PACS Evolutionary Probe (PEP) - A Herschel Key Program
Abstract
Deep far-infrared photometric surveys studying galaxy evolution and the nature of the cosmic infrared background are a key strength of the Herschel mission. We describe the scientific motivation for the PACS Evolutionary Probe (PEP) guaranteed time key program and its role in the complement of Herschel surveys, and the field selection which includes popular multiwavelength fields such as GOODS, COSMOS, Lockman Hole, ECDFS, EGS. We provide an account of the observing strategies and data reduction methods used. An overview of first science results illustrates the potential of PEP in providing calorimetric star formation rates for high redshift galaxy populations, thus testing and superseeding previous extrapolations from other wavelengths, and enabling a wide range of galaxy evolution studies.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1106.3285,
title = {PACS Evolutionary Probe (PEP) - A Herschel Key Program},
author = {D. Lutz and A. Poglitsch and B. Altieri and P. Andreani and H. Aussel and S. Berta and A. Bongiovanni and D. Brisbin and A. Cava and J. Cepa and A. Cimatti and E. Daddi and H. Dominguez-Sanchez and D. Elbaz and N. M. Forster Schreiber and R. Genzel and A. Grazian and C. Gruppioni and M. Harwit and E. Le Floc'h and G. Magdis and B. Magnelli and R. Maiolino and R. Nordon and A. M. Perez Garcia and P. Popesso and F. Pozzi and L. Riguccini and G. Rodighiero and A. Saintonge and M. Sanchez Portal and P. Santini and L. Shao and E. Sturm and L. J. Tacconi and I. Valtchanov and M. Wetzstein and E. Wieprecht},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.3285},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
13 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in A&A