The Evolutionary Map of the Universe: A new radio atlas for the southern hemisphere sky

A. M. Hopkins; A. Kapinska; J. Marvil; T. Vernstrom; J. D. Collier; R. P. Norris; Y. A. Gordon; S. W. Duchesne; L. Rudnick; N. Gupta; E. Carretti; C. S. Anderson; S. Dai; G. Gürkan; D. Parkinson; I. Prandoni; S. Riggi; C. S. Saraf; Y. K. Ma; M. D. Filipović; G. Umana; B. Bahr-Kalus; B. S. Koribalski; E. Lenc; A. Ingallinera; J. Afonso; A. Ahmad; U. T. Ahmed; E. L. Alexander; H. Andernach; J. Asorey; A. J. Battisti; M. Bilicki; A. Botteon; M. J.I. Brown; M. Brüggen; M. Cowley; K. C. Dage; C. L. Hale; M. J. Hardcastle; R. Kothes; S. Lazarević; Y. T. Lin; K. J. Luken; J. P. Moss; J. Prathap; S. F. Rahman; T. H. Reiprich; C. J. Riseley; M. Salvato; N. Seymour; S. S. Shabala; D. J.B. Smith; M. Vaccari; J. Th van Loon; O. I. Wong; R. Z.E. Alsaberi; A. D. Asher; B. D. Ball; D. Barbosa; N. Biava; A. C. Bradley; R. Carvajal; E. J. Crawford; T. J. Galvin; M. T. Huynh; D. A. Leahy; I. Matute; V. A. Moss; C. Pappalardo; Z. J. Smeaton; V. Velović; T. Zafar

doi:10.1017/pasa.2025.10042

The Evolutionary Map of the Universe: A new radio atlas for the southern hemisphere sky

A. M. Hopkins
, A. Kapinska
, J. Marvil
, T. Vernstrom
, J. D. Collier
, R. P. Norris
, Y. A. Gordon
, S. W. Duchesne
, L. Rudnick
, N. Gupta
, E. Carretti
, C. S. Anderson
, S. Dai
, G. Gürkan
, D. Parkinson
, I. Prandoni
, S. Riggi
, C. S. Saraf
, Y. K. Ma
, M. D. Filipović

G. Umana, B. Bahr-Kalus, B. S. Koribalski, E. Lenc, A. Ingallinera, J. Afonso, A. Ahmad, U. T. Ahmed, E. L. Alexander, H. Andernach, J. Asorey, A. J. Battisti, M. Bilicki, A. Botteon, M. J.I. Brown, M. Brüggen, M. Cowley, K. C. Dage, C. L. Hale, M. J. Hardcastle, R. Kothes, S. Lazarević, Y. T. Lin, K. J. Luken, J. P. Moss, J. Prathap, S. F. Rahman, T. H. Reiprich, C. J. Riseley, M. Salvato, N. Seymour, S. S. Shabala, D. J.B. Smith, M. Vaccari, J. Th van Loon, O. I. Wong, R. Z.E. Alsaberi, A. D. Asher, B. D. Ball, D. Barbosa, N. Biava, A. C. Bradley, R. Carvajal, E. J. Crawford, T. J. Galvin, M. T. Huynh, D. A. Leahy, I. Matute, V. A. Moss, C. Pappalardo, Z. J. Smeaton, V. Velović, T. Zafar

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We present the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU) survey conducted with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP). EMU aims to deliver the touchstone radio atlas of the southern hemisphere. We introduce EMU and review its science drivers and key science goals, updated and tailored to the current ASKAP five-year survey plan. The development of the survey strategy and planned sky coverage is presented, along with the operational aspects of the survey and associated data analysis, together with a selection of diagnostics demonstrating the imaging quality and data characteristics. We give a general description of the value-added data pipeline and data products before concluding with a discussion of links to other surveys and projects and an outline of EMU’s legacy value.

Original language	English
Article number	e071
Journal	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Volume	42
Early online date	27 May 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2025.10042
Publication status	Published - 27 May 2025

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Hopkins, A. M., Kapinska, A., Marvil, J., Vernstrom, T., Collier, J. D., Norris, R. P., Gordon, Y. A., Duchesne, S. W., Rudnick, L., Gupta, N., Carretti, E., Anderson, C. S., Dai, S., Gürkan, G., Parkinson, D., Prandoni, I., Riggi, S., Saraf, C. S., Ma, Y. K., ... Zafar, T. (2025). The Evolutionary Map of the Universe: A new radio atlas for the southern hemisphere sky. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 42, Article e071. https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2025.10042

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