@inproceedings{2ae93e3837f24d43b5074fd4cd4eb56f,
title = "The porcupine survey: A distributed survey and wise followup",
abstract = "Spitzer post-cryogen observations to perform a moderate depth survey distributed around the sky are proposed. Field centers are chosen to be WISE brown dwarf candidates, which will typically be 160 μJy at 4.7 μm and randomly distributed around the sky. The Spitzer observations will give much higher sensitivity, higher angular resolution, and a time baseline to measure both proper motions and possibly parallaxes. The distance and velocity data obtained on the WISE brown dwarf candidates will greatly improve our knowledge of the mass and age distribution of brown dwarfs. The outer parts of the Spitzer fields surrounding the WISE positions will provide a deep survey in many narrow fields of view distributed around the sky, and the volume of this survey will contain many more distant brown dwarfs, and many extragalactic objects.",
keywords = "Brown dwarfs, Infrared astronomical observations, Spitzer space telescope, Wide-field infrared survey explorer (WISE)",
author = "Wright, {Edward L.} and Eisenhardt, {P. R.M.} and Mainzer, {A. K.} and Kirkpatrick, {J. D.} and M. Cohen",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1063/1.2806783",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "0735404577",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "242--247",
booktitle = "The Science Opportunities of the Warm Spitzer Mission Workshop",
note = "The Science Opportunities of the Warm Spitzer Mission Workshop ; Conference date: 04-06-2007 Through 05-06-2007",
}