The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey. Final data release of 2087 spectra and spectroscopic measurements

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2021
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McLure, R.
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Carnall, A.
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Amorin, R.
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Cimatti, A.
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Cirasuolo, M.
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Cullen, F.
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Dunlop, J.
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Elbaz, D.
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Finkelstein, S.
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Guaita, L.
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Hartley, W.
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Jarvis, M.
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Juneau, S.
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Maccagni, D.
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McLeod, D.
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Nandra, K.
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Pompei, E.
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Talia, M.
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Calabrò, A.
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Fynbo, J. P. U.
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Hathi, N. P.
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Hibon, P.
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Koekemoer, A. M.
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Salvato, M.
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Zamorani, G.
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Almaini, O.
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Balestra, I.
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Begley, R.
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Brammer, G.
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Bell, E. F.
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Bowler, R. A. A.
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Brusa, M.
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Buitrago, F.
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Caputi, C.
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Cassata, P.
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Charlot, S.
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Citro, A.
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Curtis-Lake, E.
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Dickinson, M.
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Ferguson, H. C.
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Franco, M.
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Georgakakis, A.
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Giavalisco, M.
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Hamadouche, M.
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Jung, I.
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Kim, S.
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Khusanova, Y.
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Le Fèvre, O.
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Lotz, J.
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Maltby, D.
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Matsuoka, K.
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Mendez-Hernandez, H.
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Mendez-Abreu, J.
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Moresco, M.
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Papovich, C.
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Popesso, P.
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Roberts-Borsani, G.
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Rosario, D. J.
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Saldana-Lopez, A.
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Schaerer, D.
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Schreiber, C.
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Stark, D.
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Tasca, L. A. M.
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Thomas, R.
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Wild, V.
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Williams, C.
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DOI
Abstract
VANDELS is an ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey designed to build a sample of high-signal-to-noise ratio, medium-resolution spectra of galaxies at redshifts between 1 and 6.5. Here we present the final Public Data Release of the VANDELS Survey, comprising 2087 redshift measurements. We provide a detailed description of sample selection, observations, and data reduction procedures. The final catalogue reaches a target selection completeness of 40% at iAB = 25. The high signal-to-noise ratio of the spectra (above 7 in 80% of the spectra) and the dispersion of 2.5 Å allowed us to measure redshifts with high precision, the redshift measurement success rate reaching almost 100%. Together with the redshift catalogue and the reduced spectra, we also provide optical mid-infrared photometry and physical parameters derived through fitting the spectral energy distribution. The observed galaxy sample comprises both passive and star forming galaxies covering a stellar mass range of 8.3 < Log(M*/M⊙) < 11.7.

This paper, which presents the final data release of the final high-redshift VIMOS survey, is dedicated to the memory of Olivier Le Fèvre, PI of the VIMOS instrument, world renowned expert of extragalactic spectroscopy and a pioneer in spectroscopy of the distant Universe.

All catalogues and spectra are accessible through the survey database (http://vandels.inaf.it) where all information can be queried interactively, and via the ESO Archive (https://www.eso.org/qi/).

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647
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A150
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0004-6361
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2021A&A...647A.150G
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