Euclid preparation. I. The Euclid Wide Survey
- Creators
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Scaramella, R.
- Amiaux, J.
- Mellier, Y.
- Burigana, C.
- Carvalho, C. S.
- Cuillandre, J.-C.
- Da Silva, A.
- Derosa, A.
- Dinis, J.
- Maiorano, E.
- Maris, M.
- Tereno, I.
- Laureijs, R.
- Boenke, T.
- Buenadicha, G.
- Dupac, X.
- Gaspar Venancio, L. M.
- Gómez-Álvarez, P.
- Hoar, J.
- Lorenzo Alvarez, J.
- Racca, G. D.
- Saavedra-Criado, G.
- Schwartz, J.
- Vavrek, R.
- Schirmer, M.
- Aussel, H.
- Azzollini, R.
- Cardone, V. F.
- Cropper, M.
- Ealet, A.
- Garilli, B.
- Gillard, W.
- Granett, B. R.
- Guzzo, L.
- Hoekstra, H.
- Jahnke, K.
- Kitching, T.
- Maciaszek, T.
- Meneghetti, M.
- Miller, L.
- Nakajima, R.
- Niemi, S. M.
- Pasian, F.
- Percival, W. J.
- Pottinger, S.
- Sauvage, M.
- Scodeggio, M.
- Wachter, S.
- Zacchei, A.
- Aghanim, N.
- Amara, A.
- Auphan, T.
- Auricchio, N.
- Awan, S.
- Balestra, A.
- Bender, R.
- Bodendorf, C.
- Bonino, D.
- Branchini, E.
- Brau-Nogue, S.
- Brescia, M.
- Candini, G. P.
- Capobianco, V.
- Carbone, C.
- Carlberg, R. G.
- Carretero, J.
- Casas, R.
- Castander, F. J.
- Castellano, M.
- Cavuoti, S.
- Cimatti, A.
- Cledassou, R.
- Congedo, G.
- Conselice, C. J.
- Conversi, L.
- Copin, Y.
- Corcione, L.
- Costille, A.
- Courbin, F.
- Degaudenzi, H.
- Douspis, M.
- Dubath, F.
- Duncan, C. A. J.
- Dusini, S.
- Farrens, S.
- Ferriol, S.
- Fosalba, P.
- Fourmanoit, N.
- Frailis, M.
- Franceschi, E.
- Franzetti, P.
- Fumana, M.
- Gillis, B.
- Giocoli, C.
- Grazian, A.
- Grupp, F.
- Haugan, S. V. H.
- Holmes, W.
- Hormuth, F.
- Hudelot, P.
- Kermiche, S.
- Kiessling, A.
- Kilbinger, M.
- Kohley, R.
- Kubik, B.
- Kümmel, M.
- Kunz, M.
- Kurki-Suonio, H.
- Lahav, O.
- Ligori, S.
- Lilje, P. B.
- Lloro, I.
- Mansutti, O.
- Marggraf, O.
- Markovic, K.
- Marulli, F.
- Massey, R.
- Maurogordato, S.
- Melchior, M.
- Merlin, E.
- Meylan, G.
- Mohr, J. J.
- Moresco, M.
- Morin, B.
- Moscardini, L.
- Munari, E.
- Nichol, R. C.
- Padilla, C.
- Paltani, S.
- Peacock, J.
- Pedersen, K.
- Pettorino, V.
- Pires, S.
- Poncet, M.
- Popa, L.
- Pozzetti, L.
- Raison, F.
- Rebolo, R.
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Rhodes, J.
- Rix, H.-W.
- Roncarelli, M.
- Rossetti, E.
- Saglia, R.
- Schneider, P.
- Schrabback, T.
- Secroun, A.
- Seidel, G.
- Serrano, S.
- Sirignano, C.
- Sirri, G.
- Skottfelt, J.
- Stanco, L.
- Starck, J. L.
- Tallada-Crespí, P.
- Tavagnacco, D.
- Taylor, A. N.
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Teplitz, H. I.
- Toledo-Moreo, R.
- Torradeflot, F.
- Trifoglio, M.
- Valentijn, E. A.
- Valenziano, L.
- Verdoes Kleijn, G. A.
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Wang, Y.
- Welikala, N.
- Weller, J.
- Wetzstein, M.
- Zamorani, G.
- Zoubian, J.
- Andreon, S.
- Baldi, M.
- Bardelli, S.
- Boucaud, A.
- Camera, S.
- Di Ferdinando, D.
- Fabbian, G.
- Farinelli, R.
- Galeotta, S.
- Graciá-Carpio, J.
- Maino, D.
- Medinaceli, E.
- Mei, S.
- Neissner, C.
- Polenta, G.
- Renzi, A.
- Romelli, E.
- Rosset, C.
- Sureau, F.
- Tenti, M.
- Vassallo, T.
- Zucca, E.
- Baccigalupi, C.
- Balaguera-Antolínez, A.
- Battaglia, P.
- Biviano, A.
- Borgani, S.
- Bozzo, E.
- Cabanac, R.
- Cappi, A.
- Casas, S.
- Castignani, G.
- Colodro-Conde, C.
- Coupon, J.
- Courtois, H. M.
- Cuby, J.
- de la Torre, S.
- Desai, S.
- Dole, H.
- Fabricius, M.
- Farina, M.
- Ferreira, P. G.
- Finelli, F.
- Flose-Reimberg, P.
- Fotopoulou, S.
- Ganga, K.
- Gozaliasl, G.
- Hook, I. M.
- Keihanen, E.
- Kirkpatrick, C. C.
- Liebing, P.
- Lindholm, V.
- Mainetti, G.
- Martinelli, M.
- Martinet, N.
- Maturi, M.
- McCracken, H. J.
- Metcalf, R. B.
- Morgante, G.
- Nightingale, J.
- Nucita, A.
- Patrizii, L.
- Potter, D.
- Riccio, G.
- Sánchez, A. G.
- Sapone, D.
- Schewtschenko, J. A.
- Schultheis, M.
- Scottez, V.
- Teyssier, R.
- Tutusaus, I.
- Valiviita, J.
- Viel, M.
- Vriend, W.
- Whittaker, L.
- Euclid Collaboration
Abstract
Euclid is a mission of the European Space Agency that is designed to constrain the properties of dark energy and gravity via weak gravitational lensing and galaxy clustering. It will carry out a wide area imaging and spectroscopy survey (the Euclid Wide Survey: EWS) in visible and near-infrared bands, covering approximately 15 000 deg² of extragalactic sky in six years. The wide-field telescope and instruments are optimised for pristine point spread function and reduced stray light, producing very crisp images. This paper presents the building of the Euclid reference survey: the sequence of pointings of EWS, deep fields, and calibration fields, as well as spacecraft movements followed by Euclid as it operates in a step-and-stare mode from its orbit around the Lagrange point L2. Each EWS pointing has four dithered frames; we simulated the dither pattern at the pixel level to analyse the effective coverage. We used up-to-date models for the sky background to define the Euclid region-of-interest (RoI). The building of the reference survey is highly constrained from calibration cadences, spacecraft constraints, and background levels; synergies with ground-based coverage were also considered. Via purposely built software, we first generated a schedule for the calibrations and deep fields observations. On a second stage, the RoI was tiled and scheduled with EWS observations, using an algorithm optimised to prioritise the best sky areas, produce a compact coverage, and ensure thermal stability. The result is the optimised reference survey RSD_2021A, which fulfils all constraints and is a good proxy for the final solution. The current EWS covers ≈14 500 deg². The limiting AB magnitudes (5σ point-like source) achieved in its footprint are estimated to be 26.2 (visible band I_E) and 24.5 (for near infrared bands Y_E, J_E, H_E); for spectroscopy, the Hα line flux limit is 2 × 10⁻¹⁶ erg⁻¹ cm⁻² s⁻¹ at 1600 nm; and for diffuse emission, the surface brightness limits are 29.8 (visible band) and 28.4 (near infrared bands) mag arcsec⁻².
Additional Information
© ESO 2022. Received: 2 August 2021 Accepted: 22 October 2021. The Euclid Consortium acknowledges the European Space Agency and a number of agencies and institutes that have supported the development of Euclid, in particular the Academy of Finland, the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, the Belgian Science Policy, the Canadian Euclid Consortium, the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt, the Danish Space Research Institute, the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, the Netherlandse Onderzoekschool Voor Astronomie, the Norwegian Space Agency, the Romanian Space Agency, the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) at the Swiss Space Office (SSO), and the United Kingdom Space Agency. A complete and detailed list is available on the Euclid website (http://www.euclid-ec.org).Attached Files
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- Alternative title
- Euclid preparation: I. The Euclid Wide Survey
- Eprint ID
- 115733
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20220721-8204000
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- Academy of Finland
- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
- Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO)
- Canadian Euclid Consortium
- Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES)
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt (DLR)
- Danish Space Research Institute
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
- Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO)
- NASA
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
- Nederlandse Onderzoekschool voor de Astronomie (NOVA)
- Norwegian Space Agency
- Romanian Space Agency
- Swiss Space Office (SSO)
- United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA)
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- Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC)