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DOI | 10.1051/0004-6361/201322179 |
The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey final data release: a spectroscopic sample of 35 016 galaxies and AGN out to z similar to 6.7 selected with 17.5 <= i(AB) <= 24.75 | |
Le Fevre, O.1; Cassata, P.1; Cucciati, O.2; Garilli, B.3; Ilbert, O.1; Le Brun, V.1; Maccagni, D.3; Moreau, C.1; Scodeggio, M.3; Tresse, L.1; Zamorani, G.2; Adami, C.1; Arnouts, S.1; Bardelli, S.2; Bolzonella, M.2; Bondi, M.5; Bongiorno, A.6; Bottini, D.3; Cappi, A.2; Charlot, S.7; Ciliegi, P.2; Contini, T.8; de la Torre, S.9; Foucaud, S.10; Franzetti, P.3; Gavignaud, I.11; Guzzo, L.12; Iovino, A.12; Lemaux, B.1; Lopez-Sanjuan, C.1,18; McCracken, H. J.7; Marano, B.6; Marinoni, C.13; Mazure, A.1; Mellier, Y.7; Merighi, R.2; Merluzzi, P.5; Paltani, S.14,15; Pello, R.8; Pollo, A.16,17; Pozzetti, L.2; Scaramella, R.4; Tasca, L.1; Vergani, D.2; Vettolani, G.5; Zanichelli, A.5; Zucca, E.2 | |
通讯作者 | Le Fevre, O. |
来源期刊 | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
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ISSN | 0004-6361 |
EISSN | 1432-0746 |
出版年 | 2013 |
卷号 | 559 |
英文摘要 | Context. Deep representative surveys of galaxies at different epochs are needed to make progress in understanding galaxy evolution. Aims. We describe the completed VIMOS VLT Deep Survey and the final data release of 35 016 galaxies and type-I AGN with measured spectroscopic redshifts covering all epochs up to redshift z similar to 6.7, in areas from 0.142 to 8.7 square degrees, and volumes from 0.5 x 10(6) to 2 x 10(7) h(-3) Mpc(3). Methods. We selected samples of galaxies based solely on their i-band magnitude reaching i(AB) = 24.75. Spectra were obtained with VIMOS on the ESO-VLT integrating 0.75 h, 4.5 h, and 18 h for the Wide, Deep, and Ultra-Deep nested surveys, respectively. We demonstrate that any "redshift desert" can be crossed successfully using spectra covering 3650 <= lambda <= 9350 angstrom. A total of 1263 galaxies were again observed independently within the VVDS and from the VIPERS and MASSIV surveys. They were used to establish the redshift measurements reliability, to assess completeness in the VVDS sample, and to provide a weighting scheme taking the survey selection function into account. We describe the main properties of the VVDS samples, and the VVDS is compared to other spectroscopic surveys in the literature. Results. In total we have obtained spectroscopic redshifts for 34 594 galaxies, 422 type-I AGN, and 12430 Galactic stars. The survey enabled identifying galaxies up to very high redshifts with 4669 redshifts in 1 <= z(spec) <= 2, 561 in 2 <= z(spec) <= 3, and 468 with z(spec) > 3, and specific populations like Lyman-alpha emitters were identified out to z = 6.62. We show that the VVDS occupies a unique place in the parameter space defined by area, depth, redshift coverage, and number of spectra. Conclusions. The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey provides a comprehensive survey of the distant universe, covering all epochs since z similar to 6, or more than 12 Gyr of cosmic time, with a uniform selection, which is the largest such sample to date. A wealth of science results derived from the VVDS have shed new light on the evolution of galaxies and AGN and on their distribution in space over this large cosmic time. The VVDS further demonstrates that large deep spectroscopic redshift surveys over all these epochs in the distant Universe are a key tool to observational cosmology. To enhance the legacy value of the survey, a final public release of the complete VVDS spectroscopic redshift sample is available at http://cesam.1am.fr/vvds. |
英文关键词 | galaxies: evolution galaxies: formation galaxies: high-redshift cosmology: observations large-scale structure of Universe surveys |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | France ; Italy ; Scotland ; Taiwan ; Chile ; Switzerland ; Poland ; Spain |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000327847200014 |
WOS关键词 | FRANCE REDSHIFT SURVEY ; STAR-FORMING GALAXIES ; LYMAN-BREAK GALAXIES ; LY-ALPHA EMITTERS ; 1ST EPOCH DATA ; LUMINOSITY FUNCTION ; IMAGING SURVEY ; PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFTS ; EXTRAGALACTIC SURVEY ; PASSIVE GALAXIES |
WOS类目 | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
WOS研究方向 | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/175955 |
作者单位 | 1.Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LAM, F-13388 Marseille, France; 2.INAF Osservatorio Astron Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy; 3.INAF IASF, I-20133 Milan, Italy; 4.INAF Osservatorio Astron Roma, I-00040 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy; 5.INAF IRA, I-40129 Bologna, Italy; 6.Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Astron, I-40127 Bologna, Italy; 7.Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR7095, Inst Astrophys Paris, F-75014 Paris, France; 8.Inst Rech Astrophys & Planetol, F-31400 Toulouse, France; 9.Univ Edinburgh, Royal Observ, Inst Astron, SUPA, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, Midlothian, Scotland; 10.Natl Taiwan Normal Univ, Dept Earth Sci, Taipei 11677, Taiwan; 11.Univ Andres Bello, Dept Ciencias Fis, Santiago 8370134, Chile; 12.INAF Osservatorio Astron Brera, I-23807 Milan, Italy; 13.Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Ctr Phys Theor, F-13288 Marseille, France; 14.Integral Sci Data Ctr, CH-1290 Geneva, Versoix, Switzerland; 15.Observ Geneva, CH-1290 Geneva, Switzerland; 16.Jagiellonian Univ, Astron Observ, PL-30244 Krakow, Poland; 17.Natl Ctr Nucl Res, PL-00681 Warsaw, Poland; 18.Ctr Estudios Fis Cosmos Aragon, Teruel 44001, Spain |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Le Fevre, O.,Cassata, P.,Cucciati, O.,et al. The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey final data release: a spectroscopic sample of 35 016 galaxies and AGN out to z similar to 6.7 selected with 17.5 <= i(AB) <= 24.75[J],2013,559. |
APA | Le Fevre, O..,Cassata, P..,Cucciati, O..,Garilli, B..,Ilbert, O..,...&Zucca, E..(2013).The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey final data release: a spectroscopic sample of 35 016 galaxies and AGN out to z similar to 6.7 selected with 17.5 <= i(AB) <= 24.75.ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS,559. |
MLA | Le Fevre, O.,et al."The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey final data release: a spectroscopic sample of 35 016 galaxies and AGN out to z similar to 6.7 selected with 17.5 <= i(AB) <= 24.75".ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 559(2013). |
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