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D. J. Fixsen

Researcher at Goddard Space Flight Center

Publications -  48
Citations -  6642

D. J. Fixsen is an academic researcher from Goddard Space Flight Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cosmic microwave background & Interferometry. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 42 publications receiving 6095 citations. Previous affiliations of D. J. Fixsen include University of Maryland, College Park.

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

TL;DR: The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) is one of three focal plane instruments on the Spitzer Space Telescope as mentioned in this paper, which is a four-channel camera that obtains simultaneous broadband images at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 m.
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The Cosmic Microwave Background spectrum from the full COBE FIRAS data set

TL;DR: In this article, the Far-InfraRed Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS) on board the COBE (COsmic Background Explorer) is used to measure the difference between the cosmic microwave background and a precise blackbody spectrum.
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Detection and Characterization of Cold Interstellar Dust and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission, from COBE Observations

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented the mean 3.5-240 μm spectrum of high-latitude dust, obtained by the DIRBE instrument on the COBE spacecraft, and showed that at wavelengths shorter than 60 μm the spectrum shows an excess of emission over that expected from very small dust particles undergoing temperature fluctuations.
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The Spectral Results of the Far-Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer Instrument on COBE

TL;DR: In this article, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) spectral results of the Far-Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS) instrument are summarized and some questions that have been raised about the calibration accuracy are also addressed.