IRS For Astronomers

• IRS documentation at the Spitzer Science Center
  The SSC provides a wealth of information about the IRS.
• The Spitzer Observer's Manual
  Chapter 7 of this manual describes the IRS and how to use it. This chapter is a must-read for anyone wishing to apply for IRS time.
• IRS Technical Reports from the Cornell Team
• SMART - Release
  Information about and access to the IRS Spectroscopy Modeling, Analysis, and Reduction Tool.
  Released as free (GPL) software to the worldwide astronomical community.
• CAFE - SED Decomposition Software
  Information on the CAFE software package written by Jason Marshall to decompose the SEDs of dusty sources.
• IRS Team Publications
  Published, in-press, and pre-press papers from the IRS Team.

• Starburst Spectral Template
  A template of averaged starburst IRS data as referenced in the Bernard-Salas ApJ paper (2009, submitted).

• Citing the IRS Instrument and SMART Software
  Please follow these guidelines when you publish IRS related work.