We propose a uniform survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC, 8x8.5 degrees), Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC, 5x5 degrees), and the Magellanic bridge (4x3 degrees) in SPIRE 250, 350, 500 um and PACS 100 and 160 um bands, and PACS spectroscopy of key neutral gas regions in order to produce a HERschel Inventory of The Agents of Galaxy Evolution (HERITAGE), the interstellar medium (ISM) and massive stars. Herschel images will provide key insights into the life cycle of galaxies because the far-infrared and submm emission from dust grains is an effective tracer of the coldest ISM dust, the most deeply embedded young stellar objects (YSOs), and the dust ejected over the lifetime of massive stars. The ISM dust map will directly measure dust on a scale size of individual regions (virgul10pc, virgul5-20 K) with column densities >0.85x10^{21} and >6x10^{21} H-atoms cm^{-2} for the LMC and SMC, respectively. Dust emission per beam will be detected for regions with >0.1 Msun at virgul25 K, >5 Msun of 10 K. The CII 158, OI 63, 146 and NII 122 um lines in combination with the total far-infrared emission will 1) probe the physical conditions in the warm neutral medium and photodissociation regions, 2) clarify the origin of CII emission in low-metallicity galaxies and 3) constrain the physical conditions of the ISM gas required for star formation. HERITAGE will complete 1) the census of massive YSOs down to >4 Msun Class 0 sources and 2) the inventory of dust injected into the ISM by massive evolved stars and supernova remnants (SNRs). The variation in dust properties discerned from the dust maps and the measurements of the main cooling lines of the SNR shocks will quantify their effect on the interstellar grain size distribution. HERITAGE will create an archival data set that promises a lasting legacy to match current LMC and SMC surveys at other wavelengths. HERITAGE will bridge the gap between Herschel studies of the Milky Way and those of nearby galaxies and provide a template for high red shift galaxies.
Publication
Evolved massive stars at low-metallicity. I. A source catalog for the Small Magellanic Cloud | Yang Ming et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics | null | null | 2019A&A...629A..91Y |
The contribution by luminous blue variable stars to the dust content of the Magellanic Clouds | Agliozzo C. et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics | null | null | 2021A&A...655A..98A |
Searching for anomalous microwave emission in nearby galaxies. K-band observations with the Sardinia Radio Telescope | Bianchi S. et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics | null | null | 2022A&A...658L...8B |
The Resolved Distributions of Dust Mass and Temperature in Local Group Galaxies | Utomo Dyas et al. | The Astrophysical Journal | null | null | 2019ApJ...874..141U |
Modeling dust emission in the Magellanic Clouds with Spitzer and Herschel | Chastenet Jeremy et al. | Astronomy & Astrophysics Volume 601 id.A55 17 pp. | 601 | 10.1051\\/0004-6361\\/201629133 | 2017A&A...601A..55C | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017A%26A...601A..55C
The dust budget crisis in high-redshift submillimetre galaxies | Rowlands K. et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Volume 441 Issue 2 p.1040-1058 | 441 | 10.1093\\/mnras\\/stu605 | 2014MNRAS.441.1040R | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.441.1040R
ALMA Observations of Molecular Complexity in the Large Magellanic Cloud: The N 105 Star-forming Region | Sewilo Marta et al. | The Astrophysical Journal | null | null | 2022ApJ...931..102S |
DeGaS-MC: Dense Gas Survey in the Magellanic Clouds. I. An APEX survey of HCOSUP_OPEN+SUP_CLOSE and HCN(2-1) toward the LMC and SMC | Galametz M. et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics | null | null | 2020A&A...643A..63G |
Discovery of a new Wolf-Rayet star and a candidate star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud with Spitzer | Gvaramadze V. V. et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Volume 442 Issue 2 p.929-945 | 442 | 10.1093\\/mnras\\/stu909 | 2014MNRAS.442..929G | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.442..929G
Dust in the bright supernova remnant N49 in the LMC | Otsuka M. et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics Volume 518 id.L139 4 pp. | 518 | 10.1051\\/0004-6361\\/201014642 | 2010A&A...518L.139O | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010A%26A...518L.139O
The youngest massive protostars in the Large Magellanic Cloud | Sewilo M. et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics Volume 518 id.L73 8 pp. | 518 | 10.1051\\/0004-6361\\/201014688 | 2010A&A...518L..73S | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010A%26A...518L..73S
Dust composition and mass-loss return from the luminous blue variable R71 in the LMC | Guha Niyogi S. et al. | Astronomy & Astrophysics Volume 569 id.A80 8 pp. | 569 | 10.1051\\/0004-6361\\/201423746 | 2014A&A...569A..80G | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014A%26A...569A..80G
Characterizing the Transition from Diffuse Atomic to Dense Molecular Clouds in the Magellanic Clouds with C II, C I, and CO | Pineda Jorge L. et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Volume 839 Issue 2 article id. 107 31 pp. (2017). | 839 | 10.3847\\/1538-4357\\/aa683a | 2017ApJ...839..107P | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ApJ...839..107P
Non-standard grain properties, dark gas reservoir, and extended submillimeter excess, probed by Herschel in the Large Magellanic Cloud | Galliano F. et al. | Astronomy & Astrophysics Volume 536 id.A88 32 pp. | 536 | 10.1051\\/0004-6361\\/201117952 | 2011A&A...536A..88G | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011A%26A...536A..88G
The Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Mass Fraction on a 10 pc Scale in the Magellanic Clouds | Chastenet Jeremy et al. | The Astrophysical Journal | null | null | 2019ApJ...876...62C |
Simultaneously modelling far-infrared dust emission and its relation to CO emission in star-forming galaxies | Shetty Rahul et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Volume 460 Issue 1 p.67-81 | 460 | 10.1093\\/mnras\\/stw930 | 2016MNRAS.460...67S | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.460...67S
Dust/gas correlations from Herschel observations | Roman-Duval J. et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics Volume 518 id.L74 5 pp. | 518 | 10.1051\\/0004-6361\\/201014575 | 2010A&A...518L..74R | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010A%26A...518L..74R
HERschel Inventory of The Agents of Galaxy Evolution (HERITAGE): The Large Magellanic Cloud dust | Meixner M. et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics Volume 518 id.L71 5 pp. | 518 | 10.1051\\/0004-6361\\/201014662 | 2010A&A...518L..71M | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010A%26A...518L..71M
Massive young stellar objects in the Local Group spiral galaxy M 33 identified using machine learning | Kinson David A. et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | null | null | 2022MNRAS.517..140K |
Measuring Young Stars in Space and Time. II. The Pre-main-sequence Stellar Content of N44 | Ksoll Victor F. et al. | The Astronomical Journal | null | null | 2021AJ....161..257K |
Herschel Key Program Heritage: a Far-Infrared Source Catalog for the Magellanic Clouds | Seale Jonathan P. et al. | The Astronomical Journal Volume 148 Issue 6 article id. 124 26 pp. (2014). | 148 | 10.1088\\/0004-6256\\/148\\/6\\/124 | 2014AJ....148..124S | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014AJ....148..124S
Global spectral energy distributions of the Large Magellanic Cloud with interstellar dust | Kim Sungeun et al. | Astrophysics and Space Science Volume 349 Issue 1 pp.423-435 | 349 | 10.1007\\/s10509-013-1641-9 | 2014Ap&SS.349..423K | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014Ap%26SS.349..423K
The Quest for the Missing Dust. I. Restoring Large-scale Emission in Herschel Maps of Local Group Galaxies | Clark Christopher J. R. et al. | The Astrophysical Journal | null | null | 2021ApJ...921...35C |
Maps of the Magellanic Clouds from Combined South Pole Telescope and PLANCK Data | Crawford T. M. et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Volume 227 Issue 2 article id. 23 20 pp. (2016). | 227 | 10.3847\\/1538-4365\\/227\\/2\\/23 | 2016ApJS..227...23C | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ApJS..227...23C
The VMC Survey. XXXII. Pre-main-sequence populations in the Large Magellanic Cloud | Zivkov Viktor et al. | Astronomy & Astrophysics Volume 620 id.A143 18 pp. | 620 | 10.1051\\/0004-6361\\/201833951 | 2018A&A...620A.143Z | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018A%26A...620A.143Z
The Detection of Deuterated Water in the Large Magellanic Cloud with ALMA | Sewilo Marta et al. | The Astrophysical Journal | null | null | 2022ApJ...933...64S |
The Dustiest Post-Main Sequence Stars in the Magellanic Clouds | Jones Olivia C. et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Volume 811 Issue 2 article id. 145 17 pp. (2015). | 811 | 10.1088\\/0004-637X\\/811\\/2\\/145 | 2015ApJ...811..145J | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...811..145J
METAL: The Metal Evolution, Transport, and Abundance in the Large Magellanic Cloud Hubble Program. I. Overview and Initial Results | Roman-Duval Julia et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Volume 871 Issue 2 article id. 151 27 pp. (2019). | 871 | 10.3847\\/1538-4357\\/aaf8bb | 2019ApJ...871..151R | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ApJ...871..151R
Revisiting the dust properties in the molecular clouds of the Large Magellanic Cloud | Paradis D. et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics | null | null | 2019A&A...627A..15P |
Dust and Gas in the Magellanic Clouds from the HERITAGE Herschel Key Project. II. Gas-to-dust Ratio Variations across Interstellar Medium Phases | Roman-Duval Julia et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Volume 797 Issue 2 article id. 86 24 pp. (2014). | 797 | 10.1088\\/0004-637X\\/797\\/2\\/86 | 2014ApJ...797...86R | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...797...86R
Cold dust clumps in dynamically hot gas | Kim S. et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics Volume 518 id.L75 4 pp. | 518 | 10.1051\\/0004-6361\\/201014645 | 2010A&A...518L..75K | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010A%26A...518L..75K
Cold dust in three massive evolved stars in the LMC | Boyer M. L. et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics Volume 518 id.L142 5 pp. | 518 | 10.1051\\/0004-6361\\/201014513 | 2010A&A...518L.142B | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010A%26A...518L.142B
Determining dust temperatures and masses in the Herschel era: The importance of observations longward of 200 micron | Gordon K. D. et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics Volume 518 id.L89 5 pp. | 518 | 10.1051\\/0004-6361\\/201014541 | 2010A&A...518L..89G | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010A%26A...518L..89G
The signature of large-scale turbulence driving on the structure of the interstellar medium | Colman Tine et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | null | null | 2022MNRAS.514.3670C |
Spatial power spectra of dust across the Local Group: No constraint on disc scale height | Koch Eric W. et al. | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | null | null | 2020MNRAS.492.2663K |
The Herschel revolution: Unveiling the morphology of the high-mass star-formation sites N44 and N63 in the LMC | Hony S. et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics Volume 518 id.L76 5 pp. | 518 | 10.1051\\/0004-6361\\/201014628 | 2010A&A...518L..76H | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010A%26A...518L..76H
Dust and Gas in the Magellanic Clouds from the HERITAGE Herschel Key Project. I. Dust Properties and Insights into the Origin of the Submillimeter Excess Emission | Gordon Karl D. et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Volume 797 Issue 2 article id. 85 19 pp. (2014). | 797 | 10.1088\\/0004-637X\\/797\\/2\\/85 | 2014ApJ...797...85G | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...797...85G
The Relationship Between Molecular Gas, H I, and Star Formation in the Low-mass, Low-metallicity Magellanic Clouds | Jameson Katherine E. et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Volume 825 Issue 1 article id. 12 24 pp. (2016). | 825 | 10.3847\\/0004-637X\\/825\\/1\\/12 | 2016ApJ...825...12J | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ApJ...825...12J
The Influence of Supernova Remnants on the Interstellar Medium in the Large Magellanic Cloud Seen at 20-600 mm Wavelengths | Lakicevic Masa et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Volume 799 Issue 1 article id. 50 17 pp. (2015). | 799 | 10.1088\\/0004-637X\\/799\\/1\\/50 | 2015ApJ...799...50L | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...799...50L
The HERSCHEL Inventory of The Agents of Galaxy Evolution in the Magellanic Clouds, a Herschel Open Time Key Program | Meixner M. et al. | The Astronomical Journal Volume 146 Issue 3 article id. 62 35 pp. (2013). | 146 | 10.1088\\/0004-6256\\/146\\/3\\/62 | 2013AJ....146...62M | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013AJ....146...62M
The Spatial Distribution of Dust and Stellar Emission of the Magellanic Clouds | Skibba Ramin A. et al. | The Astrophysical Journal Volume 761 Issue 1 article id. 42 14 pp. (2012). | 761 | 10.1088\\/0004-637X\\/761\\/1\\/42 | 2012ApJ...761...42S | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...761...42S
Instrument
SPIRE\/PACS parallel_SpirePacsParallel_
Temporal Coverage
2009-11-23T02:05:57Z/2009-11-23T19:36:06Z
Version
SPG v14.2.0
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, meixner et al., 2010, 'HERschel Inventory of The Agents of Galaxy Evolution openParHERITAGEclosePar in the Magellanic Clouds', SPG v14.2.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-kyc6k2e
