The case for a 'sub-millimeter SDSS': a 3D map of galaxy evolution to z~10
Abstract
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) was revolutionary because of the extraordinary breadth and ambition of its optical imaging and spectroscopy. We argue that a 'sub-millimeter SDSS' - a sensitive large-area imaging+spectroscopic survey in the sub-mm window - will revolutionize our understanding of galaxy evolution in the early Universe. By detecting the thermal dust continuum emission and atomic and molecular line emission of galaxies out to z~10 it will be possible to measure the redshifts, star formation rates, dust and gas content of hundreds of thousands of high-z galaxies down to ~L*. Many of these galaxies will have counterparts visible in the deep optical imaging of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. This 3D map of galaxy evolution will span the peak epoch of galaxy formation all the way back to cosmic dawn, measuring the co-evolution of the star formation rate density and molecular gas content of galaxies, tracking the production of metals and charting the growth of large-scale structure.
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@article{arxiv.1903.04779,
title = {The case for a 'sub-millimeter SDSS': a 3D map of galaxy evolution to z~10},
author = {James E. Geach and Manda Banerji and Frank Bertoldi and Matthieu Bethermin and Caitlin M. Casey and Chian-Chou Chen and David L. Clements and Claudia Cicone and Francoise Combes and Christopher Conselice and Asantha Cooray and Kristen Coppin and Emanuele Daddi and Helmut Dannerbauer and Romeel Dave and Matthew Doherty and James S. Dunlop and Alastair Edge and Duncan Farrah and Maximilien Franco and Gary Fuller and Tracy Garratt and Walter Gear and Thomas R. Greve and Evanthia Hatziminaoglou and Christopher C. Hayward and Rob J. Ivison and Ryohei Kawabe and Pamela Klaassen and Kirsten K. Knudsen and Kotaro Kohno and Maciej Koprowski and Claudia D. P. Lagos and Georgios E. Magdis and Benjamin Magnelli and Sean L. McGee and Michal Michalowski and Tony Mroczkowski and Omid Noroozian and Seb Oliver and Dominik Riechers and Wiphu Rujopakarn and Douglas Scott and Stephen Serjeant and Matthew W. L. Smith and Mark Swinbank and Yoichi Tamura and Paul van der Werf and Eelco van Kampen and Aprajita Verma and Joaquin Vieira and Jeff Wagg and Fabian Walter and Lingyu Wang and Al Wootten and Min S. Yun},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.04779},
year = {2019}
}
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Science White paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey