Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2

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 o...

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Main Authors:	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, Christopher J., Croom, S.M., Davies, L.J.M., De Propris, R., Dunne, L., Eardley, E.M., Ellis, S., Foster, C., Frenk, C.S., Häußler, B., Holwerda, B.W., Howlett, C., Ibarra, H., Jarvis, M.J., Jones, D.H., Kafle, P.R., Lacey, C.G., Lange, R., Lara-Lopez, M.A., Lopez-Sanchez, A.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.
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Published:	Oxford University Press 2015
Subjects:	surveys – galaxies: distances and redshifts galaxies: fundamental parameters galaxies: general galaxies: photometry galaxies: statistics
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author	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, Christopher J. Croom, S.M. Davies, L.J.M. De Propris, R. Dunne, L. Eardley, E.M. Ellis, S. Foster, C. Frenk, C.S. Häußler, B. Holwerda, B.W. Howlett, C. Ibarra, H. Jarvis, M.J. Jones, D.H. Kafle, P.R. Lacey, C.G. Lange, R. Lara-Lopez, M.A. Lopez-Sanchez, A.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.
author_facet	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, Christopher J. Croom, S.M. Davies, L.J.M. De Propris, R. Dunne, L. Eardley, E.M. Ellis, S. Foster, C. Frenk, C.S. Häußler, B. Holwerda, B.W. Howlett, C. Ibarra, H. Jarvis, M.J. Jones, D.H. Kafle, P.R. Lacey, C.G. Lange, R. Lara-Lopez, M.A. Lopez-Sanchez, A.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.
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description	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 Sersic 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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spelling	nottingham-349612020-05-04T17:17:22Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34961/ Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2 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, Christopher J. Croom, S.M. Davies, L.J.M. De Propris, R. Dunne, L. Eardley, E.M. Ellis, S. Foster, C. Frenk, C.S. Häußler, B. Holwerda, B.W. Howlett, C. Ibarra, H. Jarvis, M.J. Jones, D.H. Kafle, P.R. Lacey, C.G. Lange, R. Lara-Lopez, M.A. Lopez-Sanchez, A.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. 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 Sersic 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/. Oxford University Press 2015-09-11 Article PeerReviewed 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, Christopher J., Croom, S.M., Davies, L.J.M., De Propris, R., Dunne, L., Eardley, E.M., Ellis, S., Foster, C., Frenk, C.S., Häußler, B., Holwerda, B.W., Howlett, C., Ibarra, H., Jarvis, M.J., Jones, D.H., Kafle, P.R., Lacey, C.G., Lange, R., Lara-Lopez, M.A., Lopez-Sanchez, A.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. and Wright, A.H. (2015) Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452 (2). pp. 2087-2126. ISSN 1365-2966 surveys – galaxies: distances and redshifts galaxies: fundamental parameters galaxies: general galaxies: photometry galaxies: statistics http://mnras.oxfordjournals.org/content/452/2/2087 doi:10.1093/mnras/stv1436 doi:10.1093/mnras/stv1436
spellingShingle	surveys – galaxies: distances and redshifts galaxies: fundamental parameters galaxies: general galaxies: photometry galaxies: statistics 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, Christopher J. Croom, S.M. Davies, L.J.M. De Propris, R. Dunne, L. Eardley, E.M. Ellis, S. Foster, C. Frenk, C.S. Häußler, B. Holwerda, B.W. Howlett, C. Ibarra, H. Jarvis, M.J. Jones, D.H. Kafle, P.R. Lacey, C.G. Lange, R. Lara-Lopez, M.A. Lopez-Sanchez, A.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. Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2
title	Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2
title_full	Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2
title_fullStr	Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2
title_full_unstemmed	Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2
title_short	Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2
title_sort	galaxy and mass assembly (gama): end of survey report and data release 2
topic	surveys – galaxies: distances and redshifts galaxies: fundamental parameters galaxies: general galaxies: photometry galaxies: statistics
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