The Astrophysical Journal (Jan 2024)
The One-hundred-deg2 DECam Imaging in Narrowbands (ODIN): Survey Design and Science Goals
- Kyoung-Soo Lee,
- Eric Gawiser,
- Changbom Park,
- Yujin Yang,
- Francisco Valdes,
- Dustin Lang,
- Vandana Ramakrishnan,
- Byeongha Moon,
- Nicole Firestone,
- Stephen Appleby,
- Maria Celeste Artale,
- Moira Andrews,
- Franz Bauer,
- Barbara Benda,
- Adam Broussard,
- Yi-Kuan Chiang,
- Robin Ciardullo,
- Arjun Dey,
- Rameen Farooq,
- Caryl Gronwall,
- Lucia Guaita,
- Yun Huang,
- Ho Seong Hwang,
- Sang Hyeok Im,
- Woong-Seob Jeong,
- Shreya Karthikeyan,
- Hwihyun Kim,
- Seongjae Kim,
- Ankit Kumar,
- Gautam R. Nagaraj,
- Julie Nantais,
- Nelson Padilla,
- Jaehong Park,
- Alexandra Pope,
- Roxana Popescu,
- David Schlegel,
- Eunsuk Seo,
- Akriti Singh,
- Hyunmi Song,
- Paulina Troncoso,
- A. Katherina Vivas,
- Ann Zabludoff,
- Alfredo Zenteno
Affiliations
- Kyoung-Soo Lee
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University , 525 Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA
- Eric Gawiser
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, Rutgers, The State University , Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- Changbom Park
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- Korea Institute for Advanced Study , 85 Hoegi-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02455, Republic of Korea
- Yujin Yang
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- Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute , 776 Daedeokdae-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34055, Republic of Korea
- Francisco Valdes
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- NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory , 950 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
- Dustin Lang
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- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics , 31 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5, Canada
- Vandana Ramakrishnan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University , 525 Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA
- Byeongha Moon
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- Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute , 776 Daedeokdae-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34055, Republic of Korea
- Nicole Firestone
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, Rutgers, The State University , Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- Stephen Appleby
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- Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics , Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea; Department of Physics, POSTECH , Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
- Maria Celeste Artale
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- Departamento de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Andres Bello , Fernandez Concha 700, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
- Moira Andrews
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University , 525 Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA
- Franz Bauer
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- Instituto de Astrofísica, Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile , Campus San Joaquin, Av. Vicuna Mackenna 4860, Macul Santiago, 7820436, Chile; Millennium Institute of Astrophysics , Nuncio Monseñor Sótero Sanz 100, Of 104, Providencia, Santiago, Chile; Space Science Institute , 4750 Walnut Street, Suite 205, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
- Barbara Benda
- Physics and Astronomy Department, Rutgers, The State University , Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- Adam Broussard
- Physics and Astronomy Department, Rutgers, The State University , Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- Yi-Kuan Chiang
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- Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics , Academia Sinica, Astronomy-Mathematics Building, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Robin Ciardullo
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- Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, PA 16802, USA; Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, PA 16802, USA
- Arjun Dey
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- NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory , 950 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
- Rameen Farooq
- Physics and Astronomy Department, Rutgers, The State University , Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- Caryl Gronwall
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- Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, PA 16802, USA; Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, PA 16802, USA
- Lucia Guaita
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- Departamento de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Andres Bello , Fernandez Concha 700, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
- Yun Huang
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University , 525 Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA
- Ho Seong Hwang
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University , 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; SNU Astronomy Research Center, Seoul National University , 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Sang Hyeok Im
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University , 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Woong-Seob Jeong
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- Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute , 776 Daedeokdae-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34055, Republic of Korea
- Shreya Karthikeyan
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland , College Park, MD 20742, USA
- Hwihyun Kim
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- NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory , 950 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
- Seongjae Kim
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- Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute , 776 Daedeokdae-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34055, Republic of Korea
- Ankit Kumar
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- Departamento de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Andres Bello , Fernandez Concha 700, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
- Gautam R. Nagaraj
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- Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, PA 16802, USA; Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, PA 16802, USA
- Julie Nantais
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- Departamento de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Andres Bello , Fernandez Concha 700, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
- Nelson Padilla
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- Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental (IATE) , CONICET-UNC, Laprida 854, X500BGR, Córdoba, Argentina
- Jaehong Park
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- Korea Institute for Advanced Study , 85 Hoegi-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02455, Republic of Korea
- Alexandra Pope
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts , Amherst, MA 01003, USA
- Roxana Popescu
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts , Amherst, MA 01003, USA
- David Schlegel
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- Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Eunsuk Seo
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- Department of Astronomy and Space Science, Chungnam National University , 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea
- Akriti Singh
- Departamento de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Andres Bello , Fernandez Concha 700, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
- Hyunmi Song
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- Department of Astronomy and Space Science, Chungnam National University , 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea
- Paulina Troncoso
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- Escuela de Ingeniería, Universidad Central de Chile , Avenida Francisco de Aguirre 0405, 171-0614 La Serena, Coquimbo, Chile
- A. Katherina Vivas
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- Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory/NSF's NOIRLab , Casilla 603, La Serena, Chile
- Ann Zabludoff
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Alfredo Zenteno
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- Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory/NSF's NOIRLab , Casilla 603, La Serena, Chile
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad165e
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 962,
no. 1
p. 36
Abstract
We describe the survey design and science goals for One-hundred-deg ^2 DECam Imaging in Narrowbands (ODIN), a NOIRLab survey using the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) to obtain deep (AB ∼ 25.7) narrowband images over an unprecedented area of sky. The three custom-built narrowband filters, N 419, N 501, and N 673, have central wavelengths of 419, 501, and 673 nm and respective FWHM of 7.5, 7.6, and 10.0 nm, corresponding to Ly α at z = 2.4, 3.1, and 4.5 and cosmic times of 2.8, 2.1, and 1.4 Gyr, respectively. When combined with even deeper, public broadband data from the Hyper Suprime-Cam, DECam, and in the future, the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, the ODIN narrowband images will enable the selection of over 100,000 Ly α -emitting (LAE) galaxies at these epochs. ODIN-selected LAEs will identify protoclusters as galaxy overdensities, and the deep narrowband images enable detection of highly extended Ly α blobs (LABs). Primary science goals include measuring the clustering strength and dark matter halo connection of LAEs, LABs, and protoclusters, and their respective relationship to filaments in the cosmic web. The three epochs allow for the redshift evolution of these properties to be determined during the period known as Cosmic Noon, where star formation was at its peak. The narrowband filter wavelengths are designed to enable interloper rejection and further scientific studies by revealing [O ii ] and [O iii ] at z = 0.34, Ly α and He ii 1640 at z = 3.1, and Lyman continuum plus Ly α at z = 4.5. Ancillary science includes similar studies of the lower-redshift emission-line galaxy samples and investigations of nearby star-forming galaxies resolved into numerous [O iii ] and [S ii ] emitting regions.
Keywords
- Galaxy evolution
- Lyα galaxies
- High-redshift galaxies
- Large-scale structure of the universe
- High-redshift galaxy clusters
