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Title: | The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey | Authors: | McLure, R. J. PENTERICCI, Laura Cimatti, A. Dunlop, J. S. Elbaz, D. FONTANA, Adriano Nandra, K. Amorin, R. BOLZONELLA, MICOL BONGIORNO, ANGELA Carnall, A. C. CASTELLANO, MARCO Cirasuolo, M. CUCCIATI, Olga Cullen, F. De Barros, S. Finkelstein, S. L. FONTANOT, Fabio FRANZETTI, PAOLO FUMANA, Marco GARGIULO, ADRIANA GARILLI, BIANCA MARIA ROSA Guaita, L. Hartley, W. G. IOVINO, Angela Jarvis, M. J. Juneau, S. Karman, W. Maccagni, D. MARCHI, FRANCESCA Mármol-Queraltó, E. Pompei, E. POZZETTI, Lucia SCODEGGIO, MARCO Sommariva, V. Talia, M. Almaini, O. Balestra, I. BARDELLI, Sandro Bell, E. F. Bourne, N. Bowler, R. A. A. Brusa, M. Buitrago, F. Caputi, K. I. Cassata, P. Charlot, S. Citro, A. CRESCI, GIOVANNI CRISTIANI, Stefano Curtis-Lake, E. Dickinson, M. Fazio, G. G. Ferguson, H. C. FIORE, Fabrizio Franco, M. Fynbo, J. P. U. Galametz, A. Georgakakis, A. Giavalisco, M. GRAZIAN, Andrea Hathi, N. P. Jung, I. Kim, S. Koekemoer, A. M. Khusanova, Y. Le Fèvre, O. Lotz, J. M. MANNUCCI, FILIPPO Maltby, D. T. Matsuoka, K. McLeod, D. J. Mendez-Hernandez, H. Mendez-Abreu, J. MIGNOLI, Marco Moresco, M. Mortlock, A. NONINO, Mario Pannella, M. Papovich, C. Popesso, P. Rosario, D. P. Salvato, M. SANTINI, Paola Schaerer, D. Schreiber, C. Stark, D. P. Tasca, L. A. M. Thomas, R. Treu, T. VANZELLA, Eros Wild, V. Williams, C. C. Zamorani, G. ZUCCA, Elena |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Journal: | MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY | Number: | 479 | Issue: | 1 | First Page: | 25 | Abstract: | 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 μ m) spectroscopy of ≃2100 galaxies within the redshift interval 1.0 ≤ z ≤ 7.0, over a total area of ≃0.2 deg<SUP>2</SUP> 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 < t<SUB>int</SUB>< 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. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/29685 | URL: | http://arxiv.org/abs/1803.07414v2 https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/479/1/25/4995916 |
ISSN: | 0035-8711 | DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/sty1213 | Bibcode ADS: | 2018MNRAS.479...25M | Fulltext: | open |
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