We use the SPace Infrared telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA) project as a template to demonstrate how deep spectrophotometric surveys covering large cosmological volumes over extended fields (1- ]>) with a mid-IR imaging spectrometer (17- ) in conjunction with deep > photometry with a far-IR camera, at wavelengths which are not affected by dust extinction can answer the most crucial questions in current galaxy evolution studies. A SPICA-like mission will be able for the first time to provide an unobscured three-dimensional (3D, i.e. x, y, and redshift z) view of galaxy evolution back to an age of the universe of less than $sim$ 2 Gyrs, in the mid-IR rest frame. This survey strategy will produce a full census of the Star Formation Rate (SFR) in the universe, using polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) bands and fine-structure ionic lines, reaching the characteristic knee of the galaxy luminosity function, where the bulk of the population is distributed, at any redshift up to $z sim 3.5$ . Deep follow-up pointed spectroscopic observations with grating spectrometers onboard the satellite, across the full IR spectral range (17- -3), through IR emission lines and features that are insensitive to the dust obscuration.

Mid-IR cosmological spectrophotometric surveys from space: Measuring AGN and star formation at the cosmic noon with a SPICA-like mission / Spinoglio, L.; Mordini, S.; Fernandez-Ontiveros, J. A.; Alonso-Herrero, A.; Armus, L.; Bisigello, L.; Calura, F.; Carrera, F. J.; Cooray, A.; Dannerbauer, H.; Decarli, R.; Egami, E.; Elbaz, D.; Franceschini, A.; Gonzalez Alfonso, E.; Graziani, L.; Gruppioni, C.; Hatziminaoglou, E.; Kaneda, H.; Kohno, K.; Labiano, A.; Magdis, G.; Malkan, M. A.; Matsuhara, H.; Nagao, T.; Naylor, D.; Pereira-Santaella, M.; Pozzi, F.; Rodighiero, G.; Roelfsema, P.; Serjeant, S.; Vignali, C.; Wang, L.; Yamada, T.. - In: PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA. - ISSN 1448-6083. - 38:(2021). [10.1017/pasa.2021.13]

Mid-IR cosmological spectrophotometric surveys from space: Measuring AGN and star formation at the cosmic noon with a SPICA-like mission

Mordini S.;Graziani L.;
2021

Abstract

We use the SPace Infrared telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA) project as a template to demonstrate how deep spectrophotometric surveys covering large cosmological volumes over extended fields (1- ]>) with a mid-IR imaging spectrometer (17- ) in conjunction with deep > photometry with a far-IR camera, at wavelengths which are not affected by dust extinction can answer the most crucial questions in current galaxy evolution studies. A SPICA-like mission will be able for the first time to provide an unobscured three-dimensional (3D, i.e. x, y, and redshift z) view of galaxy evolution back to an age of the universe of less than $sim$ 2 Gyrs, in the mid-IR rest frame. This survey strategy will produce a full census of the Star Formation Rate (SFR) in the universe, using polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) bands and fine-structure ionic lines, reaching the characteristic knee of the galaxy luminosity function, where the bulk of the population is distributed, at any redshift up to $z sim 3.5$ . Deep follow-up pointed spectroscopic observations with grating spectrometers onboard the satellite, across the full IR spectral range (17- -3), through IR emission lines and features that are insensitive to the dust obscuration.
2021
galaxies: active; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: star formation; infrared: galaxies; Keywords:; techniques: spectroscopic; telescopes
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Mid-IR cosmological spectrophotometric surveys from space: Measuring AGN and star formation at the cosmic noon with a SPICA-like mission / Spinoglio, L.; Mordini, S.; Fernandez-Ontiveros, J. A.; Alonso-Herrero, A.; Armus, L.; Bisigello, L.; Calura, F.; Carrera, F. J.; Cooray, A.; Dannerbauer, H.; Decarli, R.; Egami, E.; Elbaz, D.; Franceschini, A.; Gonzalez Alfonso, E.; Graziani, L.; Gruppioni, C.; Hatziminaoglou, E.; Kaneda, H.; Kohno, K.; Labiano, A.; Magdis, G.; Malkan, M. A.; Matsuhara, H.; Nagao, T.; Naylor, D.; Pereira-Santaella, M.; Pozzi, F.; Rodighiero, G.; Roelfsema, P.; Serjeant, S.; Vignali, C.; Wang, L.; Yamada, T.. - In: PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA. - ISSN 1448-6083. - 38:(2021). [10.1017/pasa.2021.13]
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