Science analysis for VIKING: the VISTA Kilo-degree Infrared Galaxy survey

VIKING 的科学分析：VISTA 千度红外星系巡天

• 批准号: ST/F00270X/1
• 负责人: William Sutherland
• 金额: $ 3.14万
• 依托单位: Queen Mary University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2008 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FF00270X%2F1
• 关键词: Science; analysis; VIKING; VISTA; Kilo

We are planning to use the new VISTA wide-field survey telescope in the Atacama desert of Chile, to make a near-infrared sky map. VISTA with its 4-metre mirror and 67-megapixel 3-tonne infrared camera will be the world's most powerful survey telescope when operational in 2008. Our map will cover two large stripes of the sky: each stripe will be approximately 75 degrees long and 10 degrees wide, and together they will cover 5 percent of the entire sky. Both stripes are directed away from the plane of our own Milky Way galaxy (one above and one below) to give a clear view of the distant universe. This area will be imaged in 5 different colours of near-infrared light, covering wavelengths between twice and 4 times that of ordinary visible light. The map will reveal objects up to 40 times fainter than existing infrared all-sky surveys. In addition, visible-light (near ultraviolet to red) images of the same area will be made by other wide-field telescopes, to give a combined survey with 9 colours. The resulting sky map will produce a catalogue of over 10 million galaxies and several million stars with this 9-colour information. Astronomers will use these for many purposes: for statistical analyses of the distribution of galaxies and stars, in particular to make a 3-dimensional map of the distribution of distant galaxies; to pinpoint objects detected by telescopes at other wavelengths; and to search for very rare objects such as the most distant quasars, which can be picked out since they will have peculiar colours unlike those of normal stars.

我们计划使用智利阿塔卡马沙漠中的新Vista广场调查望远镜制作近红外的天空地图。当2008年运行时，其4米镜和67百万像素3吨红外摄像头的Vista将成为世界上最强大的调查望远镜。我们的地图将覆盖两条大型的天空：每个条纹长度约为75度，宽10度，并且它们将覆盖整个天空的5％。这两种条纹都远离我们自己的银河系的平面（上方一个和下方），以清晰地欣赏遥远的宇宙。该区域将以5种不同颜色的近红外光进行成像，覆盖波长在普通可见光的两倍至4倍之间。该地图将揭示比现有红外全套调查的物体最多40倍。此外，其他宽场望远镜将制作同一区域的可见光（近距离紫外线至红色的图像），以提供9种颜色的合并调查。由此产生的天空图将产生超过1000万个星系和数百万颗恒星的目录，并提供9色信息。天文学家将用于许多目的：用于对星系和恒星分布的统计分析，尤其是为距离星系分布的3维图；查明望远镜在其他波长处检测到的对象；并搜索非常稀有的物体，例如最遥远的类星体，可以挑选出来，因为它们具有与普通恒星不同的颜色。

项目成果

DISCOVERY OF THREE z > 6.5 QUASARS IN THE VISTA KILO-DEGREE INFRARED GALAXY (VIKING) SURVEY

• DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/779/1/24
• 发表时间: 2013-11
• 期刊: The Astrophysical Journal
• 作者: B. Venemans;J. Findlay;W. Sutherland;G. D. Rosa;R. McMahon;R. Simcoe;E. González-Solares;K. Kuijken-K.

The Herschel ATLAS

• DOI: 10.1086/653086
• 发表时间: 2009-10
• 期刊: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• 影响因子: 3.5
• 作者: S. Eales;L. Dunne;D. Clements;A. Cooray;G. Zotti;S. Dye;R. Ivison;M. Jarvis;G. Lagache

Herschel -ATLAS: VISTA VIKING near-infrared counterparts in the Phase 1 GAMA 9-h data ? Herschel-ATLAS: VIKING counterparts

Herschel -ATLAS：第一阶段 GAMA 9 小时数据中的 VISTA VIKING 近红外对应物？

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21048.x
• 发表时间: 2012
• 期刊: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• 影响因子: 4.8
• 作者: Fleuren S

UltraVISTA: a new ultra-deep near-infrared survey in COSMOS

• DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219507
• 发表时间: 2012-08-01
• 期刊: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
• 影响因子: 6.5
• 作者: McCracken, H. J.;Milvang-Jensen, B.;Zabl, J.
• 通讯作者: Zabl, J.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the input catalogue and star-galaxy separation

星系和质量组装（GAMA）：输入目录和星星系分离

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16282.x
• 发表时间: 2010
• 期刊: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• 影响因子: 4.8
• 作者: Baldry I