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The Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey (SERVS): Survey Definition and Goals
The Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey (SERVS): Survey Definition and Goals
- Source :
- Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2012, 124 (917), pp.714-736. ⟨10.1086/666945⟩, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2012, 124 (917), pp.714-736. ⟨10.1086/666945⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2012.
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Abstract
- We present the Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey (SERVS), an 18 square degrees medium-deep survey at 3.6 and 4.5 microns with the post-cryogenic Spitzer Space Telescope to ~2 microJy (AB=23.1) depth of five highly observed astronomical fields (ELAIS-N1, ELAIS-S1, Lockman Hole, Chandra Deep Field South and XMM-LSS). SERVS is designed to enable the study of galaxy evolution as a function of environment from z~5 to the present day, and is the first extragalactic survey both large enough and deep enough to put rare objects such as luminous quasars and galaxy clusters at z>1 into their cosmological context. SERVS is designed to overlap with several key surveys at optical, near- through far-infrared, submillimeter and radio wavelengths to provide an unprecedented view of the formation and evolution of massive galaxies. In this paper, we discuss the SERVS survey design, the data processing flow from image reduction and mosaicing to catalogs, as well as coverage of ancillary data from other surveys in the SERVS fields. We also highlight a variety of early science results from the survey.<br />21 pages, 23 figures, published in PASP. This version differs slightly from PASP, mainly due to formatting issues. Figure 2 was also corrected from the previous version
- Subjects :
- Physics
evoluzione delle galassie
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
[SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
010308 nuclear & particles physics
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Volume (computing)
FOS: Physical sciences
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Context (language use)
Quasar
Astrophysics
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
01 natural sciences
Galaxy
Spitzer Space Telescope
Space and Planetary Science
0103 physical sciences
Galaxy formation and evolution
Chandra Deep Field South
survey astronomica
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Galaxy cluster
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00046280 and 15383873
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2012, 124 (917), pp.714-736. ⟨10.1086/666945⟩, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2012, 124 (917), pp.714-736. ⟨10.1086/666945⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ba64cebedc69897b441d5958fb7d69c8
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1086/666945⟩