- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/427/773
- Title:
- ISOCAM 14.3{mu}m Deep Survey in Lockman Hole
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/427/773
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a new analysis of the ISOCAM 14.3{mu}m deep survey in a 20x20 square arcmin area in the Lockman Hole. This survey is intermediate between the ultra-deep surveys and the shallow surveys in the ELAIS fields. The data have been analyzed with the method presented by Lari et al. (2001, Cat. <J/MNRAS/325/1173>). We have produced a catalogue of 283 sources detected above the 5-{sigma} threshold, with fluxes in the interval 0.1-8mJy. The catalogue is 90% complete at 1mJy. The positional accuracy, estimated from the cross-correlation of infrared and optical sources, is around 1.5arcsec. The search for the optical counterparts of the sources in the survey is performed on a medium-deep r' band optical image (5{sigma} depth of r'=25), making use of the radio detections when available. The photometry has been checked through simulations and by comparing the data with those presented in a shallower and more extended ISOCAM survey in the Lockman Hole, that we have presented in a companion paper. Only 15% of the 14.3{mu}m sources do not have an optical counterpart down to r'=25mag. We use the 6.7/14.3{mu}m colour as a star/galaxy separator, together with a visual inspection of the optical image and an analysis of the observed Spectral Energy Distribution of the ISOCAM sources. The stars in the sample turn out to be only 6% of the sample. We discuss the 14.3{mu}m counts of extragalactic sources, combining our catalogue with that obtained from the shallower ISOCAM survey. The data in the two surveys are consistent, and our results fully support the claims in previous works for the existence of an evolving population of infrared galaxies, confirming the evident departure from non-evolutionary model predictions.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/372/173
- Title:
- ISOCAM observations of the rho Ophiuchi cloud
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/372/173
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- File table1 contains the list of the 212 ISOCAM sources recognized as members of the rho Ophiuchi embedded cluster. It lists their J2000 coordinates, flux densities at 6.7 and 14.3 micron and associated rms uncertainties, as well as the corresponding near-infrared identifications and the adopted IR classes (Class I, II or III).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/141/257
- Title:
- ISOCAM obs. of very deep IRAS 60um sources
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/141/257
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of ISO observations with the CAM LW3 filter, centered at {lambda}_eff_=14.3{mu}m, of 94 out of the 98 galaxies comprising the complete 60{mu}m IRAS deep survey (IDS) sample in the north ecliptic polar region. In addition, we observed a source detected by IRAS at 25{mu}m and found to have particularly interesting properties. Altogether, 106 sources were detected with a signal to noise ratio >=3 and 69 with S/N>=5 in the 3.2'x3.2' fields centered on the nominal positions of IRAS sources. Sixty-five >=3{sigma} detections (49 of which at >=5{sigma}) are likely identifications of IRAS sources. Ten additional IRAS sources have possible >=3{sigma} ISOCAM counterparts. In 6 further cases, signals at the 2-3{sigma} level were detected close to the IRAS position. Indications that IRAS sources might actually be multiple (source confusion) were found in 4 IDS fields. On the whole, we confirm the reality of 69 to 90% of IDS sources. Appropriate statistical corrections for the bias affecting faint flux estimates were applied to ISOCAM data. Ten serendipitous sources were detected at >=5{sigma}, with S(14.3{mu}m)>=3.5mJy. The corresponding areal density is consistent with that found in previous surveys. Finding charts for all observed fields are given.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/458/789
- Title:
- ISOCAM survey of Serpens/G3-G6
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/458/789
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results from an ISOCAM survey in the two broadband filters LW2 (5-8.5um) and LW3 (12-18um) of a 19'x16' field called Serp_NH3 centred on the optical group Serpens/G3-G6. A total of 186 sources were detected in the 6.7um band and/or the 14.3um band to a limiting sensitivity of ~2mJy. These have been cross-correlated with the 2MASS catalogue and are all listed in table1. Deep follow-up photometry in the Ks band obtained with Arnica at the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) is listed in table2. Deep L' band photometry of selected sources using SIRCA at the NOT is listed in table3. Continuum emission at 1.3mm and 3.6cm was observed with IRAM and VLA, respectively, and deep imaging in the 2.12um S(1) line of H2 was obtained with NOTCam at the NOT. We find strong evidence for a stellar population of 31 Class II sources (listed in table5), 5 flat-spectrum sources, 5 Class I sources (listed in table4), and two Class 0 sources. Our method does not sample the Class III sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/421/623
- Title:
- ISOCAM survey of YSOs in Serpens Cloud Core
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/421/623
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results from an ISOCAM survey in the two broad band filters LW2 (5-8.5{mu}m) and LW3 (12-18{mu}m) of a 0.13 square degree coverage of the Serpens Main Cloud Core. A total of 392 sources were detected in the 6.7{mu}m band and 139 in the 14.3{mu}m band to a limiting sensitivity of ~2mJy. We identified 53 Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) with mid-IR excess from the single colour index [14.3/6.7], and 8 additional YSOs from the H-K/K-m_6.7_ diagram. Only 32 of these 61 sources were previously known to be YSO candidates.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/365/409
- Title:
- ISO continuum observations of quasars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/365/409
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Eight luminous quasars with -30<M_B_<-27 at z=1.4-3.7 have been observed in the mid- and far-infrared using ISO. All the quasars have been detected in the mid-infrared bands of ISOCAM, while no far-infrared detections have been made with ISOPHOT. SEDs (Spectral Energy Distributions) from the UV to far-infrared have been obtained while supplementing ISO observations with photometry in the optical and near-infrared made from the ground within 17 months. The SEDs are compared with the MED (Mean spectral Energy Distributions) of low-redshift quasars with -27<M_B_<-22. It is shown that our far-infrared observations were limited by confusion noise due to crowded sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/325/1173
- Title:
- ISO ELAIS 15{mu}m survey
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/325/1173
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We develop a new data reduction technique for ISOCAM LW data and apply it to the European Large Area ISO Survey (ELAIS) LW3 (15-{mu}m) observations in the southern hemisphere (S1). This method, known as LARI technique and based on the assumption of the existence of two different time-scales in ISOCAM transients (accounting for either fast or slow detector response), is particularly designed for the detection of faint sources. In the ELAIS S1 field we obtain a catalogue of 462 15-{mu}m sources with signal-to-noise ratios >=5 and flux densities in the range 0.45-150mJy (filling the whole flux range between the Deep ISOCAM Surveys and the IRAS Faint Source Survey). The completeness at different flux levels and the photometric accuracy of this catalogue are tested with simulations. Here we present a detailed description of the method and discuss the results obtained by its application to the S1 LW3 data.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/372/364
- Title:
- ISO FIRBACK Source Catalog at 170um
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/372/364
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The FIRBACK (Far Infrared BACKground) survey is one of the deepest imaging surveys carried out at 170{mu}m with ISOPHOT onboard ISO, and is aimed at the study of the structure of the Cosmic Far Infrared Background. This paper provides the analysis of resolved sources. After a validated process of data reduction and calibration, we perform intensive simulations to optimize the source extraction, measure the confusion noise ({sigma}_c_=45mJy), and give the photometric and astrometric accuracies. 196 galaxies with flux S>3{sigma}_c_ are detected in the area of 3.89 square degrees. Counts of sources with flux S>4{sigma}_c_ present a steep slope of 3.3+/-0.6 on a differential ``logN-logS'' plot between 180 and 500mJy. As a consequence, the confusion level is high and will impact dramatically on future IR deep surveys. This strong evolution, compared with a slope of 2.5 from Euclidian geometry, is in line with models implying a strongly evolving Luminous Infrared Galaxy population. The resolved sources account for less than 10% of the Cosmic Infrared Background at 170{mu}m, which is expected to be resolved into sources in the 1 to 10mJy range.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/403/141
- Title:
- ISOGAL sources in intermediate bulge fields
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/403/141
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a study of ISOGAL sources in the "intermediate" galactic bulge (|l|<2{deg}, |b|~1{deg}-4{deg}), observed by ISOCAM at 7 and 15{mu}m. In combination with near-infrared (I, J, Ks) data of DENIS survey, complemented by 2MASS data, we discuss the nature of the ISOGAL sources, their luminosities, the interstellar extinction and the mass-loss rates. A large fraction of the 1464 detected sources at 15{mu}m are AGB stars above the RGB tip, a number of them show an excess in ([7]-[15])_0_ and (Ks-[15])_0_ colours, characteristic of mass-loss. The latter, especially (Ks-[15])_0_, provide estimates of the mass-loss rates and show their distribution in the range 10^-8^ to 10^-5^M_{sun}_/yr.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/342/313
- Title:
- ISO HDF observations from PRETI method
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/342/313
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have developed a new ISOCAM data reduction technique based on wavelet analysis, especially designed for the detection of faint sources in mid-infrared surveys. This method, the Pattern REcognition Technique for Isocam data (PRETI) has been used to reduce the observations of the Hubble Deep Field (HDF) and flanking fields with ISOCAM at 6.75 (LW2) and 15{mu}m (LW3) (Rowan-Robinson et al. 1997MNRAS.289..490R). Simulations of ISOCAM data allow us to test the photometric accuracy and completeness of the reduction. According to these simulations, the PRETI source list is 95% complete in the 15{mu}m band at 200{mu}Jy and in the 6.75{mu}m band at 65{mu}Jy, using detection thresholds which minimize the number of false detections. We detect 49 objects in the ISO-HDF at high confidence secure level, 42 in the LW3 filter, 3 in the LW2 filter, and 4 in both filters. An additional, less secure, list of 100 sources is presented, of which 89 are detected at 15{mu}m only, 7 at 6.75{mu}m only and 4 in both filters. All ISO-HDF objects detected in the HDF itself have optical or infrared counterparts, except for one from the additional list. All except one of the radio sources detected in the field by Fomalont et al. (1997ApJ...475L...5F) are detected with ISOCAM. Using a precise correction for the field of view distortion of ISOCAM allows us to separate blended sources. This, together with the fact that PRETI allows to correct data on the tail of cosmic rays glitches, lead us to produce deeper source lists than previous authors. Our list of bright sources agree with those of Desert et al. (1999A&A...342..363D) in both filters, and with those of Goldschmidt et al. (1997MNRAS.289..465G) in the LW3 filter, with systematic difference in photometry. ISO is an ESA project with instruments funded by ESA Member States (especially the PI countries: France, Germany, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom) and with participation of ISAS and NASA.