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Title: | The VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey first data release: Spectra and spectroscopic redshifts of 698 objects up to zspec ~ 6 in CANDELS | Authors: | Tasca, L. A. M. Le Fèvre, O. Ribeiro, B. Thomas, R. Moreau, C. Cassata, P. GARILLI, BIANCA MARIA ROSA Le Brun, V. Lemaux, B. C. Maccagni, D. Pentericci, L. Schaerer, D. VANZELLA, Eros Zamorani, G. ZUCCA, Elena Amorin, R. BARDELLI, Sandro CASSARA, LETIZIA PASQUA CASTELLANO, MARCO Cimatti, A. CUCCIATI, Olga Durkalec, A. FONTANA, Adriano Giavalisco, M. GRAZIAN, Andrea Hathi, N. P. Ilbert, O. Paltani, S. Pforr, J. SCODEGGIO, MARCO Sommariva, V. Talia, M. Tresse, L. VERGANI, DANIELA Capak, P. Charlot, S. Contini, T. de la Torre, S. Dunlop, J. Fotopoulou, S. Guaita, L. Koekemoer, A. López-Sanjuan, C. Mellier, Y. Salvato, M. Scoville, N. Taniguchi, Y. Wang, P. W. |
Issue Date: | 2017 | Journal: | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | Number: | 600 | First Page: | A110 | Abstract: | This paper describes the first data release (DR1) of the VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey (VUDS). The VUDS-DR1 is the release of all low-resolution spectroscopic data obtained in 276.9 arcmin<SUP>2</SUP> of the CANDELS-COSMOS and CANDELS-ECDFS survey areas, including accurate spectroscopic redshifts z<SUB>spec</SUB> and individual spectra obtained with VIMOS on the ESO-VLT. A total of 698 objects have a measured redshift, with 677 galaxies, two type-I AGN, and a small number of 19 contaminating stars. The targets of the spectroscopic survey are selected primarily on the basis of their photometric redshifts to ensure a broad population coverage. About 500 galaxies have z<SUB>spec</SUB> > 2, 48of which have z<SUB>spec</SUB> > 4; the highest reliable redshifts reach beyond z<SUB>spec</SUB> = 6. This data set approximately doubles the number of galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts at z > 3 in these fields. We discuss the general properties of the VUDS-DR1 sample in terms of the spectroscopic redshift distribution, the distribution of Lyman-α equivalent widths, and physical properties including stellar masses M<SUB>⋆</SUB> and star formation rates derived from spectral energy distribution fitting with the knowledge of z<SUB>spec</SUB>. We highlight the properties of the most massive star-forming galaxies, noting the wide range in spectral properties, with Lyman-α in emission or in absorption, and in imaging properties with compact, multi-component, or pair morphologies. We present the catalogue database and data products. All VUDS-DR1 data are publicly available and can be retrieved from a dedicated query-based database. Future VUDS data releases will follow this VUDS-DR1 to give access to the spectra and associated measurement of 8000 objects in the full 1 square degree of the VUDS survey. Based on data obtained with the European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope, Paranal, Chile, under Large Program 185.A-0791. <A href="http://cesam.lam.fr/vuds">http://cesam.lam.fr/vuds | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/27050 | URL: | https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2017/04/aa27963-15/aa27963-15.html | ISSN: | 0004-6361 | DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201527963 | Bibcode ADS: | 2017A&A...600A.110T | Fulltext: | open |
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