THE COSMIC INFRARED BACKGROUND EXPERIMENT (CIBER): THE NARROW-BAND SPECTROMETER

Journal Article · Thu Aug 15 04:00:00 EDT 2013 · Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/207/2/34· OSTI ID:22136589

Korngut, P. M.; Bock, J. ^[1]; Renbarger, T.; Keating, B. ^[2]; Arai, T.; Matsumoto, T.; Matsuura, S. ^[3]; Battle, J.; Hristov, V.; Lanz, A.; Levenson, L. R.; Mason, P. ^[4]; Brown, S. W.; Lykke, K. R.; Smith, A. W. ^[5]; Cooray, A. ^[6]; Kim, M. G. ^[7]; Lee, D. H.; Nam, U. W. ^[8]; others, and

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1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Pasadena, CA 91109 (United States)
2. Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093 (United States)
3. Department of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210 (Japan)
4. Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
5. Sensor Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD 20899 (United States)
6. Center for Cosmology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 (United States)
7. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742 (Korea, Republic of)
8. Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), Daejeon 305-348 (Korea, Republic of)

We have developed a near-infrared spectrometer designed to measure the absolute intensity of the solar 854.2 nm Ca II Fraunhofer line, scattered by interplanetary dust, in the zodiacal light (ZL) spectrum. Based on the known equivalent line width in the solar spectrum, this measurement can derive the zodiacal brightness, testing models of the ZL based on morphology that are used to determine the extragalactic background light in absolute photometry measurements. The spectrometer is based on a simple high-resolution tipped filter placed in front of a compact camera with wide-field refractive optics to provide the large optical throughput and high sensitivity required for rocket-borne observations. We discuss the instrument requirements for an accurate measurement of the absolute ZL brightness, the measured laboratory characterization, and the instrument performance in flight.

• OSTI ID: 22136589
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 207; ISSN 0067-0049; ISSN APJSA2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
BRIGHTNESS
CAMERAS
COSMIC DUST
FRAUNHOFER LINES
INFRARED SPECTROMETERS
LINE WIDTHS
MORPHOLOGY
NEAR INFRARED RADIATION
OPTICS
PHOTOMETRY
RESOLUTION
SENSITIVITY
ZODIACAL LIGHT