An AzTEC 1.1 mm Survey of the GOODS-N Field - I. Maps, Catalogue and Source Statistics

Authors

T. A. Perera, University of Massachusetts Amherst
E. L. Chapin, The University of British Columbia
J. E. Austermann, University of Massachusetts Amherst
K. S. Scott, University of Massachusetts Amherst
G. W. Wilson, University of Massachusetts Amherst
M. Halpern, The University of British Columbia
A. Pope, The University of British Columbia
D. Scott, The University of British Columbia
M. S. Yun, University of Massachusetts Amherst
James D. Lowenthal, Smith CollegeFollow
G. Morrison, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
I. Aretxaga, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
J. J. Bock, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
K. Coppin, Durham University
M. Crowe, The University of British Columbia
L. Frey, The University of British Columbia
D. H. Hughes, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
Y. Kang, Sejong University
S. Kim, Sejong University
P. D. Mauskopf, Cardiff University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2008

Publication Title

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Abstract

We have conducted a deep and uniform 1.1 mm survey of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey-North (GOODS-N) field with AzTEC on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. Here, we present the first results from this survey including maps, the source catalogue and 1.1 mm number counts. The results presented here were obtained from a 245 arcmin region with a near uniform coverage to a depth of 0.96-1.16 mJy beam . Our robust catalogue contains 28 source candidates detected with S/N ≥ 3.75, only ∼1- 2 of which are expected to be spurious detections. Of these source candidates, eight are also detected by Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array (SCUBA) at 850 μm in regions where there is a good overlap between the two surveys. The major advantage of our survey over that with SCUBA is the uniformity of coverage. We calculate number counts using two different techniques: the first using a frequentist parameter estimation and the second using a Bayesian method. The two sets of results are in good agreement. We find that the 1.1 mm differential number counts are well described in the 2-6 mJy range by the functional form dN/dS = N′(S′/S) exp(-S/S′) with fitted parameters S′ = 1.25 ± 0.38 mJy and dN/dS = 300 ± 90 mJy deg at 3 mJy.

Keywords

Galaxies: high redshift, Galaxies: starburst, Instrumentation: detectors, Submillimetre

Volume

391

Issue

3

First Page

1227

Last Page

1238

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13902.x

ISSN

00358711

Comments

Peer reviewed accepted manuscript.

Recommended Citation

Perera, T. A.; Chapin, E. L.; Austermann, J. E.; Scott, K. S.; Wilson, G. W.; Halpern, M.; Pope, A.; Scott, D.; Yun, M. S.; Lowenthal, James D.; Morrison, G.; Aretxaga, I.; Bock, J. J.; Coppin, K.; Crowe, M.; Frey, L.; Hughes, D. H.; Kang, Y.; Kim, S.; and Mauskopf, P. D., "An AzTEC 1.1 mm Survey of the GOODS-N Field - I. Maps, Catalogue and Source Statistics" (2008). Astronomy: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/ast_facpubs/37