1. The Herschel-ATLAS Data Release 1 - II. Multi-wavelength counterparts to submillimetre sources.
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Bourne, N., Dunne, L., Maddox, S. J., Dye, S., Furlanetto, C., Hoyos, C., Smith, D. J. B., Eales, S., Smith, M. W. L., Valiante, E., Alpaslan, M., Andrae, E., Baldry, I. K., Cluver, M. E., Cooray, A., Driver, S. P., Dunlop, J. S., Grootes, M. W., Ivison, R. J., and Jarrett, T. H.
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SUBMILLIMETER astronomy ,WAVELENGTHS ,ASTRONOMICAL observations ,ASTROPHYSICS ,ASTRONOMICAL photometry ,REDSHIFT - Abstract
This paper is the second in a pair of papers presenting data release 1 (DR1) of the Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey (H-ATLAS), the largest single open-time key project carried out with the Herschel Space Observatory. The H-ATLAS is a wide-area imaging survey carried out in five photometric bands at 100, 160, 250, 350 and 500 µm covering a total area of 600 deg². In this paper, we describe the identification of optical counterparts to submillimetre sources in DR1, comprising an area of 161 deg² over three equatorial fields of roughly 12 × 4.5 deg centred at 9
h , 12h and 14. h 5, respectively. Of all the H-ATLAS fields, the equatorial regions benefit from the greatest overlap with current multiwavelength surveys spanning ultraviolet (UV) to mid-infrared regimes, as well as extensive spectroscopic coverage. We use a likelihood ratio technique to identify Sloan Digital Sky Survey counterparts at r < 22.4 for 250-μm-selected sources detected at ≥4σ (28 mJy). We find 'reliable' counterparts (reliability R ≥ 0.8) for 44 835 sources (39 per cent), with an estimated completeness of 73.0 per cent and contamination rate of 4.7 per cent. Using redshifts and multi-wavelength photometry from GAMA and other public catalogues, we show that H-ATLAS-selected galaxies at z < 0.5 span a wide range of optical colours, total infrared (IR) luminosities and IR/UV ratios, with no strong disposition towards mid-IR-classified active galactic nuclei in comparison with optical selection. The data described herein, together with all maps and catalogues described in the companion paper, are available from the H-ATLAS website at www.h-atlas.org. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2016
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