SWIRE: TheSIRTFWide‐Area Infrared Extragalactic Survey | Zendy

Carol J. Lonsdale | Zendy; H. E. Smith | Zendy; M. Rowan-Robinson | Zendy; J. Surace | Zendy; D. L. Shupe | Zendy; C. K. Xu | Zendy; Seb Oliver | Zendy; Deborah Padgett | Zendy; Fan Fang | Zendy; A. Franceschini | Zendy; Nick Gautier | Zendy; Matt Griffin | Zendy; Frank J. Masci | Zendy; G. Morrison | Zendy; JoAnn O’Linger | Zendy; I. Pérez-Fournón | Zendy; M. Pierre | Zendy; R. C. Puetter | Zendy; G. J. Stacey | Zendy

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SWIRE: TheSIRTFWide‐Area Infrared Extragalactic Survey

Author(s) -

Carol J. Lonsdale,

H. E. Smith,

M. Rowan-Robinson,

J. Surace,

D. L. Shupe,

C. K. Xu,

Seb Oliver,

Deborah Padgett,

Fan Fang,

A. Franceschini,

Nick Gautier,

Matt Griffin,

Frank J. Masci,

G. Morrison,

JoAnn O’Linger,

I. Pérez-Fournón,

M. Pierre,

R. C. Puetter,

G. J. Stacey

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

publications of the astronomical society of the pacific

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.294

H-Index - 172

eISSN - 1538-3873

pISSN - 0004-6280

DOI - 10.1086/376850

Subject(s) - physics , galaxy , astrophysics , redshift , luminous infrared galaxy , active galactic nucleus , infrared , astronomy , star formation

The SIRTF Wide-area InfraRed Extragalactic survey (SWIRE), the largest SIRTFLegacy program, is a wide-area, imaging survey to trace the evolution of dusty,star-forming galaxies, evolved stellar populations, and AGN as a function ofenvironment, from redshifts z~3 to the current epoch. SWIRE will survey 7high-latitude fields, totaling 60 - 65 sq. deg. in all 7 SIRTF bands: IRAC 3.6,4.5, 5.6, 8 microns and MIPS 24, 70, 160 microns. The Legacy ExtragalacticCatalog may contain in excess of 2 million IR-selected galaxies, dominated by(1) ~150,000 luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs: L{FIR}>10^11 L_sun), ~7000 ofthese with z>2; (2) 1 million early-type galaxies, ~10,000 with z>2; and (3)\~20,000 classical AGN, plus significantly more dust-obscured QSO/AGN among theLIRGs. SWIRE will provide an unprecedented view of the evolution of galaxies,structure, and AGN. The key scientific goals of SWIRE are: (1) to determine theevolution of actively star-forming and passively evolving galaxies in order tounderstand the history of galaxy formation in the context of cosmic structureformation; (2) to determine the evolution of the spatial distribution andclustering of evolved galaxies, starbursts and AGN in the key redshift range,0.5

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