The case for a 'sub-millimeter SDSS' : a 3D map of galaxy evolution to z~10
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Author
Geach, James E.
Banerji, Manda
Bertoldi, Frank
Bethermin, Matthieu
Casey, Caitlin M.
Chen, Chian-Chou
Clements, David L.
Cicone, Claudia
Combes, Francoise
Conselice, Christopher
Cooray, Asantha
Coppin, Kristen
Daddi, Emanuele
Dannerbauer, Helmut
Dave, Romeel
Doherty, Matthew
Dunlop, James S.
Edge, Alastair
Farrah, Duncan
Franco, Maximilien
Fuller, Gary
Garratt, Tracy
Gear, Walter
Greve, Thomas R.
Hatziminaoglou, Evanthia
Hayward, Christopher C.
Ivison, Rob J.
Kawabe, Ryohei
Klaassen, Pamela
Knudsen, Kirsten K.
Kohno, Kotaro
Koprowski, Maciej
Lagos, Claudia D. P.
Magdis, Georgios E.
Magnelli, Benjamin
McGee, Sean L.
Michalowski, Michal
Mroczkowski, Tony
Noroozian, Omid
Oliver, Seb
Riechers, Dominik
Rujopakarn, Wiphu
Scott, Douglas
Serjeant, Stephen
Smith, Matthew W. L.
Swinbank, Mark
Tamura, Yoichi
Werf, Paul van der
Kampen, Eelco van
Verma, Aprajita
Vieira, Joaquin
Wagg, Jeff
Walter, Fabian
Wang, Lingyu
Wootten, Al
Yun, Min S.
Attention
2299/25035
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.