The Herschel Virgo Cluster Survey


Por: Davies J.I., Baes M., Bendo G.J., Bianchi S., Bomans D.J., Boselli A., Clemens M., Corbelli E., Cortese L., Dariush A., De Looze I., Di Serego Alighieri S., Fadda D., Fritz J., Garcia-Appadoo D.A., Gavazzi G., Giovanardi C., Grossi M., Hughes T.M., Hunt L.K., Jones A.P., Madden S., Pierini D., Pohlen M., Sabatini S., Smith M.W.L., Verstappen J., Vlahakis C., Xilouris E.M., Zibetti S.

Publicada: 1 ene 2010
Resumen:
We describe the Herschel Virgo Cluster Survey (HeViCS) and the first data obtained as part of the science demonstration phase (SDP). The data cover a central 4 × 4 sq deg region of the cluster. We use SPIRE and PACS photometry data to produce 100, 160, 250, 350 and 500 µ m luminosity functions (LFs) for optically bright galaxies that are selected at 500 µ m and detected in all bands. We compare these LFs with those previously derived using IRAS, BLAST and Herschel-ATLAS data. The Virgo cluster LFs do not have the large numbers of faint galaxies or examples of very luminous galaxies seen previously in surveys covering less dense environments. © 2010 ESO.

Filiaciones:
Davies J.I.:
 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, The Parade, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, United Kingdom

Baes M.:
 Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Universiteit Gent, Krijgslaan 281 S9, 9000 Gent, Belgium

Bendo G.J.:
 Astrophysics Group, Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

Bianchi S.:
 INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy

Bomans D.J.:
 Astronomical Institute, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitaetsstr. 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany

Boselli A.:
 Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, UMR 6110 CNRS, 38 rue F. Joliot-Curie, 13388 Marseille, France

Clemens M.:
 INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5, 35122 Padova, Italy

Corbelli E.:
 INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy

Cortese L.:
 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, The Parade, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, United Kingdom

Dariush A.:
 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, The Parade, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, United Kingdom

De Looze I.:
 Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Universiteit Gent, Krijgslaan 281 S9, 9000 Gent, Belgium

Di Serego Alighieri S.:
 INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy

Fadda D.:
 NASA Herschel Science Center, California Institute of Technology, MS 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States

Fritz J.:
 Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Universiteit Gent, Krijgslaan 281 S9, 9000 Gent, Belgium

Garcia-Appadoo D.A.:
 ESO, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile

Gavazzi G.:
 Universita' di Milano-Bicocca, piazza della Scienza 3, 20100, Milano, Italy

Giovanardi C.:
 INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy

Grossi M.:
 Centro de Astronomia e Astrofísica, Universidade de Lisboa, Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-018, Lisboa, Portugal

 CAAUL, Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-018, Lisboa, Portugal

Hughes T.M.:
 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, The Parade, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, United Kingdom

Hunt L.K.:
 INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy

Jones A.P.:
 Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS), Bâtiment 121, Université Paris-Sud 11, 91405 Orsay, France

Madden S.:
 Laboratoire AIM, CEA/DSM-CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France

Pierini D.:
 Max-Planck-Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse, Postfach 1312, 85741, Garching, Germany

Pohlen M.:
 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, The Parade, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, United Kingdom

Sabatini S.:
 INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133, Roma, Italy

Smith M.W.L.:
 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, The Parade, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, United Kingdom

Verstappen J.:
 Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Universiteit Gent, Krijgslaan 281 S9, 9000 Gent, Belgium

Vlahakis C.:
 Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, PO Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands

Xilouris E.M.:
 Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, National Observatory of Athens, I. Metaxa and Vas. Pavlou, P. Penteli, 15236 Athens, Greece

Zibetti S.:
 Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie, Koenigstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
ISSN: 00046361
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EDP SCIENCES S A, 17, AVE DU HOGGAR, PA COURTABOEUF, BP 112, F-91944 LES ULIS CEDEX A, FRANCE, Francia
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 518 Número: 8
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WOS Id: 000281527200049