The VLA-COSMOS Survey: II. Source Catalog of the Large Project
Abstract
The VLA-COSMOS large project is described and its scientific objective is discussed. We present a catalog of ~ 3,600 radio sources found in the 2deg^2 COSMOS field at 1.4 GHz. The observations in the VLA A and C configuration resulted in a resolution of 1.5''x1.4'' and a mean rms noise of ~ 10.5(15) uJy/beam in the central 1(2)deg^2. 80 radio sources are clearly extended consisting of multiple components, and most of them appear to be double-lobed radio galaxies. The astrometry of the catalog has been thoroughly tested and the uncertainty in the relative and absolute astrometry are 130mas and <55mas, respectively.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0612314,
title = {The VLA-COSMOS Survey: II. Source Catalog of the Large Project},
author = {E. Schinnerer and V. Smolcic and C. L. Carilli and M. Bondi and P. Ciliegi and K. Jahnke and N. Z. Scoville and H. Aussel and F. Bertoldi and A. W. Blain and C. D. Impey and A. M. Koekemoer and O. Le Fevre and C. M. Urry},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0612314},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
49 pages, 18 figures; accepted for publication in the ApJS, COSMOS special issue. The data will be available from the COSMOS archive at IPAC/IRSA http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/Missions/cosmos.html, more information on the VLA-COSMOS survey can be found at http://www.mpia-hd.mpg.de/COSMOS/, full version available at http://www.mpia-hd.mpg.de/COSMOS/#paper