The MeerKAT international GHz tiered extragalactic exploration (MIGHTEE) survey
Date
2016Author
Jarvis, Matt J.
Oozeer, N.
Taylor, A.R.
Agudo, I.
Allison, James R.
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The MIGHTEE large survey project will survey four of the most well-studied extragalactic deep
fields, totalling 20 square degrees to
μ
Jy sensitivity at Giga-Hertz frequencies, as well as an
ultra-deep image of a single
∼
1 deg
2
MeerKAT pointing. The observations will provide radio
continuum, spectral line and polarisation information. As such, MIGHTEE, along with the excel-
lent multi-wavelength data already available in these deep fields, will allow a range of science to
be achieved. Specifically, MIGHTEE is designed to significantly enhance our understanding of,
(i) the evolution of AGN and star-formation activity over cosmic time, as a function of stellar mass
and environment, free of dust obscuration; (ii) the evolution of neutral hydrogen in the Universe
and how this neutral gas eventually turns into stars after moving through the molecular phase,
and how efficiently this can fuel AGN activity; (iii) the properties of cosmic magnetic fields and
how they evolve in clusters, filaments and galaxies. MIGHTEE will reach similar depth to the
planned SKA all-sky survey, and thus will provide a pilot to the cosmology experiments that will
be carried out by the SKA over a much larger survey volume
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http://hdl.handle.net/10394/30875https://doi.org/10.22323/1.277.0006
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