Spitzer Space Telescope - Guaranteed Time Observer Proposal #30


IRAC Shallow Survey

Principal Investigator: Peter Eisenhardt
           Institution: JPL

Science Category: galaxy clusters and groups 
 Observing Modes: IracMap 
  Hours Approved: 61.8 

Abstract:
The NOAO deep survey is presently surveying a 9 - 10  square degree
region in Bootes to K=19.5 and R=26.  Data in Bw, I, J and H is also
being obtained.  The MIPS and IRS GTO teams are planning to survey
this region with MIPS.  The primary objectives for the IRAC survey of
this region are to identify galaxy clusters with redshifts greater
than one, and to find field brown dwarfs.  If the luminosity evolution
observed in clusters to redshift one continues to hold, we expect to
detect L*+1 (evolving) cluster galaxies to z=2.