- Calibration
Absolute Photometric Calibration of IRAC - Lessons Learned Using Nine Years of Flight Data - Carey, S., et. al. 2012, SPIE, 8442, Z1 - Download (PDF, 1.5 MB)*
Calibration and Data Quality of Warm IRAC - Carey, S., et. al. 2010, SPIE, 7731, 17 - Download (PDF, 5.83 MB)*
Absolute Calibration of the Infrared Array Camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope - Reach, W. T. et al., 2005, PASP, 117, 978.
Spectral Irradiance Calibration for the Infrared XIII: "Supertemplates and On-Orbit Calibrators for the SIRTF Infrared Array Camera" - Cohen, M., et al. 2003, AJ, 125, 2645.
- Pointing, Distortion, Astrometry, Focus
Improving Our Understanding of the Spitzer Space Telescope's Pointing Drifts - Grillmair, C., et. al. 2014, SPIE, 9143, 59 - Download (PDF, 1.5 MB)*
Using Drift Scans to Improve Astrometry with Spitzer - Ingalls, J., et. al. 2014, SPIE, 9143, M1 - Download (PDF, 10 MB)*
Enhancement of the Spitzer Infrared Array Camera Distortion Correction for Parallax Measurements - Lowrance, P., et. al. 2014, SPIE, 9143, 58 - Download (PDF, 1.5 MB)*
Pointing Effects and Their Consequences for Spitzer IRAC Exoplanet Observations - Grillmair, C., et. al. 2012, SPIE, 8442, I1 - Download (PDF, 0.5 MB)*
Simfit and Focus Diversity: Methods for determining the focus of the SIRTF telescope in space without a focus slew - Hoffmann, W. F., et al., 2003, SPIE, 4850, 428 - Download (PDF, 540 KB)*
- PRF and Intrapixel Gain
The IRAC Point Response Function in the Warm Spitzer Mission - Hora, J., et. al. 2012, SPIE, 8442, 39 - Download (PDF, 1.0 MB)*
Intra-Pixel Gain Variations and High-Precision Photometry with the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) - Ingalls, J., et. al. 2012, SPIE, 8442, Y1 - Download (PDF, 2.1 MB)*
25 Position Model Pixel Response Functions (PRF) Description and Quality (PDF, 1.44 MB) - Hoffmann, W. F. 2005, technical report
- Performance
Using the Spitzer IRAC science archive for instrument trending - Krick, J., et. al. 2018, SPIE, 10698, 5YK - Download (PDF, 1.5 MB)*
Stability of the Infrared Array Camera for the Spitzer Space Telescope - Carey, S., et. al. 2008, SPIE, 7010, 70102V - Download (PDF, 1.7 MB)*
Comparison of laboratory and in-flight performance of infrared array camera (IRAC) detector arrays on Spitzer Space Telescope - Pipher, J. L., et al., 2004, SPIE, 5487, 234 - Download (PDF, 530 KB)*
Performance of the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) for SIRTF during instrument integration and test - Hora, J. L., et al., 2003, SPIE, 4850, 83 - Download (PDF, 368 KB)*
- Other Technical Reports
Modifications to the Warm Spitzer Data Reduction Pipeline - Lowrance, P., et. al. 2012, SPIE, 8442, 38 - Download (PDF, 1.1 MB)*
A Spitzer IRAC Measure of the Zodiacal Light - Krick, J., et. al. 2012, SPIE, 8442, X1 - Download (PDF, 0.3 MB)*
Photometry using the Infrared Array Camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope - Hora, J. L., et al. 2008, PASP, 120, 1233
The effects of cosmic rays and solar flares on the IRAC detectors: the first two years of in-flight operation - Hora, J. L., et al., 2006, SPIE, 6276, 17 - Download (PDF, 883 KB)*
Spitzer Space Telescope: Dark Current and Total Noise
Prediction for InSb Detector Arrays in the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) for the Post-Cryogen Era - McMurtry, C. W., et al., 2006, SPIE, 6265, 6 - Download (PDF, 387 KB)*
Angle-of-Incidence Effects in the Spectral Performance of the Infrared Array Camera of the Spitzer Space Telescope - Quijada, M. A., et al., 2004, SPIE, 5487, 244 - Download (PDF, 576 KB)*
Confusion limit resulting from galaxies: using the Infrared Array Camera on board SIRTF - Väisänen, P. et al., 2001, MNRAS, 325, 1241.
IRAC Absolute Photometry Cookbook - Krick, J., 2021.
Warm Spitzer IRAC photometry: dependencies on observing mode and exposure time - Krick et al., 2021, JATIS, 7, 038006.
- Exoplanet and Brown Dwarf Observations
Improving Our Understanding of the Spitzer Space Telescope's Pointing Drifts - Grillmair, C., et. al. 2014, SPIE, 9143, 59 - Download (PDF, 1.5 MB)*
Using Drift Scans to Improve Astrometry with Spitzer - Ingalls, J., et. al. 2014, SPIE, 9143, M1 - Download (PDF, 10 MB)*
Enhancement of the Spitzer Infrared Array Camera Distortion Correction for Parallax Measurements - Lowrance, P., et. al. 2014, SPIE, 9143, 58 - Download (PDF, 1.5 MB)*
Pointing Effects and Their Consequences for Spitzer IRAC Exoplanet Observations - Grillmair, C., et. al. 2012, SPIE, 8442, I1 - Download (PDF, 0.5 MB)*
Intra-Pixel Gain Variations and High-Precision Photometry with the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) - Ingalls, J., et. al. 2012, SPIE, 8442, Y1 - Download (PDF, 2.1 MB)*
Stability of the Infrared Array Camera for the Spitzer Space Telescope - Carey, S., et. al. 2008, SPIE, 7010, 70102V - Download (PDF, 1.7 MB)*
Repeatability and Accuracy of Exoplanet Eclipse Depths Measured with Post-cryogenic Spitzer - Ingalls, J., et. al. 2016, AJ, 152, 44