From the Local Universe to the First Massive Galaxies: the New IRAS Surveys for the 21st Century
Lead Research Organisation:
The Open University
Department Name: Physical Sciences
Abstract
We request two PDRAs to link the local Universe dusty galaxy population to the first massive galaxies in the early Universe, using data from two new major survey astronomical facilities: the SCUBA-2 camera on the UK's James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, and the Japanese ASTRO-F Space Telescope. In the local Universe (i.e. at low redshift), are integrated properties of galaxies (e.g. dust mass, temperature) reliable indicators of the mean physical properties within galaxies? At high-redshift, only integrated properties are available; our resolved far-IR-sub-mm mapping of local galaxies can address this. What are the redshift z=0 luminosity functions from which one measures the high-redshift evolution? What are the template spectral energy distributions for the high-redshift population? At high redshifts, what are the most luminous galaxies in the observable Universe? What are the links between active galactic nuclei and the stellar mass assembly in the most massive spheroids? We request funding for (a) supporting the detection of high-redshift luminous objects (0.5 PDRA FTE) and local extended galaxies (0.5 PDRA FTE) using the ASTRO-F All-Sky Survey, to which we have Guaranteed Time data access; (b) 0.5 PDRA FTE to support closely related work for the SCUBA-2 All Sky Survey (SASSy) in which Serjeant is a Co-ordinator, and (c) 0.5 PDRA FTE to support closely related work for the SCUBA-2 Legacy Survey 'Physical Processes in Galaxies in the Local Universe' in which Serjeant is also a Co-ordinator. These major wide-area mid/far-infrared and sub-mm legacy surveys will play the dominant role in the coming decades that IRAS played in the late 20th century; IRAS has generated >44,000 citations to date since 1983 and its productivity in an enormous range of astrophysical areas is still undiminished. The PDRA will assume the role of Pipeline Manager for the SCUBA-2 All Sky Survey and take over the role of Extragalactic Archive Contact from Serjeant. The timely PDRA support requested here is essential for the rapid public delivery of SCUBA-2 Legacy Survey refined data products (capitalising on our extensive expertise in the SCUBA-1 HDF-N, 8mJy and SHADES surveys), and for the timely science exploitation of the ASTRO-F All-Sky Survey during the proprietary period of the ASTRO-F guaranteed time. The timescales require a person with advanced skills from the outset (e.g. commencing in the middle of the ASTRO-F Phase 1 all-sky survey, and around the start of SCUBA-2 commissioning) and so it is clearly impossible for this work to be conducted by a PhD student.
Organisations
Publications
Aretxaga I
(2007)
The SCUBA Half Degree Extragalactic Survey - IV. Radio-mm-FIR photometric redshifts
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Clements D
(2008)
The SCUBA Half-Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) - VIII. The nature of faint submillimetre galaxies in SHADES, SWIRE and SXDF surveys
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Coppin K
(2006)
The SCUBA Half-Degree Extragalactic Survey - II. Submillimetre maps, catalogue and number counts
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Coppin K
(2008)
The SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey - VI. 350-µm mapping of submillimetre galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dye S
(2008)
The SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) - VII. Optical/IR photometry and stellar masses of submillimetre galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hatziminaoglou E
(2008)
Properties of dusty tori in active galactic nuclei - I. The case of SWIRE/SDSS quasars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hernán-Caballero A
(2009)
Mid-infrared spectroscopy of infrared-luminous galaxies at z ~ 0.5-3
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hwang H
(2007)
The ultraluminous and hyperluminous infrared galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey and 6dF Galaxy Survey
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ishihara D
(2007)
AKARI Infrared Imaging of Reflection Nebulae IC4954 and IC4955
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Ivison R
(2007)
The SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey - III. Identification of radio and mid-infrared counterparts to submillimetre galaxies SHADES III
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jeong W
(2007)
The Far-Infrared Properties of Spatially Resolved AKARI Observations
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Kaneda H
(2007)
Far-Infrared Distributions in Nearby Spiral Galaxies NGC 2841 and NGC 2976 Observed with AKARI/Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS)
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Kawada M
(2007)
The Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) for AKARI
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Khan S
(2009)
ON THE NATURE OF THE FIRST GALAXIES SELECTED AT 350 µm
in The Astrophysical Journal
Khan S
(2007)
First Constraints on Source Counts at 350 Microns
Khan S
(2007)
First Constraints on Source Counts at 350 µm
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ko J
(2009)
THE MID-INFRARED VIEW OF RED SEQUENCE GALAXIES IN ABELL 2218 WITH AKARI
in The Astrophysical Journal
Matsuhara H
(2007)
Optical Identification of 15$\mu $m Sources in the AKARI Performance Verification Field toward the North Ecliptic Pole
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Matsuhara H
(2006)
Deep Extragalactic Surveys around the Ecliptic Poles with AKARI (ASTRO-F)
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Murakami H
(2007)
The Infrared Astronomical Mission AKARI
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Negrello M
(2014)
Herschel *-ATLAS: deep HST/WFC3 imaging of strongly lensed submillimetre galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Negrello M
(2010)
The Detection of a Population of Submillimeter-Bright, Strongly Lensed Galaxies
in Science
Negrello M
(2009)
Photometric redshift accuracy in AKARI deep surveys
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sakon I
(2007)
Properties of UIR Bands in NGC6946 Based on Mid-Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopy with Infrared Camera on Board AKARI
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Scott S
(2006)
A combined re-analysis of existing blank-field SCUBA surveys: comparative 850-µm source lists, combined number counts, and evidence for strong clustering of the bright submillimetre galaxy population on arcminute scales A combined re-analysis of SCUBA surveys
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society