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Spitzer UltRa微弱探测程序(SURFS UP)I:概述

Spitzer UltRa Faint SUrvey Program (SURFS UP) I: An Overview

Maruša Bradač, Russell Ryan, Stefano Casertano, Kuang-Han Huang, Brian C. Lemaux, Tim Schrabback, Anthony H. Gonzalez, Steve Allen, Benjamin Cain, Mike Gladders… 展开作者

Maruša Bradač, Russell Ryan, Stefano Casertano, Kuang-Han Huang, Brian C. Lemaux, Tim Schrabback, Anthony H. Gonzalez, Steve Allen, Benjamin Cain, Mike Gladders, Nicholas Hall, Hendrik Hildebrandt, Joannah Hinz, Anja von der Linden, Lori Lubin, Tommaso Treu, Dennis Zaritsky

摘要:

SURFESSION是斯皮策和哈勃空间望远镜探索科学联合计划,使用10个星系团作为宇宙望远镜,通过引力透镜,在本质上较低的光度下研究z > 7的星系,比相同曝光时间的空白场调查。我们的主要目标是测量这些星系的恒星质量和年龄,它们是驱动再电离的电离光子的最可能来源。准确了解这个时期的恒星形成密度和恒星形成历史,对于确定这些星系是否确实使宇宙再电离是必要的。恒星质量和年龄的测定需要测量静止坐标系的可见光,对于足够大的典型星系样本,只有斯皮策可以探测z >~ 7的源。我们的计划包括550小时的斯皮策/IRAC成像,覆盖10个具有非常知名的质量分布的星系团,使它们成为极其精确的宇宙望远镜。我们将我们的数据与档案观测相结合,以获得在中央4弧分x 4弧分视野中3.6 $μ$ m和4.5 $μ$ m的曝光时间约为30小时的马赛克,以及在侧翼视野中约为15小时的马赛克。这导致IRAC 3.6和4.5 $μ$ m波段中心场的3- $σ$灵敏度极限分别为~26.6和~26.2AB量级。为了说明调查策略和特点,我们介绍了样本,提出了数据简化的细节,并证明这些数据是足够的z >~ 7源的深入研究(使用MACSJ1149.5+2223后面的z=9.5星系为例)。对于调查的第一个集群(子弹集群),我们已经发布了所有高级数据马赛克和IRAC经验PSF模型。未来,我们计划为整个调查发布这些数据产品。

英文摘要:

SURFSUP is a joint Spitzer and HST Exploration Science program using 10 galaxy clusters as cosmic telescopes to study z >~ 7 galaxies at intrinsically lower luminosities, enabled by gravitational lensing, than blank field surveys of the same exposure time. Our main goal is to measure stellar masses and ages of these galaxies, which are the most likely sources of the ionizing photons that drive reionization. Accurate knowledge of the star formation density and star formation history at this epoch is necessary to determine whether these galaxies indeed reionized the universe. Determination of the stellar masses and ages requires measuring rest frame optical light, which only Spitzer can probe for sources at z >~ 7, for a large enough sample of typical galaxies. Our program consists of 550 hours of Spitzer/IRAC imaging covering 10 galaxy clusters with very well-known mass distributions, making them extremely precise cosmic telescopes. We combine our data with archival observations to obtain mosaics with ~30 hours exposure time in both 3.6$μ$m and 4.5$μ$m in the central 4 arcmin x 4 arcmin field and ~15 hours in the flanking fields. This results in 3-$σ$ sensitivity limits of ~26.6 and ~26.2AB magnitudes for the central field in the IRAC 3.6 and 4.5$μ$m bands, respectively. To illustrate the survey strategy and characteristics we introduce the sample, present the details of the data reduction and demonstrate that these data are sufficient for in-depth studies of z >~ 7 sources (using a z=9.5 galaxy behind MACSJ1149.5+2223 as an example). For the first cluster of the survey (the Bullet Cluster) we have released all high-level data mosaics and IRAC empirical PSF models. In the future we plan to release these data products for the entire survey.

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