MeerGAL: the MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey

M. A. Thompson; S. Goedhart; P. Benaglia; H. Beuther; R. Blomme; A. C. Chrysostomou; J. S. Clark; C. Dickinson; S. Ellingsen; D. Fenech; L. Hindson; H. J. van Langevelde; S. N. Longmore; G. MacLeod; S. Molinari; R. Prinja; C. R. Purcell; I. Stevens; G. Umana; J. S. Urquhart; W. Vlemmings; A. J. Walsh; J. van der Walt; A. Y. Yang; A. Zijlstra

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MeerGAL: the MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey

M. A. Thompson^*, S. Goedhart, P. Benaglia, H. Beuther, R. Blomme, A. C. Chrysostomou, J. S. Clark, C. Dickinson, S. Ellingsen, D. Fenech, L. Hindson, H. J. van Langevelde, S. N. Longmore, G. MacLeod, S. Molinari, R. Prinja, C. R. Purcell, I. Stevens, G. Umana, J. S. UrquhartW. Vlemmings, A. J. Walsh, J. van der Walt, A. Y. Yang, A. Zijlstra

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Radio surveys of the Milky Way galaxy have transformed our understanding of star formation and stellar evolution. However, due to strong dependence of “survey cost” on frequency most large area surveys have so far been carried out at low frequencies (∼ a few GHz). These surveys select against dense plasma as the free-free turnover frequency scales directly with electron density which means that there are significant biases against the detection of the youngest and densest HII regions, Young Stellar Objects, jets, winds and Planetary Nebulae. Here we describe the MeerKAT Large Project MeerGAL, which aims to address this issue by making the first sensitive high frequency, high resolution multi-epoch survey of the Galactic Plane. Together with its Northern Hemisphere sister project KuGARS (the Ku-band Galactic Reconnaissance Survey), MeerGAL will revolutionise the study of massive star formation and stellar evolution, Galactic structure, and variability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MeerKAT Science
Subtitle of host publication	On the Pathway to the SKA
Editors	Russ Taylor, Fernando Camilo, Lerothodi Leeuw, Kavilan Moodley
Place of Publication	Stellenbosch, South Africa
Publisher	Sissa Medialab Srl
Number of pages	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22323/1.277.0015
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	2016 MeerKAT Science: On the Pathway to the SKA, MeerKAT 2016 - Stellenbosch, South Africa Duration: 25 May 2016 → 27 May 2016

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Name	Proceedings of Science
Publisher	Sissa Medialab Srl
ISSN (Print)	1824-8039

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Conference	2016 MeerKAT Science: On the Pathway to the SKA, MeerKAT 2016
Country/Territory	South Africa
City	Stellenbosch
Period	25/05/16 → 27/05/16

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Thompson, M. A., Goedhart, S., Benaglia, P., Beuther, H., Blomme, R., Chrysostomou, A. C., Clark, J. S., Dickinson, C., Ellingsen, S., Fenech, D., Hindson, L., van Langevelde, H. J., Longmore, S. N., MacLeod, G., Molinari, S., Prinja, R., Purcell, C. R., Stevens, I., Umana, G., ... Zijlstra, A. (2016). MeerGAL: the MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey. In R. Taylor, F. Camilo, L. Leeuw, & K. Moodley (Eds.), MeerKAT Science: On the Pathway to the SKA (Proceedings of Science). Sissa Medialab Srl. https://doi.org/10.22323/1.277.0015

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Thompson, MA, Goedhart, S, Benaglia, P, Beuther, H, Blomme, R, Chrysostomou, AC, Clark, JS, Dickinson, C, Ellingsen, S, Fenech, D, Hindson, L, van Langevelde, HJ, Longmore, SN, MacLeod, G, Molinari, S, Prinja, R, Purcell, CR, Stevens, I, Umana, G, Urquhart, JS, Vlemmings, W, Walsh, AJ, van der Walt, J, Yang, AY & Zijlstra, A 2016, MeerGAL: the MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey. in R Taylor, F Camilo, L Leeuw & K Moodley (eds), MeerKAT Science: On the Pathway to the SKA. Proceedings of Science, Sissa Medialab Srl, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2016 MeerKAT Science: On the Pathway to the SKA, MeerKAT 2016, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 25/05/16. https://doi.org/10.22323/1.277.0015

MeerGAL: the MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey. / Thompson, M. A.; Goedhart, S.; Benaglia, P. et al.
MeerKAT Science: On the Pathway to the SKA. ed. / Russ Taylor; Fernando Camilo; Lerothodi Leeuw; Kavilan Moodley. Stellenbosch, South Africa: Sissa Medialab Srl, 2016. (Proceedings of Science).

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