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Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA) : end of survey report and data release 2

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Date
11/09/2015
Author
Liske, Jochen
Baldry, I.K.
Driver, Simon Peter
Tuffs, R.J.
Alpaslan, Mehmet
Andrae, E.
Brough, S.
Cluver, M.E.
Grootes, M.W.
Gunawardhana, M.L.P.
Kelvin, Lee Steven
Loveday, J.
Robotham, Aaron Stuart Graham
Taylor, E.N.
Bamford, S.P.
Bland-Hawthorn, J.
Brown, M.J.I.
Drinkwater, M.J.
Hopkins, A.M.
Meyer, M.J.
Norberg, P.
Peacock, J.A.
Agius, N.K.
Andrews, S.K.
Bauer, A.E.
Ching, J.H.Y.
Colless, M.
Conselice, C.J.
Croom, S.M.
Davies, L.J.M.
De Propris, R.
Dunne, L.
Eardley, E.M.
Ellis, S.
Foster, C.
Frenk, C.S.
Haußler, B.
Holwerda, B.W.
Howlett, C.
Ibarra, H.
Jarvis, M.J.
Jones, D.H.
Kafle, P.R.
Lacey, C.G.
Lange, R.
Lara-Ĺopez, M.A.
López-Sánchez, Á.R.
Maddox, S.
Madore, B.F.
McNaught-Roberts, T.
Moffett, A.J.
Nichol, R.C.
Owers, M.S.
Palamara, D.
Penny, S.J.
Phillipps, S.
Pimbblet, K.A.
Popescu, C.C.
Prescott, M.
Proctor, R.
Sadler, E.M.
Sansom, A.E.
Seibert, M.
Sharp, R.
Sutherland, W.
Vazquez-Mata, J.A.
van Kampen, E.
Wilkins, S.M.
Williams, R.
Wright, A.H.
Keywords
Surveys
Galaxies: distances and redshifts
Galaxies: fundamental parameters
Galaxies: general
Galaxies: photometry
Galaxies: statistics
QB Astronomy
QC Physics
DAS
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Abstract
The Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey is one of the largest contemporary spectroscopic surveys of low redshift galaxies. Covering an area of ~286 deg2 (split among five survey regions) down to a limiting magnitude of r <19.8 mag, we have collected spectra and reliable redshifts for 238 000 objects using the AAOmega spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. In addition, we have assembled imaging data from a number of independent surveys in order to generate photometry spanning the wavelength range 1 nm-1 m. Here, we report on the recently completed spectroscopic survey and present a series of diagnostics to assess its final state and the quality of the redshift data. We also describe a number of survey aspects and procedures, or updates thereof, including changes to the input catalogue, redshifting and re-redshifting, and the derivation of ultraviolet, optical and near-infrared photometry. Finally, we present the second public release of GAMA data. In this release, we provide input catalogue and targeting information, spectra, redshifts, ultraviolet, optical and near-infrared photometry, single-component Śersic fits, stellar masses, Hα-derived star formation rates, environment information, and group properties for all galaxies with r <19.0 mag in two of our survey regions, and for all galaxies with r <19.4 mag in a third region (72 225 objects in total). The data base serving these data is available at http://www.gama-survey.org/.
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Liske , J , Baldry , I K , Driver , S P , Tuffs , R J , Alpaslan , M , Andrae , E , Brough , S , Cluver , M E , Grootes , M W , Gunawardhana , M L P , Kelvin , L S , Loveday , J , Robotham , A S G , Taylor , E N , Bamford , S P , Bland-Hawthorn , J , Brown , M J I , Drinkwater , M J , Hopkins , A M , Meyer , M J , Norberg , P , Peacock , J A , Agius , N K , Andrews , S K , Bauer , A E , Ching , J H Y , Colless , M , Conselice , C J , Croom , S M , Davies , L J M , De Propris , R , Dunne , L , Eardley , E M , Ellis , S , Foster , C , Frenk , C S , Haußler , B , Holwerda , B W , Howlett , C , Ibarra , H , Jarvis , M J , Jones , D H , Kafle , P R , Lacey , C G , Lange , R , Lara-Ĺopez , M A , López-Sánchez , Á R , Maddox , S , Madore , B F , McNaught-Roberts , T , Moffett , A J , Nichol , R C , Owers , M S , Palamara , D , Penny , S J , Phillipps , S , Pimbblet , K A , Popescu , C C , Prescott , M , Proctor , R , Sadler , E M , Sansom , A E , Seibert , M , Sharp , R , Sutherland , W , Vazquez-Mata , J A , van Kampen , E , Wilkins , S M , Williams , R & Wright , A H 2015 , ' Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA) : end of survey report and data release 2 ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 452 , no. 2 , pp. 2087-2126 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1436
Publication
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1436
ISSN
0035-8711
Type
Journal article
Rights
This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. © 2015 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/7632

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