The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey. Final data release of 2087 spectra and spectroscopic measurements
Maccagni, D.; Cimatti, A.; Elbaz, D.; Popesso, P.; Schaerer, D.; Franco, M.; Dickinson, M.; Ferguson, H. C.; Giavalisco, M.; Juneau, S.; Pannella, M.; Papovich, C.; Bowler, R. A. A.; Cullen, F.; Kim, S.; Georgakakis, A.; Salvato, M.; Nandra, K.; Fiore, F.; Thomas, R.; Bolzonella, M.; Brammer, G.; Castellano, M.; Pentericci, L.; Brusa, M.; Balestra, I.; Fynbo, J. P. U.; Koekemoer, A. M.; Magliocchetti, M.; Santini, P.; Fontana, A.; Vanzella, E.; Grazian, A.; Cristiani, S.; Cirasuolo, M.; Nonino, M.; Mignoli, M.; Cresci, G.; Zamorani, G.; Le Fèvre, O.; Bell, E. F.; Mannucci, F.; Fumana, M.; Garilli, B.; Moresco, M.; Pozzetti, L.; Bardelli, S.; Zucca, E.; Charlot, S.; Begley, R.; Calabrò, A.; Guaita, L.; Hathi, N. P.; Hibon, P.; Saldana-Lopez, A.; Talia, M.; Longhetti, M.; Cucciati, O.; Williams, C.; Scodeggio, M.; Cassata, P.; Dunlop, J.; Bongiorno, A.; Hartley, W.; Curtis-Lake, E.; Rosario, D. J.; Schreiber, C.; Gargiulo, A.; Buitrago, F.; Lotz, J.; Jung, I.; Almaini, O.; Wild, V.; Franzetti, P.; Iovino, A.; Fontanot, F.; Amorin, R.; Saxena, A.; Pompei, E.; Tasca, L. A. M.; Jarvis, M.; Matsuoka, K.; Roberts-Borsani, G.; Finkelstein, S.; Stark, D.; McLeod, D.; McLure, R.; Vietri, G.; Mendez-Hernandez, H.; Fazio, G.; Citro, A.; Khusanova, Y.; Carnall, A.; Caputi, C.; Hamadouche, M.; Maltby, D.; Mendez-Abreu, J.
Italy, United Kingdom, Chile, Germany, France, United States, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland
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/).