2018MNRAS.479...25M

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2018MNRAS.479...25M - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 479, 25-42 (2018/September-1)

The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey.

McLURE R.J., PENTERICCI L., CIMATTI A., DUNLOP J.S., ELBAZ D., FONTANA A., NANDRA K., AMORIN R., BOLZONELLA M., BONGIORNO A., CARNALL A.C., CASTELLANO M., CIRASUOLO M., CUCCIATI O., CULLEN F., DE BARROS S., FINKELSTEIN S.L., FONTANOT F., FRANZETTI P., FUMANA M., GARGIULO A., GARILLI B., GUAITA L., HARTLEY W.G., IOVINO A., JARVIS M.J., JUNEAU S., KARMAN W., MACCAGNI D., MARCHI F., MARMOL-QUERALTO E., POMPEI E., POZZETTI L., SCODEGGIO M., SOMMARIVA V., TALIA M., ALMAINI O., BALESTRA I., BARDELLI S., BELL E.F., BOURNE N., BOWLER R.A.A., BRUSA M., BUITRAGO F., CAPUTI K.I., CASSATA P., CHARLOT S., CITRO A., CRESCI G., CRISTIANI S., CURTIS-LAKE E., DICKINSON M., FAZIO G.G., FERGUSON H.C., FIORE F., FRANCO M., FYNBO J.P.U., GALAMETZ A., GEORGAKAKIS A., GIAVALISCO M., GRAZIAN A., HATHI N.P., JUNG I., KIM S., KOEKEMOER A.M., KHUSANOVA Y., LE FEVRE O., LOTZ J.M., MANNUCCI F., MALTBY D.T., MATSUOKA K., McLEOD D.J., MENDEZ-HERNANDEZ H., MENDEZ-ABREU J., MIGNOLI M., MORESCO M., MORTLOCK A., NONINO M., PANNELLA M., PAPOVICH C., POPESSO P., ROSARIO D.P., SALVATO M., SANTINI P., SCHAERER D., SCHREIBER C., STARK D.P., TASCA L.A.M., THOMAS R., TREU T., VANZELLA E., WILD V., WILLIAMS C.C., ZAMORANI G. and ZUCCA E.

Abstract (from CDS):

VANDELS is a uniquely deep spectroscopic survey of high-redshift galaxies with the VIMOS spectrograph on ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). The survey has obtained ultradeep optical (0.48 < λ < 1.0 µm) spectroscopy of ≃2100 galaxies within the redshift interval 1.0 <= z <= 7.0, over a total area of ≃0.2 deg2 centred on the CANDELS Ultra Deep Survey and Chandra Deep Field South fields. Based on accurate photometric redshift pre-selection, 85 per cent of the galaxies targeted by VANDELS were selected to be at z >= 3. Exploiting the red sensitivity of the refurbished VIMOS spectrograph, the fundamental aim of the survey is to provide the high-signal-to-noise ratio spectra necessary to measure key physical properties such as stellar population ages, masses, metallicities, and outflow velocities from detailed absorption-line studies. Using integration times calculated to produce an approximately constant signal-to-noise ratio (20 < tint< 80 h), the VANDELS survey targeted: (a) bright star-forming galaxies at 2.4 <= z <= 5.5, (b) massive quiescent galaxies at 1.0 <= z <= 2.5, (c) fainter star-forming galaxies at 3.0 <= z <= 7.0, and (d) X-ray/Spitzer-selected active galactic nuclei and Herschel-detected galaxies. By targeting two extragalactic survey fields with superb multiwavelength imaging data, VANDELS will produce a unique legacy data set for exploring the physics underpinning high-redshift galaxy evolution. In this paper, we provide an overview of the VANDELS survey designed to support the science exploitation of the first ESO public data release, focusing on the scientific motivation, survey design, and target selection.

Abstract Copyright: © 2018 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): surveys - galaxies: evolution - galaxies: high-redshift - galaxies: star formation

Simbad objects: 3

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Number of rows : 3
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2024 		#notes
1 NAME Chandra Deep Field-South reg 03 32 28.0 -27 48 30           ~ 2089 1
2 NAME Hubble Ultra Deep Field reg 03 32 39.0 -27 47 29           ~ 1669 0
3 NAME COSMOS Field reg 10 00 28.60 +02 12 21.0           ~ 2975 0

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