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AKARI INFRARED CAMERA SURVEY OF THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD

  • Shimonishi, T. (Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University) ;
  • Kato, D. (Center for Low Carbon Society Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency) ;
  • Ita, Y. (Astronomical Institute, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University) ;
  • Onaka, T. (Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo) ;
  • AKARI/IRC LMC team
  • Received : 2016.10.11
  • Accepted : 2016.11.04
  • Published : 2017.03.31
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Abstract

We conducted an unbiased near- to mid-infrared imaging and spectroscopic survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) as a part of the AKARI Mission Program "Large-area Survey of the LMC" (LSLMC, PI: T. Onaka). An area of about 10 square degrees of the LMC was observed by five photometric bands (3.2, 7, 11, 15, and $24{\mu}m$) and a low-resolution slitless prism ($2-5{\mu}m$, R ~20) equipped with AKARI /IRC. We constructed and publicly released photometric and spectroscopic catalogues of point sources in the LMC based on the survey data. The catalogues provide a large number of near-infrared spectral data, coupled with complementary broadband photometric data. Combined use of the present AKARI LSLMC catalogues with other infrared point source catalogues of the LMC possesses scientific potential that can be applied to various astronomical studies.

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