Multi-wavelength surveys towards the SKA pathfinders

TL;DR

This paper discusses upcoming multi-wavelength extragalactic surveys, especially near-infrared and far-infrared, that will complement SKA pathfinder observations for comprehensive extragalactic studies.

Contribution

It highlights the synergy between SKA pathfinder surveys and near-infrared and far-infrared surveys like VISTA and Herschel, emphasizing their combined scientific potential.

Findings

VISTA surveys will complement SKA observations for extragalactic research.

Herschel's large area survey overlaps scientifically with SKA pathfinders.

Integration of multi-wavelength data enhances understanding of the extragalactic sky.

Abstract

In these proceedings I discuss various extragalactic surveys which will be undertaken over the next few years and which will be complementary to any HI and/or continuum surveys with the SKA-pathfinder telescopes. I concentrate on the near-infrared public surveys which will be undertaken with the Visible and Infrared Survey Telscope for Astronomy (VISTA), and in particular the VISTA Deep Extragalactic Observations (VIDEO) survey which will provide the ideal data set to combine with any deep SKA-pathfinder observations of the extragalactic sky. After highlighting the links that the SKA pathfinders have with the various VISTA surveys, I briefly describe an approved large area survey to be carried out with the Herschel Space Observatory which has a large scientific overlap with the SKA pathfinder telescopes.