The e-MERGE Survey (e-MERLIN Galaxy Evolution Survey): Overview and survey description

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2020

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Oxford University Press

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We present an overview and description of the e-MERGE Survey (e-MERLIN Galaxy Evolution Survey) Data Release 1 (DR1), a large program of high-resolution 1.5-GHz radio observations of the GOODS-N field comprising ∼140 h of observations with enhanced-Multi-Element Remotely Linked Interferometer Network (e-MERLIN) and ∼40 h with the Very Large Array (VLA). We combine the long baselines of e-MERLIN (providing high angular resolution) with the relatively closely packed antennas of the VLA (providing excellent surface brightness sensitivity) to produce a deep 1.5-GHz radio survey with the sensitivity (⁠∼1.5μ Jy beam−1), angular resolution (0.2–0.7 arcsec) and field-of-view (∼15 × 15 arcmin2) to detect and spatially resolve star-forming galaxies and active galactic nucleus (AGN) at z ≳ 1.

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Galaxies: evolution, Galaxies: high-redshift, Radio continuum: galaxies, e-MERGE survey

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Jarvis, M. J. et al. (2020). The e-MERGE Survey (e-MERLIN Galaxy Evolution Survey): Overview and survey description. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,495(1), 1188–1208