The spitzer extragalactic representative volume survey (SERVS): Survey definition and goals

Mauduit, J.; Lacy, M.; Farrah, D.; Surace, J.; Jarvis, M.; Oliver, S.; Maraston, C.; Vaccari, M.; Marchetti, L.; Zeimann, G.; Gonzáles-Solares, E.; Pforr, J.; Petric, A.; Henriques, B.; Thomas, P.; Afonso, J.; Rettura, A.; Wilson, G.; Falder, J.; Geach, J.; Huynh, M.; Norris, R.; Seymour, Nick; Richards, G.; Stanford, S.; Alexander, D.; Becker, R.; Best, P.; Bizzocchi, L.; Bonfield, D.; Castro, N.; Cava, A.; Chapman, S.; Christopher, N.; Clements, D.; Covone, G.; Dubois, N.; Dunlop, J.; Dyke, E.; Edge, A.; Ferguson, H.; Foucaud, S.; Franceschini, A.; Gal, R.; Grant, J.; Grossi, M.; Hatziminaoglou, E.; Hickey, S.; Hodge, J.; Huang, J.; Ivison, R.; Kim, M.; Lefevre, O.; Lehnert, M.; Lonsdale, C.; Lubin, L.; Mclure, R.; Messias, H.; Martínez-Sansigre, A.; Mortier, A.; Nielsen, D.; Ouchi, M.; Parish, G.; Perez-Fournon, I.; Pierre, M.; Rawlings, S.; Readhead, A.; Ridgway, S.; Rigopoulou, D.; Romer, A.; Rosebloom, I.; Rottgering, H.; Rowan-Robinson, M.; Sajina, A.; Simpson, C.; Smail, I.; Squires, G.; Stevens, J.; Taylor, R.; Trichas, M.; Urrutia, T.; van Kampen, E.; Verma, A.; Xu, C.

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Mauduit, J.

Lacy, M.

Farrah, D.

Surace, J.

Jarvis, M.

Oliver, S.

Maraston, C.

Vaccari, M.

Marchetti, L.

Zeimann, G.

Gonzáles-Solares, E.

Pforr, J.

Petric, A.

Henriques, B.

Thomas, P.

Afonso, J.

Rettura, A.

Wilson, G.

Falder, J.

Geach, J.

Huynh, M.

Norris, R.

Seymour, Nick

Richards, G.

Stanford, S.

Alexander, D.

Becker, R.

Best, P.

Bizzocchi, L.

Bonfield, D.

Castro, N.

Cava, A.

Chapman, S.

Christopher, N.

Clements, D.

Covone, G.

Dubois, N.

Dunlop, J.

Dyke, E.

Edge, A.

Ferguson, H.

Foucaud, S.

Franceschini, A.

Gal, R.

Grant, J.

Grossi, M.

Hatziminaoglou, E.

Hickey, S.

Hodge, J.

Huang, J.

Ivison, R.

Kim, M.

Lefevre, O.

Lehnert, M.

Lonsdale, C.

Lubin, L.

Mclure, R.

Messias, H.

Martínez-Sansigre, A.

Mortier, A.

Nielsen, D.

Ouchi, M.

Parish, G.

Perez-Fournon, I.

Pierre, M.

Rawlings, S.

Readhead, A.

Ridgway, S.

Rigopoulou, D.

Romer, A.

Rosebloom, I.

Rottgering, H.

Rowan-Robinson, M.

Sajina, A.

Simpson, C.

Smail, I.

Squires, G.

Stevens, J.

Taylor, R.

Trichas, M.

Urrutia, T.

van Kampen, E.

Verma, A.

Xu, C.

Date

2012

Type

Journal Article

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Mauduit, J. and Lacy, M. and Farrah, D. and Surace, J. and Jarvis, M. and Oliver, S. and Maraston, C. et al. 2012. The spitzer extragalactic representative volume survey (SERVS): Survey definition and goals. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 124 (917): pp. 714-736.

Source Title

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

DOI

10.1086/666945

ISSN

0004-6280

School

Department of Physics and Astronomy

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19940

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

We present the Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey (SERVS), an 18 deg2 medium-deep survey at 3.6 and 4.5 μm with the postcryogenic Spitzer Space Telescope to ≈2 μJy (AB = 23.1) depth of five highly observed astronomical fields (ELAIS-N1, ELAIS-S1, Lockman Hole, Chandra Deep Field South, and XMM-LSS). SERVS is designed to enable the study of galaxy evolution as a function of environment from z ~ 5 to the present day and is the first extragalactic survey that is both large enough and deep enough to put rare objects such as luminous quasars and galaxy clusters at z gsim 1 into their cosmological context. SERVS is designed to overlap with several key surveys at optical, near- through far-infrared, submillimeter, and radio wavelengths to provide an unprecedented view of the formation and evolution of massive galaxies. In this article, we discuss the SERVS survey design, the data processing flow from image reduction and mosaicking to catalogs, and coverage of ancillary data from other surveys in the SERVS fields. We also highlight a variety of early science results from the survey.