GAIA Galaxy Survey: a multi-colour galaxy survey with GAIA
Abstract
The performance expected from a galaxy survey to be carried out with GAIA, the GAIA Galaxy Survey, is outlined. From a statistical model of galaxy number density, size and surface brightness distribution, and from detailed numerical simulations based on real images, it is conservatively estimated that GAIA would be able to detect and observe about 3 million galaxies brighter than and to provide multi-colour and multi-epoch broad-band photometry of these with an end-of-mission angular resolution of 0.35 \as and a photometric accuracy of 0.2 {mag/arcsec} at {mag/arcsec}. The substantial scientific case for performing such a survey and the additional efforts required in terms of mission preparation, operations and telemetry are also discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0110144,
title = {GAIA Galaxy Survey: a multi-colour galaxy survey with GAIA},
author = {Mattia Vaccari},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0110144},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
6 pages, 5 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the Summer School "GAIA: a European Space Project", held on the 13-18 May 2001 at the Ecole de Physique des Houches, Les Houches, France, published in the "Journal de Physique IV", EDP Sciences