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Table 4.

Number of expected detections (Ndet) above the polarized flux density limit Plim (quadratic combination of the 5σ confusion and 5σ instrumental noise; see Sect. 6.2), their mean redshift, and their mean SFR for a deep and a wide 1500 h PRIMAger survey assuming the required payload sensitivity and the conservative estimated sensitivity.

Band Plim Ndet Mean z Mean SFR
μJy M/yr
Deep field (1500 h, 1 deg2)
with required payload sensitivity

PPI1 553 86 0.27 71
PPI2 760 72 0.28 84
PPI3 1045 37 0.27 94
PPI4 1432 5 0.26 153

Wide field (1500 h, 10 deg2)
with required payload sensitivity

PPI1 1718 100 0.12 28
PPI2 2353 75 0.10 22
PPI3 3215 25 0.07 12
PPI4 4394 5 0.03 2

Deep field (1500 h, 1 deg2)
with conservative estimated sensitivity

PPI1 65 2546 0.59 61
PPI2 119 1940 0.62 78
PPI3 214 1050 0.68 119
PPI4 297 474 0.86 202

Wide field (1500 h, 10 deg2)
with conservative estimated sensitivity

PPI1 183 5510 0.45 79
PPI2 294 4295 0.47 98
PPI3 455 2375 0.54 145
PPI4 573 880 0.63 215

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