The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS): an unprecedented view of galaxies and large-scale structure at 0.5z1.2

L. Guzzo; M. Scodeggio; B. Garilli; B. R. Granett; U. Abbas; C. Adami; S. Arnouts; J. Bel; M. Bolzonella; D. Bottini; E. Branchini; A. Cappi; J. Coupon; O. Cucciati; I. Davidzon; G. De Lucia; S. de la Torre; A. Fritz; P. Franzetti; M. Fumana; P. Hudelot; O. Ilbert; A. Iovino; J. Krywult; V. Le Brun; O. Le Fèvre; D. Maccagni; K. Małek; F. Marulli; H. J. McCracken; L. Paioro; J. A. Peacock; M. Polletta; A. Pollo; H. Schlagenhaufer; L. A. M. Tasca; R. Tojeiro; D. Vergani; G. Zamorani; A. Zanichelli; A. Burden; C. Di Porto; A. Marchetti; C. Marinoni; Y. Mellier; L. Moscardini; R. C. Nichol; W. J. Percival; S. Phleps; M. Wolk

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The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS): an unprecedented view of galaxies and large-scale structure at 0.5z1.2

L. Guzzo, M. Scodeggio, B. Garilli, B. R. Granett, U. Abbas, C. Adami, S. Arnouts, J. Bel, M. Bolzonella, D. Bottini, E. Branchini, A. Cappi, J. Coupon, O. Cucciati, I. Davidzon, G. De Lucia, S. de la Torre, A. Fritz, P. Franzetti, M. FumanaP. Hudelot, O. Ilbert, A. Iovino, J. Krywult, V. Le Brun, O. Le Fèvre, D. Maccagni, K. Małek, F. Marulli, H. J. McCracken, L. Paioro, J. A. Peacock, M. Polletta, A. Pollo, H. Schlagenhaufer, L. A. M. Tasca, R. Tojeiro, D. Vergani, G. Zamorani, A. Zanichelli, A. Burden, C. Di Porto, A. Marchetti, C. Marinoni, Y. Mellier, L. Moscardini, R. C. Nichol, W. J. Percival, S. Phleps, M. Wolk

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We describe the construction and general features of VIPERS, the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey. This ESO Large Programme is using the Very Large Telescope with the aim of building a spectroscopic sample of ~ 100 000 galaxies with i_AB< 22.5 and 0.5 <z< 1.5. The survey covers a total area of ~ 24 deg² within the CFHTLS-Wide W1 and W4 fields. VIPERS is designed to address a broad range of problems in large-scale structure and galaxy evolution, thanks to a unique combination of volume (~ 5 × 10⁷h^-3 Mpc³) and sampling rate (~ 40%), comparable to state-of-the-art surveys of the local Universe, together with extensive multi-band optical and near-infrared photometry. Here we present the survey design, the selection of the source catalogue and the development of the spectroscopic observations. We discuss in detail the overall selection function that results from the combination of the different constituents of the project. This includes the masks arising from the parent photometric sample and the spectroscopic instrumental footprint, together with the weights needed to account for the sampling and the success rates of the observations. Using the catalogue of 53 608 galaxy redshifts composing the forthcoming VIPERS Public Data Release 1 (PDR-1), we provide a first assessment of the quality of the spectroscopic data. The stellar contamination is found to be only 3.2%, endorsing the quality of the star–galaxy separation process and fully confirming the original estimates based on the VVDS data, which also indicate a galaxy incompleteness from this process of only 1.4%. Using a set of 1215 repeated observations, we estimate an rms redshift error σ_z/ (1 + z) = 4.7 × 10^-4 and calibrate the internal spectral quality grading. Benefiting from the combination of size and detailed sampling of this dataset, we conclude by presenting a map showing in unprecedented detail the large-scale distribution of galaxies between 5 and 8 billion years ago.

Original language	English
Article number	A108
Pages (from-to)	A108
Journal	Astronomy and Astrophysics
Volume	566
Early online date	20 Jun 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321489
Publication status	Published - Jun 2014

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Guzzo, L., Scodeggio, M., Garilli, B., Granett, B. R., Abbas, U., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bel, J., Bolzonella, M., Bottini, D., Branchini, E., Cappi, A., Coupon, J., Cucciati, O., Davidzon, I., Lucia, G. D., Torre, S. D. L., Fritz, A., Franzetti, P., ... Wolk, M. (2014). The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS): an unprecedented view of galaxies and large-scale structure at 0.5z1.2. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 566, A108. Article A108. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321489

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