Observations of the Hubble Deep Field South with the Infrared Space Observatory– I. Observations, data reduction and mid-infrared source counts : Sussex Research Online

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Oliver, Seb, Mann, Robert G, Carballo, Ruth, Franceschini, Alberto, Rowan-Robinson, Michel, Kontizas, Maria, Dapergolas, Anastasios, Kontizas, Evanghelos, Verma, Aprajita, Elbaz, David, Granato, Gian Luigi, Silva, Laura, Rigopoulou, Dimitra, Gonzalo-serrano, J. Ignacio, Serjeant, Steve, Efstathiou, Andreas and van der Werf, Paul P (2002) Observations of the Hubble Deep Field South with the Infrared Space Observatory– I. Observations, data reduction and mid-infrared source counts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 332 (3). pp. 536-548. ISSN 0035-8711

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05309.x

Abstract

We present results from a deep mid-infrared survey of the Hubble Deep Field South (HDF-S) region performed at 6.7 and 15 μm with the ISOCAM instrument on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). The final map in each band was constructed by the co-addition of four independent rasters, registered using bright sources securely detected in all rasters, with the absolute astrometry being defined by a radio source detected at both 6.7 and 15 μm. We sought detections of bright sources in a circular region of radius 2.5 arcmin at the centre of each map, in a manner that simulations indicated would produce highly reliable and complete source catalogues using simple selection criteria. Merging source lists in the two bands yielded a catalogue of 35 distinct sources, which we calibrated photometrically using photospheric models of late-type stars detected in our data. We present extragalactic source count results in both bands, and discuss the constraints that they impose on models of galaxy evolution, given the volume of space sampled by this galaxy population.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This was the deepest ISO survey, used in a subsequent paper to estimate the star-formation history of the Universe. I did most of the work for this paper. High ranking authors helped with source confirmation and identification (Mann), stellar identification/modeling (Carballo, Kontizas, Dapergolas), galaxy modeling (Franceschini, Rowan-Robinson).
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User:	Seb Oliver
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2012 18:16
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2019 15:01
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/15529

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