1. The First Release COSMOS Optical and Near-IR Data and Catalog
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P. Capak, H. Aussel, M. Ajiki, H. J. McCracken, B. Mobasher, N. Scoville, P. Shopbell, Y. Taniguchi, D. Thompson, S. Tribiano, S. Sasaki, A. W. Blain, M. Brusa, C. Carilli, A. Comastri, C. M. Carollo, P. Cassata, J. Colbert, R. S. Ellis, M. Elvis, M. Giavalisco, W. Green, L. Guzzo, G. Hasinger, O. Ilbert, C. Impey, K. Jahnke, J. Kartaltepe, J.‐P. Kneib, J. Koda, A. Koekemoer, Y. Komiyama, A. Leauthaud, O. Lefevre, S. Lilly, C. Liu, R. Massey, S. Miyazaki, T. Murayama, T. Nagao, J. A. Peacock, A. Pickles, C. Porciani, A. Renzini, J. Rhodes, M. Rich, M. Salvato, D. B. Sanders, C. Scarlata, D. Schiminovich, E. Schinnerer, M. Scodeggio, K. Sheth, Y. Shioya, L. A. M. Tasca, J. E. Taylor, L. Yan, G. Zamorani, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), P. Capak, H. Aussel, M. Ajiki, H. J. McCracken, B. Mobasher, N. Scoville, P. Shopbell, Y. Taniguchi, D. Thompson, S. Tribiano, S. Sasaki, A. W. Blain, M. Brusa, C. Carilli, A. Comastri, C. M. Carollo, P. Cassata, J. Colbert, R. S. Elli, M. Elvi, M. Giavalisco, W. Green, L. Guzzo, G. Hasinger, O. Ilbert, C. Impey, K. Jahnke, J. Kartaltepe, J. Kneib, J. Koda, A. Koekemoer, Y. Komiyama, A. Leauthaud, O. L. Fevre, S. Lilly, C. Liu, R. Massey, S. Miyazaki, T. Murayama, T. Nagao, J. A. Peacock, A. Pickle, C. Porciani, A. Renzini, J. Rhode, M. Rich, M. Salvato, D. B. Sander, C. Scarlata, D. Schiminovich, E. Schinnerer, M. Scodeggio, K. Sheth, Y. Shioya, L. A. M., J. E. Taylor, L. Yan, and G. Zamorani
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Population ,Large-scale structure of universe ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Field of view ,Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Surveys ,01 natural sciences ,Imaging data ,Cosmology: Observations ,Spectral line ,law.invention ,Photometry (optics) ,Telescope ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Galaxies: Evolution ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,education ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,Physics ,education.field_of_study ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Astrophysics (astro-ph) ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Galaxy ,Panchromatic film ,Cosmology: Large-Scale Structure of Universe ,Cosmology: Observation ,Space and Planetary Science ,[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] ,Cosmology: observations ,Galaxies: evolution ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics - Abstract
We present imaging data and photometry for the COSMOS survey in 15 photometric bands between 0.3um and 2.4um. These include data taken on the Subaru 8.3m telescope, the KPNO and CTIO 4m telescopes, and the CFHT 3.6m telescope. Special techniques are used to ensure that the relative photometric calibration is better than 1% across the field of view. The absolute photometric accuracy from standard star measurements is found to be 6%. The absolute calibration is corrected using galaxy spectra, providing colors accurate to 2% or better. Stellar and galaxy colors and counts agree well with the expected values. Finally, as the first step in the scientific analysis of these data we construct panchromatic number counts which confirm that both the geometry of the universe and the galaxy population are evolving., Comment: 19 pages, 13 figures, 14 tables, Accepted to ApJS for COSMOS speciall issue
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- 2007
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