The case for a 'sub-millimeter SDSS': a 3D map of galaxy evolution to z~10

James E. Geach, Manda Banerji, Frank Bertoldi, Matthieu Bethermin, Caitlin M. Casey, Chian-Chou Chen, David L. Clements, Claudia Cicone, Francoise Combes, Christopher Conselice, Asantha Cooray, Kristen Coppin, Emanuele Daddi, Helmut Dannerbauer, Romeel Dave, Matthew Doherty, James S. Dunlop, Alastair Edge, Duncan Farrah, Maximilien FrancoGary Fuller, Tracy Garratt, Walter Gear, Thomas R. Greve, Evanthia Hatziminaoglou, Christopher C. Hayward, Rob J. Ivison, Ryohei Kawabe, Pamela Klaassen, Kirsten K. Knudsen, Kotaro Kohno, Maciej Koprowski, Claudia D. P. Lagos, Georgios E. Magdis, Benjamin Magnelli, Sean L. McGee, Michal Michalowski, Tony Mroczkowski, Omid Noroozian, Seb Oliver, Dominik Riechers, Wiphu Rujopakarn, Douglas Scott, Stephen Serjeant, Matthew W. L. Smith, Mark Swinbank, Yoichi Tamura, Paul van der Werf, Eelco van Kampen, Aprajita Verma, Joaquin Vieira, Jeff Wagg, Fabian Walter, Lingyu Wang, Al Wootten, Min S. Yun

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Abstract

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) was revolutionary because of the extraordinary breadth and ambition of its optical imaging and spectroscopy. We argue that a 'sub-millimeter SDSS' - a sensitive large-area imaging+spectroscopic survey in the sub-mm window - will revolutionize our understanding of galaxy evolution in the early Universe. By detecting the thermal dust continuum emission and atomic and molecular line emission of galaxies out to z~10 it will be possible to measure the redshifts, star formation rates, dust and gas content of hundreds of thousands of high-z galaxies down to ~L*. Many of these galaxies will have counterparts visible in the deep optical imaging of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. This 3D map of galaxy evolution will span the peak epoch of galaxy formation all the way back to cosmic dawn, measuring the co-evolution of the star formation rate density and molecular gas content of galaxies, tracking the production of metals and charting the growth of large-scale structure.
Original languageEnglish
JournalThe American Astronomical Society
Volume51
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 31 May 2019

Keywords

  • astro-ph.GA
  • astro-ph.CO
  • astro-ph.IM

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