The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) for the Spitzer Space Telescope

被引：2900

作者：

Fazio, GG

Hora, JL

Allen, LE

Ashby, MLN

Barmby, P

Deutsch, LK

Huang, JS

Kleiner, S

Marengo, M

Megeath, ST

Melnick, GJ

Pahre, MA

Patten, BM

Polizotti, J

Smith, HA

Taylor, RS

Wang, Z

Willner, SP

Hoffmann, WF

Pipher, JL

Forrest, WJ

McMurty, CW

McCreight, CR

McKelvey, ME

McMurray, RE

Koch, DG

Moseley, SH

Arendt, RG

Mentzell, JE

Marx, CT

Losch, P

Mayman, P

Eichhorn, W

Krebs, D

Jhabvala, M

Gezari, DY

Fixsen, DJ

Flores, J

Shakoorzadeh, K

Jungo, R

Hakun, C

Workman, L

Karpati, G

Kichak, R

Whitley, R

Mann, S

Tollestrup, EV

Eisenhardt, P

Stern, D

Gorjian, V

机构：

[1] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[2] Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA

[3] Univ Rochester, Dept Phys & Astron, Rochester, NY 14627 USA

[4] NASA, Ames Res Ctr, Moffett Field, CA 94035 USA

[5] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, High Energy Astrophys Lab, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

[6] Inst Astron, Hilo, HI 96720 USA

[7] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA

[8] CALTECH, Spitzer Sci Ctr, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

[9] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Phys & Astron, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

[10] Raytheon Infrared Operat, Goleta, CA 93117 USA

[11] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Astron, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

来源：

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES | 2004年 / 154卷 / 01期

关键词：

infrared : general; instrumentation : detectors; space vehicles : instruments;

D O I：

10.1086/422843

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) is one of three focal plane instruments on the Spitzer Space Telescope. IRAC is a four-channel camera that obtains simultaneous broadband images at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 mum. Two nearly adjacent 5.'2; 5.'2 fields of view in the focal plane are viewed by the four channels in pairs ( 3.6 and 5.8 mum; 4.5 and 8 mum). All four detector arrays in the camera are 256 x 256 pixels in size, with the two shorter wavelength channels using InSb and the two longer wavelength channels using Si: As IBC detectors. IRAC is a powerful survey instrument because of its high sensitivity, large field of view, and four-color imaging. This paper summarizes the in-flight scientific, technical, and operational performance of IRAC.

引用

页码：10 / 17

页数：8

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