Space Science Reviews ISO Special Issue "ISO science legacy - a compact review of ISO major achievements", Ed. C. Cesarky & A. Salama (Springer)
astro-ph/0503389

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Abstract. We present the results obtained through the various ISO extragalactic deep surveys. While IRAS revealed the existence of galaxies forming stars at a rate of a few tens (LIRGs) or even hundreds (ULIRGs) solar masses in the local universe, ISO not only discovered that these galaxies were already in place at redshift one, but also that they are not the extreme objects that we once believed them to be. Instead they appear to play a dominant role in shaping present-day galaxies as reflected by their role in the cosmic history of star formation and in producing the cosmic infrared background detected by the COBE satellite in the far infrared to sub-millimeter range.

Keywords: Deep surveys - infrared - galaxy formation

Table of Contents

GENERAL PERSPECTIVE

THE ISO SURVEYS

THE ISOCAM 6.75 µm DEEP SURVEYS

THE ISOPHOT FAR IR DEEP SURVEYS

Source Counts and Cosmic IR Background

Nature of the ISOPHOT Galaxies

THE ISOCAM 15MDEEP SURVEYS

Source Counts and Cosmic IR Background

Mid IR as a SFR indicator

Nature of the ISOCAM Galaxies

COSMIC EVOLUTION, STAR FORMATION RATE HISTORY

FROM ISO TO SPITZER, HERSCHEL, THE JWST AND ALMA

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