A Full-Sky SPHEREx Map of Integrated 3.3 and 3.4 mu m PAH Emission

arXiv:2609.37878 · astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.IM · Submitted 2026-09-29 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.IM

Submitted: 2026-09-29

Updated: 2026-09-29

Terminology

• Core — 27× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Calibration — 15× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Trace — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 4× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accuracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aperture — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Adam — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• All-sky modeling of Galactic emission at radio and microwave frequencies
• SPHEREx 3.3 Micron Aromatic Emission in the Magellanic Clouds: Separating Dust Column, Excitation, and Environmental Suppression

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