We propose a far-IR and submm mapping survey of the premier AKARI deep field in the North Ecliptic Pole, in PACS/SPIRE parallel mode. This is the only major deep infrared field not yet covered by Herschel guaranteed or open time key projects. The outstanding and unparalleled continuous mid-IR photometric coverage from AKARI, far better than equivalent Spitzer surveys, enables a wide range of galaxy evolution diagnostics unachievable in any other survey field (including Herschel HerMES/PEP fields), by spanning the wavelengths of redshifted PAH and silicate features and the peak energy output of AGN dust tori. The investment by AKARI in the NEP represents virgul10 percent of the entire pointed observations available throughout the lifetime of AKARI. Our proposal remedies the remarkable omission from Herschel.s legacy surveys of the premier extragalactic deep field from another IR space telescope. We will simultaneously identify and find photometric redshifts for the Herschel point source population, make stacking analysis detections of the galaxies which dominate the submm extragalactic background light as a function of redshift, determine the bolometric power outputs of the galaxies that dominate the submm background, compare the UV/optical/mid-IR continuum/PAH/far-IR/submm/radiostar formation rate estimator in the most comprehensive IR survey data set to date, and track the coupled stellar mass assembly and black hole accretion throughout most of the history of the Universe.In OT1 the HOTAC concluded The science output from the proposed survey will be outstanding . The panel was convinced that these observations should be done but it since became clear that priority 2 time is very unlikely to be executed, so we request reclassification to priority 1.
Publication
The Radio-Far Infrared Correlation in the NEP Deep Field | Barrufet Laia et al. | Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society vol. 32 issue 1 pp. 267-269 | 32 | 10.5303\\/PKAS.2017.32.1.267 | 2017PKAS...32..267B | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017PKAS...32..267B
A Tale of Two Feedbacks: Star Formation in the Host Galaxies of Radio AGNs | Karouzos Marios et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Volume 784 Issue 2 article id. 137 23 pp. (2014). | 784 | 10.1088\\/0004-637X\\/784\\/2\\/137 | 2014ApJ...784..137K | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...784..137K
gzK-colour-selected star-forming galaxies in the AKARI NEP-Deep Field | Seo Hyunjong et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | null | null | 2021MNRAS.502.1933S |
Multiwavelength properties of 850-mm selected sources from the North Ecliptic Pole SCUBA-2 survey | Shim Hyunjin et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | null | null | 2022MNRAS.514.2915S |
Infrared colours and spectral energy distributions of hard X-ray selected obscured and Compton-thick active galactic nuclei | Kilerci Eser Ece et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | null | null | 2020MNRAS.494.5793K |
A high redshift population of galaxies at the North Ecliptic Pole. Unveiling the main sequence of dusty galaxies | Barrufet L. et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics | null | null | 2020A&A...641A.129B |
AKARI NEP field: Point source catalogs from GALEX and Herschel observations and selection of candidate lensed sub-millimeter galaxies | Burgarella Denis et al. | Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan Volume 71 Issue 1 id.12 | 71 | 10.1093\\/pasj\\/psy134 | 2019PASJ...71...12B | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019PASJ...71...12B
The Herschel-PACS North Ecliptic Pole Survey | Pearson Chris et al. | Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan Volume 71 Issue 1 id.13 | 71 | 10.1093\\/pasj\\/psy107 | 2019PASJ...71...13P | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019PASJ...71...13P
BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey. XI. The Covering Factor of Dust and Gas in Swift/BAT Active Galactic Nuclei | Ichikawa Kohei et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Volume 870 Issue 1 article id. 31 16 pp. (2019). | 870 | 10.3847\\/1538-4357\\/aaef8f | 2019ApJ...870...31I | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ApJ...870...31I
Characteristics of mid-infrared PAH emission from star-forming galaxies selected at 250 mm in the North Ecliptic Pole field | Kim Seong Jin et al. | Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan Volume 71 Issue 1 id.11 | 71 | 10.1093\\/pasj\\/psy121 | 2019PASJ...71...11K | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019PASJ...71...11K
The evolution of merger fraction of galaxies at z < 0.6 depending on the star formation mode in the AKARI NEP-Wide Field | Kim Eunbin et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | null | null | 2021MNRAS.507.3113K |
Herschel Observations in the Akari NEP Field: Initial Source Counts | Pearson Chris et al. | Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society vol. 32 issue 1 pp. 219-223 | 32 | 10.5303\\/PKAS.2017.32.1.219 | 2017PKAS...32..219P | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017PKAS...32..219P
Properties of Dust Obscured Galaxies in the Nep-Deep Field | Oi Nagisa et al. | Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society vol. 32 issue 1 pp. 245-249 | 32 | 10.5303\\/PKAS.2017.32.1.245 | 2017PKAS...32..245O | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017PKAS...32..245O
Search for Optically Dark Infrared Galaxies without Counterparts of Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam in the AKARI North Ecliptic Pole Wide Survey Field | Toba Yoshiki et al. | The Astrophysical Journal | null | null | 2020ApJ...899...35T |
Instrument
SPIRE_SpirePhoto_large
Temporal Coverage
2012-03-01T20:50:59Z/2012-03-02T02:58:22Z
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, serjeant et al., 2012, 'THE HERSCHEL-AKARI NEP DEEP SURVEY: the cosmological history of stellar mass assembly and black hole accretion', SPG v14.1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-s5duvj7
