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20152026
most citedA Joint Analysis of BICEP2/Keck Array and Planck Data

985 citations · 1.1k across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

A bestiary of low-level electrical artifacts in SPHEREx flight data

Candice M. Fazar, Michael Zemcov, C. Darren Dowell +3

SPHEREx, NASA's all-sky spectrophotometric survey mission, maps the sky in 102 spectral channels from 0.75 um to 5.0 um at 6.15'' resolution from low-Earth orbit using a custom rea…

astro-ph.IM2026★ 4 cited

Image persistence flagging for SPHEREx

Candice Fazar, C. Darren Dowell, Brendan P. Crill +3

Image persistence in HAWAII-2RG HgCdTe detectors has been observed by multiple parties. Also known as latent signal, this effect occurs when sensor images following an illumination…

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

Tracing the Boundary of the South Atlantic Anomaly Region with SPHEREx Transient Flagging Rates

Chi H. Nguyen, James Bock, Sean Bryan +10

The NASA SPHEREx satellite was launched in 03/2025 to survey the full sky between 0.75 - 5.0 um. The image processing of SPHEREx H2RG detectors includes real-time flagging of trans…

astro-ph.SR2026

SPHEREx 0.75 to 5 m Spectra for a Sequence of Nearby Brown Dwarfs

Zafar Rustamkulov, J. Kirkpatrick, Rachel Akeson +21

The SPHEREx all-sky survey has now measured the R40-100 infrared spectra of thousands of nearby brown dwarfs in the chemically rich 0.75-5 m range. The survey's wide spect…

physics.ao-ph2026

Observations of Atmospheric Helium and Oxygen with SPHEREx

Howard Hui, Chi Nguyen, Ryan Wills +20

We present measurements of near-infrared (NIR) terrestrial airglow produced by helium and oxygen in the exosphere as observed by SPHEREx. Using eight months of survey data obtained…

astro-ph.IM2026

The SPHEREx Instrument: Calibration, testing and performance measurements of the NIR spectroscopic surveyor from the laboratory to in-orbit commissioning

Phil M. Korngut, James J. Bock, Samuel Condon +90

The SPHEREx near-infrared space telescope is an all-sky spectroscopic survey mission launched on March 12th, 2025 UTC. In addition to providing the community with a spectral databa…

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

SPHEREx Wide-Field Infrared Spectral Mapping of Interstellar Ices and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Joseph L. Hora, Jinyoung K. Noh, Gary J. Melnick +32

We present some of the first infrared spectral maps acquired by SPHEREx. These maps, which to our knowledge are the largest of their type ever compiled in the near-infrared, reveal…

astro-ph.IM2026

Spectral Map Making with SPHEREx

Ari J. Cukierman, Shuang-Shuang Chen, Jae Hwan Kang +24

We present map-making methodologies and preliminary spectral data cubes for SPHEREx, a NASA Explorer mission that launched in March 2025 and has been performing an all-sky near-inf…

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.IM2026★ 4 cited

Spectral response of SPHEREx

Howard Hui, Jamie Bock, Samuel Condon +31

The Spectro Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) is conducting the first all-sky near infrared spectral survey spanning 0.…

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

The SPHEREx Image and Spectrophotometry Processing Pipeline

Rachel Akeson, Gregory P. Dubois-Felsmann, Brendan P. Crill +41

In this paper, we describe the SPHEREx image and spectrophotometry data processing pipeline, an infrastructure and software system designed to produce calibrated spectral images an…

astro-ph.IM2025

Optimized Observation Sequencing in Low-Earth Orbit with the SPHEREx Survey Planning Software

Sean Bryan, James Bock, Thomas Burk +23

SPHEREx is a NASA infrared astronomy mission that launched on March 12th, 2025 and is operating successfully in low-Earth orbit (LEO). The mission is currently observing the entire…

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.IM2023★ 5 cited

Cryogenic Focus Measurement System for a Wide-Field Infrared Space Telescope

Samuel S. Condon, Stephen Padin, James Bock +4

We describe a technique for measuring focus errors in a cryogenic, wide-field, near-infrared space telescope. The measurements are made with a collimator looking through a large va…

astro-ph.CO2017★ 61 cited

BICEP2 / Keck Array IX: New Bounds on Anisotropies of CMB Polarization Rotation and Implications for Axion-Like Particles and Primordial Magnetic Fields

Keck Array, BICEP2 Collaborations, : +65

We present the strongest constraints to date on anisotropies of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization rotation derived from 150 GHz data taken by the BICEP2/Keck Array CMB…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 985 cited

A Joint Analysis of BICEP2/Keck Array and Planck Data

BICEP2/Keck, Planck Collaborations, : +276

We report the results of a joint analysis of data from BICEP2/Keck Array and Planck. BICEP2 and Keck Array have observed the same approximately 400 deg patch of sky centered on…