Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: EMU is a wide-field radio continuum survey planned for the new Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope. The primary goal of EMU is to make a deep (rms ∼ 10 μJy/beam) radio continuum survey of the entire Southern sky at 1.3 GHz, extending as far North as +30° declination, with a resolution of 10 arcsec. EMU is expected to detect and catalogue about 70 million galaxies, including typical star-forming galaxies up to z ∼ 1, powerful starbursts to even greater redshifts, and active galactic nuclei to the edge of the visible Universe. It will undoubtedly discover new classes of object. This paper defines the science goals and parameters of the survey, and describes the development of techniques necessary to maximise the science return from EMU.
DOI: 10.1071/as11021
Authors: Ray P. Norris, A. M. Hopkins, J. Afonso, S. Brown, J. J. Condon, L. Dunne, I. Feain, R. Hollow, M. Jarvis, M. Johnston-Hollitt, E. Lenc, E. Middelberg, P. Padovani, I. Prandoni, L. Rudnick, N. Seymour, G. Umana, H. Andernach, D. M. Alexander, P. N. Appleton, D. Bacon, J. Banfield, W. Becker, M. J. I. Brown, P. Ciliegi, C. Jackson, S. Eales, A. C. Edge, B. M. Gaensler, G. Giovannini, C. A. Hales, P. Hancock, M. T. Huynh, E. Ibar, R. J. Ivison, R. Kennicutt, Amy E. Kimball, A. M. Koekemoer, B. S. Koribalski, Á. R. López-Sánchez, M. Y. Mao, T. Murphy, H. Messias, K. A. Pimbblet, A. Raccanelli, K. E. Randall, T. H. Reiprich, I. G. Roseboom, H. Röttgering, D. J. Saikia, R. G. Sharp, O. B. Slee, Ian Smail, M. A. Thompson, J. S. Urquhart, J. V. Wall, G.-B. Zhao
Institutions: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, The University of Sydney, Australian Astronomical Observatory, ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics, University of Lisbon, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, University of Nottingham, University of the Western Cape, Victoria University of Wellington, Ruhr University Bochum, European Southern Observatory, Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna, National Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota, University College London, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Universidad de Guanajuato, Durham University, California Institute of Technology, University of Portsmouth, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Monash University, Osservatorio astronomico di Bologna, Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio, Cardiff University, The University of Western Australia, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Royal Observatory, UK Astronomy Technology Centre, University of Edinburgh, University of Cambridge, Space Telescope Science Institute, Macquarie University, University of Tasmania, University of Bonn, University of Sussex, Leiden University, Leiden Observatory, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Mount Stromlo Observatory, University of Hertfordshire, University of British Columbia
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,550
Awards: Survey Cosmology, Nottingham Astronomy Rolling Grant 2011 - 2016, Galactic Astronomy at the University of Hertfordshire, Galaxy formation and evolution 2010 - 2015, G4072916375, Extragalactic Astronomy at Durham 2011-2016, IoA Theoretical and X-ray Astronomy consolidation, Unveiling the Hidden Universe - From the First Galaxies to Brown Dwarfs, Survey Cosmology and Astrophysics, Theoretical Cosmology, Extragalactic Astronomy at the University of Hertfordshire
OpenAlex ID: W2152334290