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16 papers

astro-ph.CO2026

CIBER galaxy cross-correlations reveal a bright, low-redshift NIR background

Richard M. Feder, Grigory Heaton, James J. Bock +7

We perform the first tomographic analysis of near-IR extragalactic background light (EBL) anisotropies, cross-correlating CIBER 1.1 and 1.8 m imager data with photometric galaxy…

astro-ph.GA2026

Comparing the Near-infrared Spectral Energy Distributions from Different Stellar Population Synthesis Models with SPHEREx Observations

Jeong Hwan Lee, Minjin Kim, Woong-Seob Jeong +17

While stellar population synthesis (SPS) models have been widely used for spectral analysis in optical wavelengths, their characteristics remain uncertain in the near-infrared (NIR…

astro-ph.GA2026

A UV-to-Near-infrared QSO Composite Spectrum from the SPHEREx All-Sky Survey

Minjin Kim, Yongjung Kim, Woong-Seob Jeong +19

We present a composite spectrum of type 1 SDSS QSOs (median ), constructed using SPHEREx spectrophotometric data and covering a rest-frame wavelength…

astro-ph.IM2026

TIME Commissioning Observations: II. On-sky Characterization and the 2D Map Data Processing Pipeline

Benjamin J. Vaughan, Abigail T. Crites, Dongwoo T. Chung +24

The Tomographic Ionized-carbon Mapping Experiment (TIME) is a line intensity mapping (LIM) instrument that is designed to observe the power spectrum of the [CII] ~m emissio…

astro-ph.GA2026

The SPHEREx View of Galaxy Clusters: A Simulation-based Validation of the Forced Photometry Pipeline for Extended Sources

Hyeonguk Bahk, Ho Seong Hwang, Lindsey Bleem +12

We present a simulation-driven assessment of the performance of the SPHEREx pipeline for galaxy cluster science, focusing on photometry, source blending, survey depth, and photomet…

astro-ph.GA2026

The SPHEREx Ices Investigation: An Overview

Gary J. Melnick, Joseph L. Hora, Matthew L. N. Ashby +26

SPHEREx is a NASA mission designed to perform an all-sky spectroscopic survey in the 0.75 - 5 m wavelength range. Its primary science objectives are to investigate: (1) inflatio…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

SPHEREx mapping of diffuse PAH and H II emission in the Galactic plane

Giulia Murgia, Ari J. Cukierman, Brandon S. Hensley +29

We present preliminary SPHEREx maps of diffuse Galactic emission tracing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and ionized hydrogen gas, and we study their relationship across th…

astro-ph.GA2025

The Redshifts from 122 Bands: Comparative Redshift Forecast for Low-Resolution Spectra from SPHEREx and 7-Dimensional Sky Survey (7DS)

Jangho Bae, Bomee Lee, Myungshin Im +21

The recently initiated SPHEREx and 7DS surveys will deliver low-resolution spectra () for hundreds of millions of galaxies over the optical to near-infrared range…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 33 cited

The SPHEREx Satellite Mission

James J. Bock, Asad M. Aboobaker, Joseph Adamo +111

SPHEREx, a NASA explorer satellite launched on 11 March 2025, is carrying out the first all-sky near-infrared spectral survey. The satellite observes in 102 spectral bands from 0.7…

astro-ph.EP2025

SPHEREx Pre-Perihelion Mapping of , , and in Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

Carey M. Lisse, Yoonsoo P. Bach, Brendan P. Crill +35

From 01- to 15-Aug-2025UT, the SPHEREx spacecraft observed interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. Using spectrophotometry at m, light curves, spectra, and imaging of…

astro-ph.IM2025

TIME Commissioning Observations: I. Mapping Dust and Molecular Gas in the Sgr A Molecular Cloud Complex at the Galactic Center

Selina F. Yang, Sophie M. McAtee, Benjamin J. Vaughan +24

We present the processing of an observation of Sagittarius A (Sgr A) with the Tomographic Ionized-carbon Mapping Experiment (TIME), part of the 2021-2022 commissioning run to verif…

astro-ph.IM2025

Development of a planar cable-driven parallel robot for submillimeter and terahertz beam mapping measurements

Evan C. Mayer, Ian N. Lowe, Daniel P. Marrone +20

The spatial sensitivity pattern of millimeter-wavelength receivers is an important diagnostic of performance and is affected by the alignment of coupling optics. Characterization c…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 13 cited

The SPHEREx Sky Simulator: Science Data Modeling for the First All-Sky Near-Infrared Spectral Survey

Brendan P. Crill, Yoonsoo P. Bach, Sean A. Bryan +29

We describe the SPHEREx Sky Simulator, a software tool designed to model science data for NASA's SPHEREx mission that will carry out a series of all-sky spectrophotometric surveys…

astro-ph.GA2025

The Potential of the SPHEREx Mission for Characterizing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon 3.3 μm Emission in Nearby Galaxies

Edward Zhang, Andreas L. Faisst, Brendan Crill +18

Together with gas, stars, and supermassive black holes, dust is crucial in stellar and galaxy evolution. Hence, understanding galaxies' dust properties across cosmic time is critic…

astro-ph.CO2025

CIBER 4th flight fluctuation analysis: Measurements of near-IR auto- and cross-power spectra on arcminute to sub-degree scales

Richard M. Feder, James J. Bock, Yun-Ting Cheng +10

We present new anisotropy measurements in the near-infrared (NIR) for angular multipoles using imaging data at 1.1 m and 1.8 m from the fourth flight of the C…

astro-ph.CO2025

CIBER 4th flight fluctuation analysis: Pseudo-power spectrum formalism, improved source masking and validation on mocks

Richard M. Feder, James J. Bock, Yun-Ting Cheng +7

Precise, unbiased measurements of extragalactic background anisotropies require careful treatment of systematic effects in fluctuation-based, broad-band intensity mapping measureme…