“亚毫米 SDSS”的论据：至 z~10 的星系演化三维图
星系天体物理
2019-03-13 v1 宇宙学与河外天体物理
天体物理仪器与方法
摘要
斯隆数字巡天（SDSS）因其光学成像与光谱学的非凡广度与雄心而具有革命性。我们认为，“亚毫米 SDSS”——一项在亚毫米波段灵敏的大面积成像+光谱巡天——将革命性地改变我们对早期宇宙星系演化的理解。通过探测至 z~10 星系的热尘埃连续谱发射以及原子和分子谱线发射，将有可能测量数十万高红移星系的红移、恒星形成率、尘埃与气体含量，下限至 ~L*。这些星系中的许多将在大型综合巡天望远镜的深光学成像中具有对应体。这一星系演化的三维图将跨越星系形成的高峰期直至宇宙黎明，测量恒星形成率密度与星系分子气体含量的共同演化，追踪金属的产生并描绘大尺度结构的增长。
引用
@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}
}
备注
Science White paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey