of sensitive large format imaging arrays for the infrared promises to provide revolutionary capabilities for space astronomy. For example, the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on SIRTF...
Newly Synthesized Elements and Pristine Dust in the Cassiopeia A Supernova Remnant (1999)
Arendt, R. G., Dwek, E., Moseley, S. H.
Spectroscopic observations at 2.4 - 45 microns of the young supernova remnant Cas A with the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) Short Wavelength Spectrometer (SWS) reveal strong emission lines of O,...
Submillimeter Imaging of NGC 891 with SHARC (1998)
Serabyn, E., Lis, D. C., Dowell, C. D., Benford, D. J., Hunter, T. R., Trewhella, M., ...
The advent of submillimeter wavelength array cameras operating on large ground-based telescopes is revolutionizing imaging at these wavelengths, enabling high-resolution submillimeter surveys of dust...
Kelsall, T., Weiland, J. L., Franz, B. A., Reach, W. T., Arendt, R. G., Dwek, E., ...
The COBE Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment (DIRBE) was designed to search for the cosmic infrared background (CIB) radiation. Scattered light and thermal emission from the interplanetary dust...
Hauser, M. G., Arendt, R. G., Kelsall, T., Dwek, E., Odegard, N., Weiland, J. L., ...
The DIRBE on the COBE spacecraft was designed primarily to conduct systematic search for an isotropic CIB in ten photometric bands from 1.25 to 240 microns. The results of that search are presented...
Dwek, E., Arendt, R. G., Hauser, M. G., Fixsen, D., Kelsall, T., Leisawitz, D., ...
In this paper we examine the cosmological constraints of the recent DIRBE and FIRAS detection of the extragalactic background light between 125-5000 microns on the metal and star formation histories...
Arendt, R. G., Odegard, N., Weiland, J. L., Sodroski, T. J., Hauser, M. G., Dwek, E., ...
The Cosmic Infrared Background (CIB) is hidden behind veils of foreground emission from our own solar system and Galaxy. This paper describes procedures for removing the Galactic IR emission from the...
Submillimeter Imaging of NGC 891 with SHARC (1998)
Serabyn Lis, E. Serabyn, D. C. Lis, C. D. Dowell, D. J. Benford, T. R. Hunter, ...
. The advent of submillimeter wavelength array cameras operating on large ground-based telescopes is revolutionizing imaging at these wavelengths, enabling highresolution submillimeter surveys of...
Wang, Nina, Hunter, T. R., Benford, D. J., Serabyn, E., Lis, D. C., Phillips, T. G., ...
We constructed a 24-pixel bolometer camera operating in the 350- and 450-µm atmospheric windows for the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO). This instrument uses a monolithic silicon bolometer...
Morphology of the Interstellar Cooling Lines Detected by (1994)
C. L. Bennett, Bennett Fixsen, G. Hinshaw, J. C. Mather, S. H. Moseley, E. L. Wright, ...
The FIRAS instrument on the COBE satellite has conducted an unbiased survey of the far-infrared emission from our Galaxy. The first results of this survey were reported by Wright et al. (1991). We...
Stahle, C.K. ; JFA; CORA, Wouters, Jan; U0010113 ;, Kelley, R.L., Moseley, S.H., Szymkowiak, A.E.
Morphology of the Interstellar Cooling Lines Detected by COBE (1993)
Bennett, C. L., Fixsen, D. J., Hinshaw, G., Mather, J. C., Moseley, S. H., Wright, E. L., ...
The FIRAS instrument on the COBE satellite has conducted an unbiased survey of the far-infrared emission from our Galaxy. The first results of this survey were reported by Wright et al. (1991). We...
A silicon composite thermal and ionization x-ray-detector (1993)
Stahle, C.K. ; JFA; CORA, Wouters, Jan; U0010113 ;, Kelley, R.L., Moseley, S.H., Szymkowiak, A.E.
Far-infrared observations of thermal dust emission from supernova 1987A (1989)
S. H. Moseley, E. Dwek, W. Glaccum, J. R. Graham, R. F. Loewenstein, R. F. Silverberg
Scientific results from the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE): (microwave/infrared)
Bennett, C. L., Boggess, N. W., Cheng, E. S., Hauser, M. G., Kelsall, T., Mather, J. C., ...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has flown the COBE satellite to observe the Big Bang and the subsequent formation of galaxies and large-scale structure. Data from the...
Scientific results from the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE): (microwave/infrared)
Bennett, C. L., Boggess, N. W., Cheng, E. S., Hauser, M. G., Kelsall, T., Mather, J. C., ...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has flown the COBE satellite to observe the Big Bang and the subsequent formation of galaxies and large-scale structure. Data from the...