MIPS Fundamental Papers

The Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer, Rieke, G., et al., 2004, ApJS, 154, 25

Absolute Calibration and Characterization of the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer. I. The Stellar Calibrator Sample and the 24 um Calibration, Engelbracht, C. W., et al., 2007, PASP, 119, 994.

Absolute Calibration and Characterization of the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer. II. 70 Micron Imaging, Gordon, K. D., et al., 2007, PASP, 119, 1019.

Absolute Calibration and Characterization of the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer. III. An Asteroid-based Calibration of MIPS at 160 microns, Stansberry, J. A., et al., 2007, PASP, 119, 1038.

Absolute Calibration and Characterization of the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer. IV. The Spectral Energy Distribution Mode, Lu, N., et al., 2008, PASP, 120, 328.

Telescope and Instrument Seminal Papers

MIPS 24 um Pipeline Description Document. Download File (PDF, 376 KB)

MIPS Ge Pipeline Description Document. Download File (PDF, 124 KB)

Characterization of the MIPS 70 micron flux non-linearity, Paladini, R., & Noriega-Crespo, A., 2009, internal report. Download File (PDF, 350 KB)

70 um sensitivity in low-background fields, Frayer, D., 2006, internal report. Download File (PDF, 75 KB)

70 um Warm Campaign 10K Sensitivity Tests, part 1 and part 2, Frayer, D., et al., 2005, 2006, internal reports. Part I (PDF, 194 KB) Part II (PDF, 138 KB)

On Orbit Performance of the MIPS Instrument - G. Rieke, et al. 2004, SPIE, 5487, 50 - Download File (PDF, 865 KB)*

Reduction Algorithms for the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer, Karl Gordon et al., 2005, PASP, 117, 503

Processing of 24 micron Image Data at the Spitzer Science Center, F. Masci, et al. 2005, ASPC, 347, 468. Download File (PDF, 111 KB)

Ground Test Characterization of the Multiband Imaging Photometer for SIRTF (MIPS) - Young et al., 2003 SPIE, 4850, 98 - Download File (PDF, 577 KB)*

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