OBSERVATIONS OF THE NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRUM OF THE ZODIACAL LIGHT WITH CIBER

Tsumura, K; Matsumoto, T; Matsuura, S; Wada, T; Battle, J; Bock, J; Zemcov, M; Cooray, A; Hristov, V; Levenson, L R; Mason, P; Sullivan, I; Keating, B; Renbarger, T; Lee, D H; Nam, U W; Suzuki, K

doi:10.1088/0004-637X/719/1/394

Title: OBSERVATIONS OF THE NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRUM OF THE ZODIACAL LIGHT WITH CIBER

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Interplanetary dust (IPD) scatters solar radiation which results in the zodiacal light that dominates the celestial diffuse brightness at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. Both asteroid collisions and cometary ejections produce the IPD, but the relative contribution from these two sources is still unknown. The low resolution spectrometer (LRS) onboard the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRiment (CIBER) observed the astrophysical sky spectrum between 0.75 and 2.1 {mu}m over a wide range of ecliptic latitude. The resulting zodiacal light spectrum is redder than the solar spectrum, and shows a broad absorption feature, previously unreported, at approximately 0.9 {mu}m, suggesting the existence of silicates in the IPD material. The spectral shape of the zodiacal light is isotropic at all ecliptic latitudes within the measurement error. The zodiacal light spectrum, including the extended wavelength range to 2.5 {mu}m using Infrared Telescope in Space (IRTS) data, is qualitatively similar to the reflectance of S-type asteroids. This result can be explained by the proximity of S-type asteroidal dust to Earth's orbit, and the relatively high albedo of asteroidal dust compared with cometary dust.

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Tsumura, K; Matsumoto, T; Matsuura, S; Wada, T ^[1]; Battle, J; Bock, J; Zemcov, M ^[2]; Cooray, A ^[3]; Hristov, V; Levenson, L R; Mason, P; Sullivan, I ^[4]; Keating, B; Renbarger, T ^[5]; Lee, D H; Nam, U W ^[6]; Suzuki, K ^[7]

Department of Infrared Astrophysics, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210 (Japan)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Pasadena, CA 91109 (United States)
Center for Cosmology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 (United States)
Department of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093 (United States)
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), Daejeon 305-348 (Korea, Republic of)
Instrument Development Group of Technical Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602 (Japan)

Publication Date:: Tue Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2010

OSTI Identifier:: 21457114

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Astrophysical Journal

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 719; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/719/1/394; Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; ABSORPTION; ASTEROIDS; ASTROPHYSICS; BRIGHTNESS; DUSTS; INFRARED SPECTRA; SILICATES; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETERS; TELESCOPES; ZODIACAL LIGHT; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICS; RADIATIONS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SORPTION; SPECTRA; STELLAR RADIATION

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                    Tsumura, K, Matsumoto, T, Matsuura, S, Wada, T, Battle, J, Bock, J, Zemcov, M, Cooray, A, Hristov, V, Levenson, L R, Mason, P, Sullivan, I, Keating, B, Renbarger, T, Lee, D H, Nam, U W, and Suzuki, K. OBSERVATIONS OF THE NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRUM OF THE ZODIACAL LIGHT WITH CIBER.  United States: N. p., 2010. 
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                    Tsumura, K, Matsumoto, T, Matsuura, S, Wada, T, Battle, J, Bock, J, Zemcov, M, Cooray, A, Hristov, V, Levenson, L R, Mason, P, Sullivan, I, Keating, B, Renbarger, T, Lee, D H, Nam, U W, & Suzuki, K. OBSERVATIONS OF THE NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRUM OF THE ZODIACAL LIGHT WITH CIBER.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/719/1/394

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                    Tsumura, K, Matsumoto, T, Matsuura, S, Wada, T, Battle, J, Bock, J, Zemcov, M, Cooray, A, Hristov, V, Levenson, L R, Mason, P, Sullivan, I, Keating, B, Renbarger, T, Lee, D H, Nam, U W, and Suzuki, K. 2010.  
        "OBSERVATIONS OF THE NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRUM OF THE ZODIACAL LIGHT WITH CIBER".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/719/1/394.

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@article{osti_21457114,

  title        = {OBSERVATIONS OF THE NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRUM OF THE ZODIACAL LIGHT WITH CIBER},

  author       = {Tsumura, K and Matsumoto, T and Matsuura, S and Wada, T and Battle, J and Bock, J and Zemcov, M and Cooray, A and Hristov, V and Levenson, L R and Mason, P and Sullivan, I and Keating, B and Renbarger, T and Lee, D H and Nam, U W and Suzuki, K},

  abstractNote = {Interplanetary dust (IPD) scatters solar radiation which results in the zodiacal light that dominates the celestial diffuse brightness at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. Both asteroid collisions and cometary ejections produce the IPD, but the relative contribution from these two sources is still unknown. The low resolution spectrometer (LRS) onboard the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRiment (CIBER) observed the astrophysical sky spectrum between 0.75 and 2.1 {mu}m over a wide range of ecliptic latitude. The resulting zodiacal light spectrum is redder than the solar spectrum, and shows a broad absorption feature, previously unreported, at approximately 0.9 {mu}m, suggesting the existence of silicates in the IPD material. The spectral shape of the zodiacal light is isotropic at all ecliptic latitudes within the measurement error. The zodiacal light spectrum, including the extended wavelength range to 2.5 {mu}m using Infrared Telescope in Space (IRTS) data, is qualitatively similar to the reflectance of S-type asteroids. This result can be explained by the proximity of S-type asteroidal dust to Earth's orbit, and the relatively high albedo of asteroidal dust compared with cometary dust.},

  doi          = {10.1088/0004-637X/719/1/394},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21457114},
  journal      = {Astrophysical Journal},

  issn         = {0004-637X},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 719,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2010},

  month        = {Tue Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2010}

}

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