Submillimeter Number Counts at 250, 350 and 500 microns in BLAST data
  BLAST (Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope) performed the
first deep and wide extragalactic survey at 250, 350 and 500 um. The
extragalactic number counts at these wavelengths are important constraints for
modeling the infrared galaxies evolution. [...] We use three methods to
identify the submillimeter sources. 1) Blind extraction. [...] The photometry
is computed with a new simple and quick PSF fitting routine (FASTPHOT). [...]
2) Extraction with prior. [...] 3) A stacking analysis. [...] With the blind
extraction, we reach 97, 83 and 76 mJy at resp. 250, 350 and 500 um with a 95%
completeness. With the prior extraction, we reach 76 mJy (resp. 63 and 49 mJy)
at 250 um (resp. 350 and 500 um). With the stacking analysis, we reach 6.2 mJy
(resp. 5.2 and 3.5 mJy) at 250 um (resp. 350 and 500 um). The differential
submillimeter number counts are derived, and start showing a turnover at flux
densities decreasing with increasing wavelength. There is a very good agreement
with the P(D) analysis of Patanchon et al. (2009). At bright fluxes (>100 mJy),
the Lagache et al. (2004) and Le Borgne et al. (2009) models slightly
overestimate the observed counts, but there is a very good agreement near the
peak of differential number counts. [...] Counts are available at:
http://www.ias.u-psud.fr/irgalaxies/downloads.php
