The Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey: HerMES
Abstract
The Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey, HerMES, is a legacy program designed to map a set of nested fields totalling ~380 deg^2. Fields range in size from 0.01 to ~20 deg^2, using Herschel-SPIRE (at 250, 350 and 500 \mu m), and Herschel-PACS (at 100 and 160 \mu m), with an additional wider component of 270 deg^2 with SPIRE alone. These bands cover the peak of the redshifted thermal spectral energy distribution from interstellar dust and thus capture the re-processed optical and ultra-violet radiation from star formation that has been absorbed by dust, and are critical for forming a complete multi-wavelength understanding of galaxy formation and evolution. The survey will detect of order 100,000 galaxies at 5\sigma in some of the best studied fields in the sky. Additionally, HerMES is closely coordinated with the PACS Evolutionary Probe survey. Making maximum use of the full spectrum of ancillary data, from radio to X-ray wavelengths, it is designed to: facilitate redshift determination; rapidly identify unusual objects; and understand the relationships between thermal emission from dust and other processes. Scientific questions HerMES will be used to answer include: the total infrared emission of galaxies; the evolution of the luminosity function; the clustering properties of dusty galaxies; and the properties of populations of galaxies which lie below the confusion limit through lensing and statistical techniques. This paper defines the survey observations and data products, outlines the primary scientific goals of the HerMES team, and reviews some of the early results.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1203.2562,
title = {The Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey: HerMES},
author = {HerMES Collaboration and S. J. Oliver and J. Bock and B. Altieri and A. Amblard and V. Arumugam and H. Aussel and T. Babbedge and A. Beelen and M. Béthermin and A. Blain and A. Boselli and C. Bridge and D. Brisbin and V. Buat and D. Burgarella and N. Castro-Rodríguez and A. Cava and P. Chanial and M. Cirasuolo and D. L. Clements and A. Conley and L. Conversi and A. Cooray and C. D. Dowell and E. N. Dubois and E. Dwek and S. Dye and S. Eales and D. Elbaz and D. Farrah and A. Feltre and P. Ferrero and N. Fiolet and M. Fox and A. Franceschini and W. Gear and E. Giovannoli and J. Glenn and Y. Gong and E. A. González Solares and M. Griffin and M. Halpern and M. Harwit and E. Hatziminaoglou and S. Heinis and P. Hurley and H. S. Hwang and A. Hyde and E. Ibar and O. Ilbert and K. Isaak and R. J. Ivison and G. Lagache and E. Le Floc'h and L. Levenson and B. Lo Faro and N. Lu and S. Madden and B. Maffei and G. Magdis and G. Mainetti and L. Marchetti and G. Marsden and J. Marshall and A. M. J. Mortier and H. T. Nguyen and B. O'Halloran and A. Omont and M. J. Page and P. Panuzzo and A. Papageorgiou and H. Patel and C. P. Pearson and I. Pérez-Fournon and M. Pohlen and J. I. Rawlings and G. Raymond and D. Rigopoulou and L. Riguccini and D. Rizzo and G. Rodighiero and I. G. Roseboom and M. Rowan-Robinson and M. Sánchez Portal and B. Schulz and Douglas Scott and N. Seymour and D. L. Shupe and A. J. Smith and J. A. Stevens and M. Symeonidis and M. Trichas and K. E. Tugwell and M. Vaccari and I. Valtchanov and J. D. Vieira and M. Viero and L. Vigroux and L. Wang and R. Ward and J. Wardlow and G. Wright and C. K. Xu and M. Zemcov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.2562},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
23 pages, 17 figures, 9 Tables, MNRAS accepted