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We use statistical equilibrium equations to investigate the IRAC color space of shocked molecular hydrogen. The location of shocked H_2 in [3.6]-[4.5] vs [4.5]-[5.8] color is determined by the gas temperature and density of neutral atomic…

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We present near- and mid-infrared observations on the shock-cloud interaction region in the northern part of the supernova remnant HB21, performed with the InfraRed Camera (IRC) aboard AKARI satellite and the Wide InfraRed Camera (WIRC) at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Jong-Ho Shinn , Bon-Chul Koo , Michael G. Burton , Ho-Gyu Lee , Dae-Sik Moon

We present near- and mid-infrared observations on the shock-cloud interaction region in the southern part of the supernova remnant HB 21, performed with the InfraRed Camera (IRC) aboard AKARI satellite and the Wide InfraRed Camera (WIRC) at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 Jong-Ho Shinn , Bon-Chul Koo , Michael G. Burton , Ho-Gyu Lee , Dae-Sik Moon

We have studied the shock-excited molecular regions associated with four supernova remnants (SNRs) - IC443C, W28, W44 and 3C391 - and two Herbig-Haro objects, HH7 and HH54, using Spitzer's Infrared Spectrograph (IRS). The physical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Yuan Yuan , David A. Neufeld

The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) is one of three focal plane instruments in the Spitzer Space Telescope. IRAC is a four-channel camera that obtains simultaneous broad-band images at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 microns. Two nearly adjacent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 G. G. Fazio , the IRAC team

We have conducted a survey of Ultra-luminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIRGs) with the Infrared Spectrograph on the Spitzer Space Telescope, obtaining spectra from 5.0-38.5um for 77 sources with 0.02<z <0.93. Observations of the pure rotational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. J. U. Higdon , L. Armus , J. L. Higdon , B. T. Soifer , H. W. W. Spoon

We present Spitzer observations of IC 443 obtained with MIPS and IRS as part of our GTO program on the astrophysics of ejecta from evolved stars. We find that the overall morphology at mid/far IR wavelengths resembles even more closely a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-04-30 A. Noriega-Crespo , D. C. Hines , K. Gordon , F. R. Marleau , G. H. Rieke , J. Rho , W. B. Latter

We present Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) data and source catalogs from the Spitzer Space Telescope Extragalactic First Look Survey. The data were taken in four broad bands centered at nominal wavelengths of 3.6, 4.5, 5.8 and 8.0 microns. A…

We present a detailed analysis of Spitzer-IRAC images obtained toward six Herbig-Haro objects (HH 54/211/212, L 1157/1448, BHR 71). Our analysis includes: (1) comparisons in morphology between the four IRAC bands (3.6, 4.5, 5.8 and 8.0 um),…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Michihiro Takami , Jennifer L. Karr , Haegon Koh , How-Huan Chen , Hsu-Tai Lee

The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) is one of three focal plane instruments on board the Spitzer Space Telescope. IRAC is a four-channel camera that obtains simultaneous broad-band images at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 microns in two nearly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. L. Hora , the IRAC team

We use a simple parameterization of the mid-IR spectra of a wide range of galaxy types in order to predict their distribution in the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) 3.6um, 4.5um, 5.8um, and 8.0um and Multiband Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Sajina , M. Lacy , D. Scott

We present the detection and analysis of molecular hydrogen emission toward ten interstellar regions in the Large Magellanic Cloud. We examined low-resolution infrared spectral maps of twelve regions obtained with the Spitzer infrared…

The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on the Spitzer Space Telescope is absolutely calibrated by comparing photometry on a set of A stars near the north ecliptic pole to predictions based on ground-based observations and a stellar atmosphere…

The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on the Spitzer Space Telescope currently offers the greatest potential for high-precision astrometry of faint mid-IR sources across arcminute-scale fields, which would be especially valuable for measuring…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-23 T. L. Esplin , K. L. Luhman

We present Spitzer Space Telescope archival mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectroscopy of a sample of eleven planetary nebulae (PNe). The observations, acquired with the Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph (IRS), cover the spectral range 5.2-14.5 {\mu}m…

Using the Infrared Spectrograph on the Spitzer Space Telescope, we observed the Antennae galaxies obtaining spectral maps of the entire central region and high signal-to-noise 5-38 um spectra of the two galactic nuclei and six…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 B. R. Brandl , L. Snijders , M. den Brok , D. G. Whelan , B. Groves , P. van der Werf , V. Charmandaris , J. D. Smith , L. Armus , R. C. Kennicutt, , J. R. Houck

We present an analysis of Spitzer-IRS spectroscopic maps of the L1157 protostellar outflow in the H2 pure-rotational lines from S(0) to S(7). The aim of this work is to derive the physical conditions pertaining to the warm molecular gas and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 B. Nisini , T. Giannini , D. A. Neufeld , Y. Yuan , S. Antoniucci , E. A. Bergin , G. J. Melnick

Two ultracompact H II regions (IRAS 19181+1349 and 20178+4046) and one compact molecular clump (20286+4105) have been observed at far infrared wavelengths using the TIFR 1 m balloon-borne telescope and at mid infrared wavelengths using ISO.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. P. Verma , S. K. Ghosh , B. Mookerjea , T. N. Rengarajan

We present analyses of Spitzer InfraRed Array Camera (IRAC) 3.6 $\mu$m and 4.5 $\mu$m phase curve observations of hot Jupiters WASP-77Ab and WASP-121b. For WASP-121b, we find amplitudes of 1771 $\pm$ 95 ppm (3.6 $\mu$m) and 2048 $\pm$ 109…

We present several corrections for point source photometry to be applied to data from the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on the Spitzer Space Telescope. These corrections are necessary because of characteristics of the IRAC arrays and optics…

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