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EMU: Evolutionary Map of the Universe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2013

Ray P. Norris*
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
A. M. Hopkins
Affiliation:
Australian Astronomical Observatory, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
J. Afonso
Affiliation:
Centro de Astronomia e Astrofísica da Universidade de Lisboa, Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-018 Lisboa, Portugal
S. Brown
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
J. J. Condon
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
L. Dunne
Affiliation:
School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
I. Feain
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
R. Hollow
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
M. Jarvis
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia Physics Department, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town 7535, South Africa
M. Johnston-Hollitt
Affiliation:
School of Chemical & Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
E. Lenc
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
E. Middelberg
Affiliation:
Astronomisches Institut, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
P. Padovani
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, D-85748 Garching bei München, Germany
I. Prandoni
Affiliation:
INAF-IRA, 40129 Bologna, Italy
L. Rudnick
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
N. Seymour
Affiliation:
University College London, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NT, UK
G. Umana
Affiliation:
INAF-Catania Astrophysical Observatory, 95123 Catania, Italy
H. Andernach
Affiliation:
Depto. de Astronomía, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, C.P. 36000, GTO, Mexico
D. M. Alexander
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
P. N. Appleton
Affiliation:
NASA Herschel Science Center, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
D. Bacon
Affiliation:
Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX, UK
J. Banfield
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
W. Becker
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institut für extraterr. Physik, 85741 Garching, Germany
M. J. I. Brown
Affiliation:
School of Physics, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
P. Ciliegi
Affiliation:
INAF – OABO, 40127 Bologna, Italy
C. Jackson
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
S. Eales
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, UK
A. C. Edge
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
B. M. Gaensler
Affiliation:
Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
G. Giovannini
Affiliation:
INAF-IRA, 40129 Bologna, Italy
C. A. Hales
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
P. Hancock
Affiliation:
Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
M. T. Huynh
Affiliation:
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, University of WA, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
E. Ibar
Affiliation:
UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK
R. J. Ivison
Affiliation:
UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK
R. Kennicutt
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK
Amy E. Kimball
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
A. M. Koekemoer
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore MD 21218, USA
B. S. Koribalski
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
Á. R. López-Sánchez
Affiliation:
Australian Astronomical Observatory, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia
M. Y. Mao
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia Australian Astronomical Observatory, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia School of Mathematics & Physics, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
T. Murphy
Affiliation:
Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
H. Messias
Affiliation:
Centro de Astronomia e Astrofísica da Universidade de Lisboa, Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-018 Lisboa, Portugal
K. A. Pimbblet
Affiliation:
School of Physics, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
A. Raccanelli
Affiliation:
Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX, UK
K. E. Randall
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
T. H. Reiprich
Affiliation:
Argelander Institute for Astronomy, Bonn University, 53121 Bonn, Germany
I. G. Roseboom
Affiliation:
Dept of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, East Sussex, BN1 9RH, UK
H. Röttgering
Affiliation:
Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
D. J. Saikia
Affiliation:
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, TIFR, Pune 411 007, India
R. G. Sharp
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo Observatory, Canberra, ACT 2611, Australia
O. B. Slee
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
Ian Smail
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
M. A. Thompson
Affiliation:
Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK
J. S. Urquhart
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
J. V. Wall
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1, Canada
G.-B. Zhao
Affiliation:
Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX, UK
*
AMCorresponding author. Email: ray.norris@csiro.au
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EMU is a wide-field radio continuum survey planned for the new Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope. The primary goal of EMU is to make a deep (rms ∼ 10 μJy/beam) radio continuum survey of the entire Southern sky at 1.3 GHz, extending as far North as +30° declination, with a resolution of 10 arcsec. EMU is expected to detect and catalogue about 70 million galaxies, including typical star-forming galaxies up to z ∼ 1, powerful starbursts to even greater redshifts, and active galactic nuclei to the edge of the visible Universe. It will undoubtedly discover new classes of object. This paper defines the science goals and parameters of the survey, and describes the development of techniques necessary to maximise the science return from EMU.

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