The Hyper Suprime-Cam SSP survey: Overview and survey design

Hiroaki Aihara; Nobuo Arimoto; Robert Armstrong; Stéphane Arnouts; Neta A. Bahcall; Steven Bickerton; James Bosch; Kevin Bundy; Peter L. Capak; James H.H. Chan; Masashi Chiba; Jean Coupon; Eiichi Egami; Motohiro Enoki; Francois Finet; Hiroki Fujimori; Seiji Fujimoto; Hisanori Furusawa; Junko Furusawa; Tomotsugu Goto; Andy Goulding; Johnny P. Greco; Jenny E. Greene; James E. Gunn; Takashi Hamana; Yuichi Harikane; Yasuhiro Hashimoto; Takashi Hattori; Masao Hayashi; Yusuke Hayashi; Krzysztof G. Hełminiak; Ryo Higuchi; Chiaki Hikage; Paul T.P. Ho; Bau Ching Hsieh; Kuiyun Huang; Song Huang; Hiroyuki Ikeda; Masatoshi Imanishi; Akio K. Inoue; Kazushi Iwasawa; Ikuru Iwata; Anton T. Jaelani; Hung Yu Jian; Yukiko Kamata; Hiroshi Karoji; Nobunari Kashikawa; Nobuhiko Katayama; Satoshi Kawanomoto; Issha Kayo; Jin Koda; Michitaro Koike; Takashi Kojima; Yutaka Komiyama; Akira Konno; Shintaro Koshida; Yusei Koyama; Haruka Kusakabe; Alexie Leauthaud; Chien Hsiu Lee; Lihwai Lin; Yen Ting Lin; Robert H. Lupton; Rachel Mandelbaum; Yoshiki Matsuoka; Elinor Medezinski; Sogo Mineo; Shoken Miyama; Hironao Miyatake; Satoshi Miyazaki; Rieko Momose; Anupreeta More; Surhud More; Yuki Moritani; Takashi J.M. Oriya; Tomoki Morokuma; Shiro Mukae; Ryoma Murata; Hitoshi Murayama; Tohru Nagao; Fumiaki Nakata; Mana Niida; Hiroko Niikura; Atsushi J. Nishizawa; Yoshiyuki Obuchi; Masamune Oguri; Yukie Oishi; Nobuhiro Okabe; Sakurako Okamoto; Yuki Okura; Yoshiaki Ono; Masato Onodera; Masafusa Onoue; Ken Osato; Masami Ouchi; Paul A. Price; Tae Soo Pyo; Masao Sako; Marcin Sawicki; Takatoshi Shibuya; Kazuhiro Shimasaku; Atsushi Shimono; Masato Shirasaki; John D. Silverman; Melanie Simet; Joshua Speagle; David N. Spergel; Michael A. Strauss; Yuma Sugahara; Naoshi Sugiyama; Yasushi Suto; Sherry H. Suyu; Nao Suzuki; Philip J. Tait; Masahiro Takada; Tadafumi Takata; Naoyuki Tamura; Manobu M. Tanaka; Masaomi Tanaka; Masayuki Tanaka; Yoko Tanaka; Tsuyoshi Terai; Yuichi Terashima; Yoshiki Toba; Nozomu Tominaga; Jun Toshikawa; Edwin L. Turner; Tomohisa Uchida; Hisakazu Uchiyama; Keiichi Umetsu; Fumihiro Uraguchi; Yu Ji Urata; Tomonori Usuda; Yousuke Utsumi; Shiang Yu Wang; Wei Hao Wang; Kenneth C. Wong; Kiyoto Yabe; Yoshihiko Yamada; Hitomi Yamanoi; Naoki Yasuda; Sherry Yeh; Atsunori Yonehara; Suraphong Yuma

doi:10.1093/pasj/psx066

The Hyper Suprime-Cam SSP survey: Overview and survey design

Hiroaki Aihara
, Nobuo Arimoto
, Robert Armstrong
, Stéphane Arnouts
, Neta A. Bahcall
, Steven Bickerton
, James Bosch
, Kevin Bundy
, Peter L. Capak
, James H.H. Chan
, Masashi Chiba
, Jean Coupon
, Eiichi Egami
, Motohiro Enoki
, Francois Finet
, Hiroki Fujimori
, Seiji Fujimoto
, Hisanori Furusawa
, Junko Furusawa
, Tomotsugu Goto

Andy Goulding, Johnny P. Greco, Jenny E. Greene, James E. Gunn, Takashi Hamana, Yuichi Harikane, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Takashi Hattori, Masao Hayashi, Yusuke Hayashi, Krzysztof G. Hełminiak, Ryo Higuchi, Chiaki Hikage, Paul T.P. Ho, Bau Ching Hsieh, Kuiyun Huang, Song Huang, Hiroyuki Ikeda, Masatoshi Imanishi, Akio K. Inoue, Kazushi Iwasawa, Ikuru Iwata, Anton T. Jaelani, Hung Yu Jian, Yukiko Kamata, Hiroshi Karoji, Nobunari Kashikawa, Nobuhiko Katayama, Satoshi Kawanomoto, Issha Kayo, Jin Koda, Michitaro Koike, Takashi Kojima, Yutaka Komiyama, Akira Konno, Shintaro Koshida, Yusei Koyama, Haruka Kusakabe, Alexie Leauthaud, Chien Hsiu Lee, Lihwai Lin, Yen Ting Lin, Robert H. Lupton, Rachel Mandelbaum, Yoshiki Matsuoka, Elinor Medezinski, Sogo Mineo, Shoken Miyama, Hironao Miyatake, Satoshi Miyazaki, Rieko Momose, Anupreeta More, Surhud More, Yuki Moritani, Takashi J.M. Oriya, Tomoki Morokuma, Shiro Mukae, Ryoma Murata, Hitoshi Murayama, Tohru Nagao, Fumiaki Nakata, Mana Niida, Hiroko Niikura, Atsushi J. Nishizawa, Yoshiyuki Obuchi, Masamune Oguri, Yukie Oishi, Nobuhiro Okabe, Sakurako Okamoto, Yuki Okura, Yoshiaki Ono, Masato Onodera, Masafusa Onoue, Ken Osato, Masami Ouchi, Paul A. Price, Tae Soo Pyo, Masao Sako, Marcin Sawicki, Takatoshi Shibuya, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, Atsushi Shimono, Masato Shirasaki, John D. Silverman, Melanie Simet, Joshua Speagle, David N. Spergel, Michael A. Strauss, Yuma Sugahara, Naoshi Sugiyama, Yasushi Suto, Sherry H. Suyu, Nao Suzuki, Philip J. Tait, Masahiro Takada, Tadafumi Takata, Naoyuki Tamura, Manobu M. Tanaka, Masaomi Tanaka, Masayuki Tanaka, Yoko Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Terai, Yuichi Terashima, Yoshiki Toba, Nozomu Tominaga, Jun Toshikawa, Edwin L. Turner, Tomohisa Uchida, Hisakazu Uchiyama, Keiichi Umetsu, Fumihiro Uraguchi, Yu Ji Urata, Tomonori Usuda, Yousuke Utsumi, Shiang Yu Wang, Wei Hao Wang, Kenneth C. Wong, Kiyoto Yabe, Yoshihiko Yamada, Hitomi Yamanoi, Naoki Yasuda, Sherry Yeh, Atsunori Yonehara, Suraphong Yuma

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Abstract

Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) is a wide-field imaging camera on the prime focus of the 8.2-m Subaru telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. A team of scientists from Japan, Taiwan, and Princeton University is using HSC to carry out a 300-night multi-band imaging survey of the high-latitude sky. The survey includes three layers: the Wide layer will cover 1400 deg2 in five broad bands (grizy), with a 5 σ point-source depth of r ≈ 26. The Deep layer covers a total of 26 deg² in four fields, going roughly a magnitude fainter, while the UltraDeep layer goes almost a magnitude fainter still in two pointings of HSC (a total of 3.5 deg²). Here we describe the instrument, the science goals of the survey, and the survey strategy and data processing. This paper serves as an introduction to a special issue of the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, which includes a large number of technical and scientific papers describing results from the early phases of this survey.

Original language	English
Article number	S4
Journal	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Volume	70
Issue number	Special Issue 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/psx066
State	Published - Jan 2018

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Cosmology: observations
Galaxies: general
Large-scale structure of universe
Surveys

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Aihara, H., Arimoto, N., Armstrong, R., Arnouts, S., Bahcall, N. A., Bickerton, S., Bosch, J., Bundy, K., Capak, P. L., Chan, J. H. H., Chiba, M., Coupon, J., Egami, E., Enoki, M., Finet, F., Fujimori, H., Fujimoto, S., Furusawa, H., Furusawa, J., ... Yuma, S. (2018). The Hyper Suprime-Cam SSP survey: Overview and survey design. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 70(Special Issue 1), Article S4. https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/psx066

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AB - Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) is a wide-field imaging camera on the prime focus of the 8.2-m Subaru telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. A team of scientists from Japan, Taiwan, and Princeton University is using HSC to carry out a 300-night multi-band imaging survey of the high-latitude sky. The survey includes three layers: the Wide layer will cover 1400 deg2 in five broad bands (grizy), with a 5 σ point-source depth of r ≈ 26. The Deep layer covers a total of 26 deg2 in four fields, going roughly a magnitude fainter, while the UltraDeep layer goes almost a magnitude fainter still in two pointings of HSC (a total of 3.5 deg2). Here we describe the instrument, the science goals of the survey, and the survey strategy and data processing. This paper serves as an introduction to a special issue of the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, which includes a large number of technical and scientific papers describing results from the early phases of this survey.

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KW - Galaxies: general

KW - Large-scale structure of universe

KW - Surveys

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