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Extragalactic Millimeter-wave Sources in South Pole Telescope Survey Data: Source Counts, Catalog, and Statistics for an 87 Square-degree Field

We report the results of an 87 deg{sup 2} point-source survey centered at R.A. 5{sup h}30{sup m}, decl. -55{sup 0} taken with the South Pole Telescope at 1.4 and 2.0 mm wavelengths with arcminute resolution and milli-Jansky depth. Based on the ratio of flux in the two bands, we separate the detected...

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Published in:The Astrophysical journal 2010-08, Vol.719 (1), p.763-783
Main Authors: Vieira, J. D, Crawford, T. M, Switzer, E. R, Ade, P. A. R, Aird, K. A, Ashby, M. L. N, Benson, B. A, Bleem, L. E, Brodwin, M, Carlstrom, J. E, Chang, C. L, Cho, H.-M, Crites, A. T, de Haan, T, Dobbs, M. A, Everett, W, George, E. M, Gladders, M, Hall, N. R, Halverson, N. W, High, F. W, Holder, G. P, Holzapfel, W. L, Hrubes, J. D, Joy, M, Keisler, R, Knox, L, Lee, A. T, Leitch, E. M, Lueker, M, Marrone, D. P, McIntyre, V, McMahon, J. J, Mehl, J, Meyer, S. S, Mohr, J. J, Montroy, T. E, Padin, S, Plagge, T, Pryke, C, Reichardt, C. L, Ruhl, J. E, Schaffer, K. K, Shaw, L, Shirokoff, E, Spieler, H. G, Stalder, B, Staniszewski, Z, Stark, A. A, Vanderlinde, K, Walsh, W, Williamson, R, Yang, Y, Zahn, O, Zenteno, A
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Summary:We report the results of an 87 deg{sup 2} point-source survey centered at R.A. 5{sup h}30{sup m}, decl. -55{sup 0} taken with the South Pole Telescope at 1.4 and 2.0 mm wavelengths with arcminute resolution and milli-Jansky depth. Based on the ratio of flux in the two bands, we separate the detected sources into two populations, one consistent with synchrotron emission from active galactic nuclei and the other consistent with thermal emission from dust. We present source counts for each population from 11 to 640 mJy at 1.4 mm and from 4.4 to 800 mJy at 2.0 mm. The 2.0 mm counts are dominated by synchrotron-dominated sources across our reported flux range; the 1.4 mm counts are dominated by synchrotron-dominated sources above {approx}15 mJy and by dust-dominated sources below that flux level. We detect 141 synchrotron-dominated sources and 47 dust-dominated sources at signal-to-noise ratio S/N >4.5 in at least one band. All of the most significantly detected members of the synchrotron-dominated population are associated with sources in previously published radio catalogs. Some of the dust-dominated sources are associated with nearby (z
ISSN:0004-637X
1538-4357
DOI:10.1088/0004-637X/719/1/763