A substantial fraction of the star-formation history of the Universe is encoded in the cosmic infrared background (CIB), but fundamental issues about the sources which make up the CIB such as their redshift distribution, their stellar masses, and the masses of their host halos remain poorly constrained by current measurements. To address these issues, we propose the Herschel Redshift Survey (HeRS), a 70 deg2 SPIRE survey in the SDSS Stripe 82. HeRS is designed to leverage the unprecedented spectroscopic redshift and stellar mass catalogs of the Hobby Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) and Spitzer-HETDEX Exploratory Large Area (SHELA) Survey, in order to provide the most precise constraints yet obtained on the obscured star-formation properties of galaxies in the redshift range 1.8 < z < 3.5. HeRS will principally target two goals: i) the redshift distribution of the infrared light that makes up the cosmic infrared background; and ii) the evolution of the specific star-formation rate of galaxies as a function of redshift. Our measurements will far outstrip any that could be made with existing or planned SPIRE surveys because the high level of confusion noise (330 times higher than the signal)requirescross-correlating maps with the highest quality ancillary data: specifically, data that provides extremely accurate redshifts and reliable stellar mass estimates over a wide area. And only HETDEX spectroscopic redshifts are capable of measuring the density field and bias to the required 12% accuracy. These measurements will break the luminosity/redshift degeneracy plaguing the interpretation of correlation studies of the CIB, and place tight constraints on source population models. This observing cycle represents the last chance to obtain Herschel observations of what will be one of the premier cosmological fields for years to come.
Publication
The infrared luminosities of ~332 000 SDSS galaxies predicted from artificial neural networks and the Herschel Stripe 82 survey | Ellison Sara L. et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Volume 455 Issue 1 p.370-385 | 455 | 10.1093/mnras/stv2275 | 2016MNRAS.455..370E | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.455..370E
Co-evolution of Extreme Star Formation and Quasars: Hints from Herschel and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | Ma Zhiyuan et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Volume 811 Issue 1 article id. 58 25 pp. (2015). | 811 | 10.1088/0004-637X/811/1/58 | 2015ApJ...811...58M | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...811...58M
On the multiplicity of ALMA Compact Array counterparts of far-infrared bright quasars | Hatziminaoglou E. et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Volume 480 Issue 4 p.4974-4990 | 480 | 10.1093/mnras/sty2073 | 2018MNRAS.480.4974H | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018MNRAS.480.4974H
Star Formation Black Hole Growth and Dusty Tori in the Most Luminous AGNs at z=2-3.5 | Netzer Hagai et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Volume 819 Issue 2 article id. 123 23 pp. (2016). | 819 | 10.3847/0004-637X/819/2/123 | 2016ApJ...819..123N | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ApJ...819..123N
The faint end of the 250 mm luminosity function at z < 0.5 | Wang L. et al. | Astronomy & Astrophysics Volume 592 id.L5 6 pp. | 592 | 10.1051/0004-6361/201629076 | 2016A&A...592L...5W | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016A%26A...592L...5W
Evidence for the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect associated with quasar feedback | Crichton Devin et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Volume 458 Issue 2 p.1478-1492 | 458 | 10.1093/mnras/stw344 | 2016MNRAS.458.1478C | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.458.1478C
The far-infrared properties of broad absorption line quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | Pu Xingting et al. | Astrophysics and Space Science Volume 357 Issue 1 article id.3 8pp. | 357 | 10.1007/s10509-015-2322-7 | 2015Ap&SS.357....3P | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015Ap%26SS.357....3P
Correlation of Structure and Stellar Properties of Galaxies in Stripe 82 | Sachdeva Sonali et al. | The Astrophysical Journal | null | null | 2020ApJ...899...89S |
DustPedia: the relationships between stars gas and dust for galaxies residing in different environments | Davies J. I. et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics | null | null | 2019A&A...626A..63D |
Old and young stellar populations in DustPedia galaxies and their role in dust heating | Nersesian A. et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics | null | null | 2019A&A...624A..80N |
Candidate Gravitationally Lensed Dusty Star-forming Galaxies in the Herschel Wide Area Surveys | Nayyeri H. et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Volume 823 Issue 1 article id. 17 22 pp. (2016). | 823 | 10.3847/0004-637X/823/1/17 | 2016ApJ...823...17N | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ApJ...823...17N
Local SDSS galaxies in the Herschel Stripe 82 survey: a critical assessment of optically derived star formation rates | Rosario D. J. et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Volume 457 Issue 3 p.2703-2721 | 457 | 10.1093/mnras/stw096 | 2016MNRAS.457.2703R | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.457.2703R
DustPedia: A Definitive Study of Cosmic Dust in the Local Universe | Davies J. I. et al. | Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Volume 129 Issue 974 pp. 044102 (2017). | 129 | 10.1088/1538-3873/129/974/044102 | 2017PASP..129d4102D | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017PASP..129d4102D
DustPedia: Multiwavelength photometry and imagery of 875 nearby galaxies in 42 ultraviolet-microwave bands | Clark C. J. R. et al. | Astronomy & Astrophysics Volume 609 id.A37 30 pp. | 609 | 10.1051/0004-6361/201731419 | 2018A&A...609A..37C | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018A%26A...609A..37C
Star formation rates in luminous quasars at 2 < z < 3 | Harris Kathryn et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Volume 457 Issue 4 p.4179-4194 | 457 | 10.1093/mnras/stw286 | 2016MNRAS.457.4179H | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.457.4179H
Downsizing of star formation measured from the clustered infrared background correlated with quasarsy | Hall Kirsten R. et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Volume 480 Issue 1 p.149-181 | 480 | 10.1093/mnras/sty1843 | 2018MNRAS.480..149H | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018MNRAS.480..149H
From the LIR-T Relation to the Limited Sizes of Dusty Starbursting Regions at High Redshifts | Yan Haojing et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 820 Issue 1 article id. L16 6 pp. (2016). | 820 | 10.3847/2041-8205/820/1/L16 | 2016ApJ...820L..16Y | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ApJ...820L..16Y
A measurement of the millimetre emission and the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect associated with low-frequency radio sources | Gralla Megan B. et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Volume 445 Issue 1 p.460-478 | 445 | 10.1093/mnras/stu1592 | 2014MNRAS.445..460G | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.445..460G
A nearby galaxy perspective on dust evolution. Scaling relations and constraints on the dust build-up in galaxies with the DustPedia and DGS samples | Galliano Frederic et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics | null | null | 2021A&A...649A..18G |
Reproducing the Universe: a comparison between the EAGLE simulations and the nearby DustPedia galaxy sample | Trcka Ana et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | null | null | 2020MNRAS.494.2823T |
The 31 Deg2 Release of the Stripe 82 X-Ray Survey: The Point Source Catalog | LaMassa Stephanie M. et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Volume 817 Issue 2 article id. 172 21 pp. (2016). | 817 | 10.3847/0004-637X/817/2/172 | 2016ApJ...817..172L | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ApJ...817..172L
The shape and scatter of the galaxy main sequence for massive galaxies at cosmic noon | Sherman Sydney et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | null | null | 2021MNRAS.505..947S |
Co-evolution of black hole growth and star formation from a cross-correlation analysis between quasars and the cosmic infrared background | Wang Lingyu et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Volume 449 Issue 4 p.4476-4493 | 449 | 10.1093/mnras/stv559 | 2015MNRAS.449.4476W | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015MNRAS.449.4476W
The Herschel Stripe 82 Survey (HerS): Maps and Early Catalog | Viero M. P. et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Volume 210 Issue 2 article id. 22 9 pp. (2014). | 210 | 10.1088/0067-0049/210/2/22 | 2014ApJS..210...22V | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJS..210...22V
Dust emissivity and absorption cross section in DustPedia late-type galaxies | Bianchi S. et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics | null | null | 2019A&A...631A.102B |
Extreme star formation events in quasar hosts over 0.5 < z < 4 | Pitchford L. K. et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Volume 462 Issue 4 p.4067-4077 | 462 | 10.1093/mnras/stw1840 | 2016MNRAS.462.4067P | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.462.4067P
Spitzer Catalog of Herschel-selected Ultrared Dusty Star-forming Galaxies | Ma Jingzhe et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | null | null | 2019ApJS..244...30M |
Early science with the Large Millimeter Telescope: observations of extremely luminous high-z sources identified by Planck | Harrington K. C. et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Volume 458 Issue 4 p.4383-4399 | 458 | 10.1093/mnras/stw614 | 2016MNRAS.458.4383H | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.458.4383H
Fraction of bolometric luminosity absorbed by dust in DustPedia galaxies | Bianchi S. et al. | Astronomy & Astrophysics Volume 620 id.A112 21 pp. | 620 | 10.1051/0004-6361/201833699 | 2018A&A...620A.112B | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018A%26A...620A.112B
UV to submillimetre luminosity functions of TNG50 galaxies | Trcka Ana et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | null | null | 2022MNRAS.516.3728T |
Cross-calibration of CO- versus dust-based gas masses and assessment of the dynamical mass budget in Herschel-SDSS Stripe82 galaxies | Bertemes Caroline et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Volume 478 Issue 2 p.1442-1458 | 478 | 10.1093/mnras/sty963 | 2018MNRAS.478.1442B | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018MNRAS.478.1442B
Red but Not Dead: Actively Star-forming Brightest Cluster Galaxies at Low Redshifts | Runge James et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Volume 853 Issue 1 article id. 47 13 pp. (2018). | 853 | 10.3847/1538-4357/aaa020 | 2018ApJ...853...47R | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018ApJ...853...47R
Accretion history of AGN: Estimating the host galaxy properties in X-ray luminous AGN from z = 0-3 | Coleman Brandon et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | null | null | 2022MNRAS.515...82C |
Dust emission profiles of DustPedia galaxies | Mosenkov A. V. et al. | Astronomy & Astrophysics Volume 622 id.A132 24 pp. | 622 | 10.1051/0004-6361/201833932 | 2019A&A...622A.132M | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019A%26A...622A.132M
Probing the spectral shape of dust emission with the DustPedia galaxy sample | Nersesian Angelos et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | null | null | 2021MNRAS.506.3986N |
Herschel Observed Stripe 82 Quasars and Their Host Galaxies: Connections between AGN Activity and host Galaxy Star Formation | Dong X. Y. et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Volume 824 Issue 2 article id. 70 13 pp. (2016). | 824 | 10.3847/0004-637X/824/2/70 | 2016ApJ...824...70D | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ApJ...824...70D
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: SZ-based masses and dust emission from IR-selected cluster candidates in the SHELA survey | Fuzia Brittany J. et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | null | null | 2021MNRAS.502.4026F |
Fractal dimension of optical cirrus in Stripe82 | Marchuk Alexander A. et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | null | null | 2021MNRAS.508.5825M |
Instrument
SPIRE_SpirePhoto_large
Temporal Coverage
2012-06-22T09:47:24Z/2012-08-06T00:12:22Z
Version
SPG v14.1.0
Mission Description
Herschel was launched on 14 May 2009! It is the fourth cornerstone mission in the ESA science programme. With a 3.5 m Cassegrain telescope it is the largest space telescope ever launched. It is performing photometry and spectroscopy in approximately the 55-671 µm range, bridging the gap between earlier infrared space missions and groundbased facilities.
European Space Agency, viero et al., 2013, 'The Herschel Redshift Survey (HeRS)', SPG v14.1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-j33537c
